The Morning Meeting That Could Have Been!

This morning I happened to walk into the dining room at right around 10:00. I was in there by myself, and it was eerily quiet. Normally there would be a lot of buzz, especially after the weekend of successes.

Cory or Ian might have quickly grabbed the opportunity to celebrate men’s hockey’s wins over Buckingham, Brown and Nichols and then Bridgton. When the cheering stopped, Britney or one of the Sam’s would have countered with news about the women’s team’s tie with St. Paul’s followed by wins over Brooks and a team from New Jersey. Pause for more hooting and cheering! That’s a lot of good hockey.

It would then have taken a few moments to quiet the room down, but we would have then gotten to talk about the day’s news. It’s tough to figure out who might have offered what, but I would guess that it might have gone as follows:

• Tucker might have offered something about President-elect Obama’s most recent cabinet selection rumors.
• Yaewon would likely have said something about the recent warming cycle of freezing and thawing of relations between South and South Korea.
• It wouldn’t have surprised me if Victor had talked about President Mugabe’s refusal to grant former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former U.N. Sectary General Annon and Winnie Mandela permission to visit Zimbabwe.
• Perhaps Mr. McDonald, Mr. Blair or Dajin would have commented on the Citibank bailout or the stumbling talks with the big three automakers.

And then Jordan would have brought a chuckle by deliberately overlooking the Patriot’s win to focus on the Giant’s and Jet’s successes. We will turn him into a Boston fan yet!

After that it would be time to get more serious again. My announcements would have focused on campus safety today with all of the construction and improvements being made this week. There is a full construction crew in the gymnasium making preparations for the new fitness center. The electricians, carpet guys and maintenance crew are in the Library putting new carpet down and wiring for the new Information Resource Center. Several classrooms would be out of commission as they get wired for new flat screen monitors, and contractors are in and out of both the Art Building and Posich (performing arts) as we prepare for renovations on both of these special buildings. Please try to stay out of the way of the workers!

Mr. Magay or Mr. Williams would have then offered some hints of some great upcoming weekend opportunities, Mr. Ward might have reminded us about this evenings A Cappella practice or the looming application date for the University of California schools, and then a birthday or two would have been celebrated.

After a couple of more announcements, there would have been a moment or two to catch up with an advisor or friends, grab a hot chocolate or coffee, and then it would have been time to head back to classes.

BUT, WE ARE ON VACATION! Enjoy yourselves. You have earned it!