"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. :-)