A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for Thursday, August 25, 2005

Every year the seniors (this would include me this year, folks) hang their graduation robes on their dorm room doors. Each senior also has a stole/ scarf that she drapes around her neck that she pins buttons on that she collected during her time at Randolph-Macon. Its become the tradition as well for each senior to wear a funny hat as well. She then wears this getup to convocation, Pumpkin Parade, Founder's Day, and Daisy Chain. This tradition is fairly recent. The wearing of graduation robes... Sign in to see full entry.

One of the best things about going to a small women's college is its traditions. You will probably hear me talk ad nauseum about the traditions here, but I wanted to highlight some of the most important ones, so that you know what I'm talking about when I do babble on and on about "Pumpkin Parade this" and "Neverending Weekend" that. I'll do them in chronological order (when they take place in the academic year), and I'll divide them into several posts, to keep your attention. The overriding... Sign in to see full entry.

I haven't written very much. At least, not much of consequence. And I'm afraid that this entry is just going to be some of the same old, same old. I got back to school on Monday evening, after several hours on the train and several hours in my car driving. The first thing I did when I got back was go out and get new sheets, because the old ones were foul. And I'm not just saying that because I simply wanted to go out and shop. I got sheets at Bed, Bath and Beyond, and then went to Target to get... Sign in to see full entry.