Every year on the last day of class, a couple hundred people get together and have a brawl with foam noodles and things in the central quad. It's a big mock battle that people stage on a whim. The Epic Quad Battle is the last entertaining thing to do before the year ends and is also a big dress-up event (crusader costumes and foam weapons).
This year, Spartan warriors challenged the barbarian horde at the hot gates of the east quad. Few stood against many. They did what they were trained to do, what they were bred to do, what they were born to do. The cardboard shields were heavy and their helmets stifling. Water balloons partially blotted out some sunlight. The roar of the frat boy that organized it was long and loud, giving testament to their proud upper-middle class ancestory.
After the battle concluded, Leonidas and his 30 men went home and feasted hearty in the Segundo Dining Center, for that night he dined in the Segundo DC a second time during the dinner serving. Glorious.
I found a couple of Spartan shields next to the trash can. Disgraceful. SPARTAN!! RETURN WITH YOUR SHIELD, OR ON IT.
2 comments:
I was thinking about participating until I realized there would also be plenty of people there I just can't stand (Campus Crusade for Christ).
I won't be happy until they build a wall on the quad out of rocks and LARPers
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