Convobwog
After the umpteenth hour of lawn manicuring and tent set-up, 2:30 today saw the culmination of parent-related move-in events, Convocation. There were flags, smiles, “Pomp and Circumstance”-lite music piped-in over the loudspeaker, and quasi-poignant speeches from admins all around.
Flubs: Colombo called assembled matriculants “students and daughters,” Quigley was interrupted by a crash from the third tent, Navratil sounded unrealistically eager when he mentioned Gateway, and PrezBo killed the mood when he mentioned the challenges of environmental destruction and cultural conflict.
But no matter! The banners are unfurled, the skies are blue, and OL sessions are beginning. Huzzah, huzzah
Tags: administration, convocation, flags, nsop, nsop 2007
27 August 2007 @ 1:49 PM · 8 comments
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day 1. convocation
day 2. buy skinner jeans
day 3. replace your ayn rand with baudrillard
day 4. visit the village, lord it up over nyu students, then return and complain you have state school envy
rinse (or choose not to…hey, it’s college!) and repeat.
awkward flirting (hoping for something more) while drinking terrible beer at one of the only frat parties you will ever go to
I actually did that, except the terrible beer was actually a tasty jello shot. maybe in the next life’s college experience, #2?
the crash was the flags on the east side
were there ever tasty jello shots at the opening week frat parties?
dean quigley quoted john lennon in passing during his speech. and then the flags fell. nevertheless, what a badass
Was there a student speaker this year like there was last year? I think Kwame did it or something last year…
just the NSOP coordinator giving a well intentioned but horribly cliched and thesaurused contractionless over-enunciated “advice” to first years.
blagh. at least Colombo actually “welcomed” the freshman class. I vaguely remember him failing to actually do so before wading into his annual overdetailed “pat nsop on the back and highlight the wonderful panel sessions you’re going to have” speech 2 years ago.