100 days until graduation did you say?! We sure did. The class of 2020 and our beloved faculty will be getting wasted together in a ritual known as Fandango that takes place in the Gund Commons Ballroom on Friday evening. What do we expect from this one of a kind evening? Let us tell you…
Soiree was on Saturday night, and everyone went into it with preconceived notions passed down by seniors prior. As Summer teaches us, what you expect is never how it really is. Put on The Smiths and see how things really unfolded.*
Expectations:
Reality:
Ahh the joys and terrors of first Sendoff (via kenyon.edu)
Sendoff is undoubtedly the best party of the year. After a year of “getting used to” the Kenyon lifestyle, first-years still see the party as a mythic dream waiting to happen. Here is a narrative piece from two of our first-year writers on their first Sendoff experience.
Expectations:
First-Year 1:
First-Year 2:
(via nl-nh.com)
Everyone remembers their first Halloween at Kenyon (or distinctly don’t remember it). We build it up throughout the fall as this magical weekend, but we can really never truly tell what Halloween has in store for us. We asked our First-Year interns to write up their expectations for the weekend before they experienced it beforehand, and then write about it after-the-fact. Check out some of their thoughts on Kenyon’s treasured holiday:
Expectation: Dance with that cute guy from class.
Reality: Run into everyone but him. Eventually see him grabbing a girl’s boob (who was way too tall for him).
We like to stay pretty competitive here at The Thrill, and a Blog Off is one way we can definitively prove that one of us is objectively a better blogger (and, dare we say, a better person). So we leave it to you, the reader, to decide in a blind taste test who is really better as we square off on various topics. Continue reading
