"New" Traditions?

So, as you might have noticed, it's 1889 week on campus--the time when all sorts of Converse traditions, big and little, come out to play. On top of that, it's also just a week away from Halloween, which has become much more rife with celebration than it was just a decade ago. Finally, we're getting a Converse history lesson from Dr. Jeff Willis tomorrow (remember: meet at 1:00 on the front porch of Wilson Hall). In other words, you folks are up to your eyeballs in tradition, history, celebration, and the like.

Now, all traditions have to start from somewhere. There was a time when there were no Converse Pink Panthers or Red Devils, no Powder Puff football, and (believe it or not) no Full Moon. So let's use this blog post to look forward to some future tradition that might get started. If you could start a new tradition at Converse, or significantly alter a current tradition in some way, what would you choose? Describe your "new" tradition and how it might work. Then, if you're so moved, go start it!

Since I'm later than usual with this blog post, let's have the blogs be due by Sunday, October 28, at 11:00 pm. Besides, that way you can have the full week-long 1889 week experience to draw from. But, so that you can get some conversations started, let's do another round of comments. Same rules as last time: leave comments on five different classmates' blogs, and leave your list of your chosen five in a comment at the end of this blog post. You can leave comments for either this blog topic ("New" Traditions?) or the previous blog (YOUR Rainbow Connection).

Also, remember that next Tuesday starts our Week of Presentations. If you have questions, please ask, and please get to work on those presentations if you haven't already started!

Finally, for your continued viewing pleasure, here are some of my favorite muppets updating the time-honored tradition of carving Jack-o-lanterns. :-)

YOUR Rainbow Connection

 So tomorrow’s class is about Advisement and Registration. We’ll talk about various degree plans in the Petrie School, what courses you should take to maintain options, and various other related things. It will seem like we’re talking about the very near future (advisement starts on October 18 and continues through November 2), but, in fact, we’ll be talking about your FUTURE. As in “What do you want to do with your life? And how will you get there?” Thus, your blog topic for the week. [This blog, incidentally, isn’t due until Sunday, October 14, at 11:00 pm. You are welcome]:

 Describe your dream career. Where would you like to be—geographically, economically, socially, etc.? And what would you like to be doing there? And who would you like to be doing it with? And Why? Then talk about the advantages such a life might offer. And then talk about the problems you might encounter living such a life. Once you’ve described your dream future, tell us a little bit about what you’re doing right now to set you on that path, and then tell us some of the things that perhaps you should look to start doing in the near future.


 In short, what is your Rainbow Connection? What future is so amazing that it keeps you star-gazing, and what do you think you might see? Because someday, I bet, you’ll find it…