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WEATHER GUY
Rhymes with Orange Key
By Ryan Truchelut
Princetonian Columnist
Welcome, Class of 2010, to Princeton University! I am the Weather Guy and in addition to having the skillz to pay this campus weather billz, I'll also be your tour guide today. And while this weekend's weather looks dour, awash in chilly, breezy conditions and rains aplenty, that won't stop us from learning about your new home. For starters, did you know a group of over 100 pre-frosh is technically known as a murder? Hah! Kidding!
If there's one thing Nassau Hall represents, it's Princeton's rich and varied history. In fact, Jonathan Edwards, one of our first presidents, penned the rousing jeremiad "Modern Art in the Hands of an Angry God," in this very building. Inspired by Edwards' prescient embrace of curvilinear forms, Princeton is today home to a wide variety of concrete rhombuses, tinfoil mobiles and smoldering heaps of scrap metal. Speaking of, here we are at the Woody Woo fountain!
On your left, you'll see Fine Hall, home to Princeton's acclaimed mathematics department and the inspiration for the Wayside School series of children's literature. According to legend, Miss Zarves teaches the Navier-Stokes equations on the 19th floor, which does not exist. There is no Miss Zarves. Sorry.
Coming up now is historic Butler College built using floorplans initially intended for the East German Olympic Training Center. Fortunately, in 2007 Butler will be razed and replaced with a Wal*Mart SuperCenter, which in addition to providing everyday low prices on DVDs and lawn care equipment, will comfortably house 600 undergraduates.
And finally, these rising gothic spires are the future Whitman College, named after eBay CEO Meg Whitman '77. A proud alumna, Whitman has reportedly said of her time at Princeton, "AAAAAA+++++++++!!! WOULD DO COLLEGE WITH AGAIN!!!!!"
Now, does anyone have any questions? Yes, go ahead Skyler.
—Can you talk about eating club initiations? I heard it's like being raped by Count Chocula.
—Actually, Skyler, in a landmark accord with administrators, the ICC has agreed to replace such degrading and demeaning traditions with forcing initiates to read James Joyce's Finegan's Wake. Both bickerees and sign-ins will be subjected to an intensive week of book circles, critical essays and impromptu comprehension quizzes from upperclassmen concerning the notoriously labyrinthine tome. Anyone else? Yes, um ... Kaytlyn?
—Ummm, what's this building on Prospect Avenue that Dean Malkiel blacked out with a Sharpie? It looks like it says T—
—This tour is over.
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