Spring Weekend Held in CIT's Sunlab after Scheduling Controversy
Adam Wagner
Issue date: 4/24/09 Section: Campus Life
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Records indicate that three months ago a student group was granted a request by Media Services to reserve both the Main Green and the OMAC from April 17th at 5pm until April 19th at 2pm. The group, called the Brown Get Rich Quick Schemers, intended to sell the venue back to the University for "a hefty ransom-I mean, price."
Tandoori Jones, president of the BGRQS, has brushed off allegations of foul play. "Corrupt capitalism? More like…erupt vapitalism. Because we shake things up. We make vapid things…erupt…into things that are not vapid."
The BCA refused to negotiate with the BGRQS, announcing in an email to the student body that "all concerts, tanning, frisbee-throwing, and general spring-related revelry must remain within the walls of our new venue, the Sunlab."
Students' reactions to the announcement were mixed.
"I haven't been in the CIT before, but I'm excited," said Kelly Loomey '12 just hours before the concert. "I mean, 'Sunlab' sounds like a cool sunny place to experiment with drugs - the perfect environment for Spring Weekend…although that 'Shroom Lab' party at Tech House did end up just being a Mario Party tournament, so I could be wrong."
In an unexpected snafu, the BCA acted too late to technically book the Sunlab. As a result, the space remained open to any Computer Science students who wished to use it.
Some, like Andy Pelham '11, argued that the Sunlab frequenters took up crucial space that could have otherwise been used for "at least half of a frat brother, or perhaps a baby llama…Hey, some crazy shit went down on Spring Weekend."
However, most students capitalized on the event's new open-door policy. "I totally got in for free!" said Samuel Jarglerman '12. "I just had to disguise myself as a Comp Sci major. I slathered on some self-un-tanner, and I was good to go."
Meanwhile, most Sunlab regulars held optimistic views about the forthcoming concert.
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