As the weather warms and the tumbleweeds jangle their way down College Walk, a question remains: what’n the hell are all these people still doing here? In what could very well turn out to be the first (or, perhaps, last) of a series, Bwog attempts to answer this question–one interloper at a time. Our first subject is non-interloper Michael, who’s been valiantly guarding the vertical ghost-town known as Carman Hall.
Why are you here?
I’m doing what I do all year round–security. I act as a deterrent.
But wait–isn’t this building completely empty!?
At this point yes, but international students will be moving in over the next few days.
Creeped out by the emptiness of it all?
No. Trust me, when it’s fully occupied it’s hard enough. It’s like a relief for us now.
Anything you miss about the school year?
Interaction between me and the students. I see them when they come straight from high school and I watch them grow. I try to be like a guiding light for them.
Anything you don’t miss?
The noise. When you get five, six hundred people passing in and out it’s hard to concentrate.
Enlightening! More hard-hitting journalism as the summer progresses…
20 Comments
@postcarman why didn’t they ask him about his CDs?
Michael is AMAZING.
@Michael Layne is absolutely the man. He has performed live this year and last at the Earth Week-Bacchanal concert, and was amazing each time.
@tumbleweed there are more than twice as many grad students as undergrads here and most of us don’t leave for the summer. that’s why college walk really isn’t any less crowded. you undergrads think this place revolves around you but it doesn’t.
@X.J. You’re reading an undergraduate blog, douchebag. Go back to Radio Perfecto.
@actually this school does revolve around us. whose tuition dollars do you think are paying your dissertation sponsor’s salary?
@michael aine (layne?) is the shit. this man runs the show in carman and he’s a fuckin sick musician. maybe ask some more interesting questions next time – he’s led a cool life.
@jj5 i loved campus security! even c. maxwell isn’t so bad on a good day.
@pascal i know, i’m not being original at all by singing accolades for pascal, but an interview would be awesome
@Elna Hey Bwog, can you recommend places for free food? I’m hungry and poor with my unpaid internship.
@ask the homeless I think broadway presbyterian church ladles out some good gruel once in awhile – if you look shabby enough.
@THE GRAMMARIAN also: i wish all the security guards in carman could have been like mike. some of them -jesus christ.
@William You must be friggin’ bored to be writing about this.
@bwog please interview the security guard in Wien. You’ll know the one I’m talking about when you see a white guy in uniform, looking like he belongs in a country club (with a name like Withington(?), to boot), blasting hardcore rap and reggae from his alarm-clock radio. I want to know THAT man.
@michael i bought his cd and every morning i would listen to him sing “Sexual Healing” to me. oh michael michael michael…. sweeet sweeeeeeeeeet michael
@Michael, is that you?
@I really love Mike. He has an awesome music collection he likes to share!
@groupie michael can play his sweet jazz to me anytime …
@gotta love the security guards! this one was very eloquent. kudos.
@Erf Go bwog, providing distractions even without work to procrastinate from.
@THE GRAMMARIAN Carman*