Besides the earthquake, of course.

Post-earthquake, I was pondering in my room. I remember sitting in Butler stacks grinding out the paper I had been procrastinating for the whole week and suddenly felt the floor start vibrating. In an epic retelling of our experience in the midst of a groundbreaking (literally) earthquake, my friend relayed to me that I in fact did not flinch when I felt the ground under me start shaking. When I looked back into my memory, I realized that I just thought the ground shaking under me was normal. I am a native New Yorker so this was not a normal occurrence for me, so what was it about Barnumbia’s campus that normalized the quake? Here are my thoughts.

1. Barnumbia is secretly building backrooms where the tunnels used to be.
2. The subway aggressively changing course on a whim.
3. The bumping bass from the house music being played in the basement of one of the frats.
4. Those moles with the work hats.
5. The Harlem Shake.
6. Barnumbia shaking in their boots because of how much tea is spilled.
7. Millie the dancing bear.
8. Barnumbia students stomping their feet during women’s basketball games.
9. Vibrations from a riff-off hosted by all of the acapella groups.
10. The men in Dodge dropping their weights.

Will we forever be wondering, the world may never know.

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