Better Late Than Never

This is President’s week, marking the winter recess for high schools across the country. For Those on Cornell’s campus, that means hundreds of Prefroshs lurking the sidewalks of central campus. In addition, hundreds of eccentric parents are not only clogging the walking lanes, but asking students to take keepsake pictures and every intersection.

If you have ever had any social interaction with these concerned parents, there are belligerent congruencies. They are all pose the same questions (How is the student life?), admire over the same landmarks (The Naked Guy and that Dairy Bar a zillion miles away) and want to see a sample a sample dorm room (as if the dorm room here is vastly different than at the school they visited yesterday). All of these questions should be answered with a plain old FU, but like the brilliant Cornellians we are, we take great pleasure out of stretching the truth. We tell them we’re involved in all the organizations on campus, when in reality we’ve maybe been to one meeting ever. We tell them we always meet people at the naked guy, we LOVE the dairy bar and always eat there. We assure them that our dorms aren’t that far away from classes, when we really mean it doesn’t seem that far after 1am.

The Prefrosh Season is one that we all have experienced and many take great comfort by exploiting for pleasure. As we continue deeper into the season we all must remember to keep those fantiful stories in the front of our minds so when you are stopped in the hall by prospective Cornell Dad, you can really make our school, Cornell, standout.