tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37565105275997407162024-02-20T00:44:00.989-05:00College CupsCompletely Untrue Personal StoriesDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-33429149153231349202012-01-30T00:13:00.000-05:002012-01-30T00:13:04.196-05:00California State University, Northridge
"Mama, are we near Disneyland yet?"
"Remember, Trevor, that I told you Disneyland would have to wait till another time?"
"They have a pirate cave ride where things explode! It's real fire and everything.""Wild World has rides too. Lots of them."
"But they don't have pirates, do they?"
Trevor asked this in the dejected tone of a boy who already knew the answer.
"No, I Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-59291103797753959232011-11-21T23:55:00.001-05:002011-11-22T01:14:17.560-05:00Syracuse University
PING.
"I swear..."
PING.
"...he's been spending more time..."
PING.
"...with that video game than with me."
PING.
The lean young woman finished up her round in the softball batting cage. She dropped the bat and wiped her brow. The behemoth brick student gym beside the batting cage blocked the setting sun, but the air was still warm.
"And I don't understand. It's Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-68528573300864347622011-09-17T18:26:00.000-04:002011-12-05T22:10:52.713-05:00University of Ottawa
A version of this story placed 3rd in the 2011 ArtsRolla Writing Competition.
The faded red Honda skidded through a rolling right turn.
In the passenger seat, Sara Brookings squeezed tighter on the upholstery.
She would usually get on her Dad's case about coasting through a stop sign. Today, though, she was grateful to have a reckless driving father.
Dave Brookings flicked his Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-48366455968159735282011-08-31T23:33:00.163-04:002011-09-01T15:18:55.810-04:00Old Dominion University
Most people assume that the best part of The Real World fiasco was my newfound notoriety. Yes, the fifteen minutes of fame was fun, but my most satisfying takeaway is knowing that I can survive that intense drop in temperature. That whatever physical hardship comes at me now, it can not possibly be colder than atop that windmill.
And then I fall overboard into Puget Sound.
Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-6755648214542152732011-07-27T14:43:00.012-04:002011-07-29T13:39:58.617-04:00Seattle University
A smattering of dark birds hovered over the Clipper. Persephone Evelyn Bumbaugh pointed at one."Is that a...?""Red tailed hawk.""No, no. Right there.""That's an American Bald Eagle. Their populations are slowly recovering in the San Juans.""Wowww..!"Her eyes followed it from one end of the ship to the other. She caught the pilots up in the bridge smiling at her. Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-64188782015073690662011-07-10T23:15:00.005-04:002011-07-10T23:26:43.503-04:00University of Washington
Persephone Evelyn Bumbaugh stepped off the dogsled onto Pike Street."Who says dogsledding is animal cruelty? Look at their faces - they had a blast!"The musher noted her faux fur-lined hood."Hope you did too. You make a beautiful dandelion!"Persephone snapped off her hood. Her puff of golden curls breathed to life. He corrected himself: "Okay, now you look like a Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0University of Washington, 407 Gerberding Hall, Seattle, WA 98195-0001, USA47.6603511525734 -122.3127762252960347.6525021525734 -122.32993822529603 47.6682001525734 -122.29561422529603tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-1540877626778971392011-04-26T02:15:00.003-04:002011-07-05T16:01:40.479-04:00University of Victoria
"Bloody rabbits!"The Queen threw down another handful of mangled geraniums."Pests are to be expected, my darling. This isn't Osborne House. The Dominion is still a place of wild animals, especially the island.""Oh Albert, you have a steady voice of reason for such a busybody. What if I told you the gazebo is sinking into the reflecting pool due to gopher tunnels?"Albert Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0Saanich, BC, Canada48.466060542986334 -123.3096460277710148.40376454298633 -123.41772452777101 48.528356542986337 -123.201567527771tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-74452661555961043682011-02-17T01:43:00.001-05:002011-02-17T01:44:47.848-05:00University of British Columbia
13 Feb 2010. UBC is the first international entry into College Cups. Though it's more of a tip-toe, as Vancouver can't be more than 20 clicks from the border. UBC's city centre campus is located at Robson Square, which was home to constant street performances celebrating the Winter Olympics. For two weeks, the student bookstore put in double duty as the downtown box Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-8923246874119578232010-12-17T23:10:00.003-05:002010-12-17T23:54:02.397-05:00Seton Hall University
16 Nov 2009. Look at this pirate. It is the most subdued pirate I have seen. He's not grinning or scowling or yelling or keelhauling. A logo more fitting for beachside condos or an investment firm.
Pirate Annuities. Mutiny your financial fears.
"Uncle Dan? What are you doing down here from New York?"Uncle Dan looked around as he approached the cashier's Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-77788426342370452202010-10-21T23:25:00.010-04:002010-12-18T00:10:18.827-05:00Fairfield University
16 Nov 2009. The recognizable image and ubiquity of the deer in the U.S. make it popular on seals and coats of arms. But it is rarely a sports mascot despite its speed, strength, and knives on its head. A pro basketball team has taken 'Bucks' and Fairfield is trying hard with 'Stags' though even that sounds a bit shady. Limited, wussy synonyms are holding the deer back. Yet on the feline Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-70650224280377743342010-08-30T13:54:00.007-04:002011-11-22T01:29:09.246-05:00Sacred Heart University
16 Nov 2009. Whoa! Caught in the lunch rush of a normal school day! Youthful pedestrians everywhere! Now this is the buzz, the pulse, the lifeblood, the soul, the spirit, the energy, the sacred heart of a campus."Hello?""Trevor?""Hello, Ishmael.""Trevor! How's the priesthood!! Any hot nuns?""Ah, it's hard to tell. With the robes and all.""Say hi to the hot nuns for me when you figure it Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-84048889996719357342010-08-26T12:01:00.009-04:002010-09-08T02:46:16.661-04:00Let It Ride!!!NoBowls.com is letting me help out with an FBS/FCS college football "let it ride" contest. There isn't much online in way of I-AA contests, so I'm excited about it.Finally...a college football pick'em for FCS fans!The folks at NoBowls.com – The FCS Bracketology Website – are hosting a FREE College Football “Let It Ride" Contest. Pick one team from each conference, FBS and FCS (including Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-34895888421290414792010-08-15T22:43:00.012-04:002010-12-17T19:59:02.032-05:00Yale University16 Nov 2009. In my road atlas, Montana, our fourth largest state, takes up two pages. But so does Connecticut, our third smallest. So while the page of Bozeman to the border may take most of a day, blazing through the Connecticut centerfold barely takes two hours. Two hours, ideally. If only the state weren't chock full of universities, including the alma mater of George Bush I, Jodie Foster,Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-28849240518547149712010-07-21T11:51:00.003-04:002010-07-21T11:56:10.486-04:00A Special FIFA World Cup MessageOver a month ago (one month already??), Mexico said ‘kiss my aztec’ to all the haters, beat hosts South Africa, and bleu out the cocky French. Even Bafana Bafana would springbok from a loss to Uruguay to beat the French. Coached by that pampas windbag Maradona, Argentina turned a potentially messi situation into a dominating first place finish in Group B. The Greeks scored their first everDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-43198539213642023512010-07-08T20:21:00.010-04:002010-12-17T19:59:31.470-05:00Quinnipiac University16 Nov 2009. Quinnipiac! Small New England college par excellence!Hiding behind Mt. Carmel and the Sleeping Giant, one student center, one quad from which you can see the whole campus in a Maria von Trapp twirl*, and one security guard checking his watch and eying my overstuffed German-designed, Mexican-built car with suspicion as I blatantly disregarded the 10 Minute Visitor Parking sign.Ken Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-34948893209653627162010-06-07T09:00:00.009-04:002010-06-09T14:45:17.738-04:00Rider University13 Nov 2009. Does that horse's eye look right to you? It's kind of rolling back in its head. Is this out of pleasure, fear, pain, sarcasm, hallucinogens - what is it?? I'll stay on my high horse and won't accept that it's just bad art.THE PRESIDENT REQUESTS YOUR PRESENCE AT CITY HALL LAWRENCEVILLE NEW JERSEY SATURDAY NINE A.M. ~ STOP ~ TO BE FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC APPEARANCE ~ STOP ~ R.S.V.P. Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-45411536708610428072010-05-31T09:00:00.007-04:002010-12-17T19:59:02.034-05:00Princeton University13 Nov 2009. You know how every campus has that one 'centerpiece' building? The building designed by a famous architect, or resembles a Gothic cathedral, or is cut from expensive rock? The picture postcard, bulk mail brochure, website banner building?Every building on Princeton's campus is like that.Technically, Rider was added to the collection an hour or so before Princeton, but it fits the Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-35593982188684516962010-04-14T22:12:00.003-04:002010-04-14T22:17:00.999-04:00March Madness! April, May at No Extra Charge!College Cup Project will be temporarily suspended to make time for quiz show preparations.Theodore Roosevelt, Persephone, Brookings, The Surfin' Mennonites, Pope Urban, Trevor and Ish, Otter, Jethro the Bulldog, Mario the Dragon, and Lewis & Clark will return shortly.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-17215744041385228032010-02-22T09:00:00.004-05:002010-12-17T19:56:57.537-05:00La Salle University13 Nov 2009. Schools like La Salle make me glad I switched the focus of this blog from campus description to fakelore. This religious university - I'm thinking Jesuit? - on the outskirts of Philly was tough to find and tougher to find interesting. Yes, there were unique touches like the 12-foot medieval wooden doors leading to the bookstore, and the serene grotto pictured below. And love Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-69631262347760768182010-02-15T09:00:00.005-05:002010-12-17T19:59:02.036-05:00University of Pennsylvania13 Nov 2009. The first Ivy League entrant. Looking to go classy, I was aiming for a cocktail/martini glass, intending to save the wine goblets for the Napa schools, such as UC Davis and...hmm...just UC Davis then. Penn had a nice bookstore stocked with beanbag Quaker men but no martini glassware. The university seal is etched on the glass I'm telling you. Why won't you believe me??Next door Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-43260754537294642782010-02-08T09:00:00.001-05:002010-12-17T19:56:57.539-05:00Saint Joseph's University13 Nov 2009. I feel bloated just remembering all the pink and orange road signs along the PhilBo corridor. So many Dunkin' Donuts, so little tolerance for half a dozen jam filled crullers."This is my dream!"I take a sniff."My dream smells like feet.""Oh, you get used to it." Angela assures me. She's the head of gameday staff at the Palestra, our big-game court in downtown Philly.Our regular Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-70962036031304809142010-02-01T09:00:00.010-05:002010-02-11T22:28:38.892-05:00Purdue University7 Aug 2009. Purdue is perfectly innocuous, like Canada or bread. (Who could hate Canada or bread? asks Matt Harding at the 5 minute mark.) So, of course, no better place for some mild kleptomania and sociopathy.In an office in now-deserted Lilly Hall, where academic flyers fluttered along the tile floor, Otter looked at Professor J.B. Lee. The Professor was looking down, explaining his Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-18001830355078987722010-01-25T09:00:00.002-05:002010-06-06T01:01:14.712-04:00University of Wisconsin, Madison6 Aug 2009. Madison is no quaint farm town. They have a rush hour all their own. And downtown construction. And marauding hippies. I guess I kinda drove mostly around campus, through many one-way streets. I don't even know if I visited the official UW store, there were several in a row in that whole State and Lake area."The men need shaving swag bags, sir!""Send in the badgers."The term 'Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-88536712116119847812010-01-18T09:00:00.005-05:002010-12-18T00:32:16.747-05:00University of Northern Iowa
6 Aug 2009. Campus was deserted but I got to see the Unidome and two healthy young ladies checking me out. Checking my merchandise out, that is. Ostentatious purple plastic yards on clearance for two dollars?? In Cedar Falls, a jaw falls.
Jethro trudged through the wet gravel, the cool water between his paws the only relief from the unfiltered country sun.
The water from the Black Hawk Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756510527599740716.post-61406188718760023962010-01-11T09:00:00.014-05:002010-12-18T00:54:17.509-05:00Iowa State University
6 Aug 2009. 'A Snack In The Face' was closed, so I settled on breakfast at their next door neighbor. Angie's Kitchen was decorated with old timey knickknacks and ads, including a questionable pro-coal bulletin. Across the street in the ISU bookstore, there were no 'spinning bird logo' gifts, only things like a hammer with the blocky 'I STATE' on the head. ISU fans who approve of this new Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977834758743162888noreply@blogger.com0