What College Looks Like This Week...
The end of summer
Is quite a bummer.
That's right, folks! School's back in session! Well, almost! We over in the social houses had to be here early to help the freshmen move in...
Tom, Jem and Graham spray paint our "Howell-Pride" sheet; Dave ponders a physics-friendly way to hang it from our roof.
After several hours of brainstorming (seriously), our sheet ended up bearing the slogan: "Howell - Under New Management *now with more nuts!" Approximately 90% resident turnover from last year to this year means that an entirely new set of people are running the house. And we like to say we're not as dorky as the last few years. We may actually be nuttier than former residents, but the real reason we have that asterisked remark is that guys overwhelmingly outnumber girls this year. I actually have to wear testosterone-screen before stepping into the blinding light of maleness emanating from our halls.
Sam is being a wilderness-head this year and driving cross-country to Oregon to take a year off.
Saaaaaaaaammm! Now we only have four girls here!!! And who's gonna step on my back, now?
All the Houses help the freshmen from their affiliate dorms move in.
Our early shift was lucky and missed most of the fourth floor residents who wanted refrigerators moved...
Houses are requested to design official T-shirts for the event.
Ours (which was incidentally very popular with everyone except House members!) read:
"This is your brain" with a picture of a whole egg on the front, then "This is your brain on Howell" with a picture of that same whole egg.
The joke is that we're chem-free, so we therefore do not have our eggs scrambled...
Michael says, "The yolk's on you!"
After hours, many of the guys can be found in the basement, playing video games.
Jamaal is fighting to retain his title of "Tekken Master"...
The whole team jumped into action for our first party of the year
and provided super-lung-power for the basement balloons...
We learned that herding balloons with your feet is probably not the best idea...
Dave, John Jay, Jem and Tom are parked outside the front door
of the House for a midnight s'more roast.
August 31, 2003 - It's freaking cold in Maine already. Jemima and Edgar were smart
and grabbed a blanket. I pretended the fire was actually warm, and Dave didn't know he was in the picture...
John Jay is our part-moose furless leader. He suggested a certain late-night group activity...
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Nine
Christmas Break
January 20th, 2003
February 13th, 2003
Spring Break!
May 2nd, 2003
SF Day-Trip!
The Zoo!
Harry Potter Party!
Paris!
Brighton!
