Here at Mount Holyoke, convocation is a cheering contest. Basically, all the classes congregate together in the amphitheatre to out-cheer each other. It's also meant to welcome everyone back on campus.
Of course, us measly first-years had sub-par cheers as we have come onto this campus from normalcy where people don't cheer at the top of their lungs in the middle of the street. The seniors outdid us all (of course) and one student even had a vuvuzela. We were encouraged by the beat from a drum circle onstage and silenced by a professor's call for "Stillness." Cookies were passed out and savored, helping to remember this moment in our college lives, and I will always remember that they were a little soft for my liking.
Aside from cookies and convocation, we had the first novice crew meeting today! It was interesting to see all the faces that I would be competing against for a spot on the team. My roommate and crew buddy was recruited for the team so she has nothing to worry about. Myself, on the other hand? Ruh-oh. I do suppose, though, that the recruits will be on the varsity team so I have nothing to be intimidated by. Yay no-experience novice!
Classes start tomorrow... yikes!
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