So College.

Today we will be a day of barrier breaking on gongshow@bc. No, we are not going on the AHANA Boat Cruise, nor are we coming out for National Coming-Out Week, but rather we are attempting to put into words something that peeves us every day. We don't want to insult anybody. However, if we do insult somebody, we think we'll be able to turn the page. And you are hearing something that your friends should have told you by Day 3 of Freshman Orientation.
First, we would like to try to explain college- not the noun, the adjective. College is not a word to describe simply the excessive consumption of alcohol, partying, hooking up, etc (because we at gongshow@bc completely support, promote, and participate in these things) but more to describe the kid who tries so hard to be sure that everyone knows that he does drink, he does party, and he does wheel bodacious babes- when in real life, this is usually the last kid who is a soldier of the night- he is never a true gongshow. Let us describe the kid who is Joe College.
Headwear: Cowboy hat (sometimes made out of the cardboard from the thirty they just crushed), John Deere trucker hat (or many other cliche mesh hats), aviator shades (not always a bad thing, but most of the time), or a Von Dutch hat (no explanation necessary).
T-Shirt: BC BEIRUT, Upper Campus Drinking Team, BC SuperDrunk... you know what we mean. You drink? We didn't know until we saw your sweet shirt.
Accessories: Miller Lite sweat bands, the "Budweiser: Drink Responsibly" bracelet you got for being 21+ three nights ago at Roggies, your empty flask that you bring out with you for no reason, etc.
Room Raiders- So COLLLLEGE!: Collection of empty liquor bottles that you have brought back and forth each summer, your Periodic Table of Sex poster, the 365 Reasons to Drink poster, Mixology 101 poster, etc... your shot glass collection, strategically placed Busch Light empties, etc.
On the Web: Your AIM profile has the "I'm a Budweiser, what are you?" link, away messages that talk about how much you drank, how hungover you are, asking "does anyone know how i got home last night?", your Facebook picture has a keg/beer/etc in it, your Facebook interests are funneling, shotgunning, power hours, etc. You have 700 Facebook friends before even moving on to Newton Campus. You know what we mean and you know who you are.
Things You Love to Say: House cup, house rules, re-rack, keg's kicked, triple keggerator, balls back, it's cheaper at Hurley's, let's head to the MODS! (28B!), long line at Mary Ann's, pfffft, beer pong? it's BEIRUT!...etc.
Things You Do: crush beer cans on your forehead, kegstands, carry thirties on the shoulders (boombox style), you do "stitches" on your arm/collect tabs etc so everyone knows how many beers or wine coolers you've drank, boot & rally and publicize it, brag about your 30-cup beirut tourney, BC bus gymnastics, etc.

Disclaimer: We are not off the hook when it comes to getting a little colllllllege! at times. In fact, everyone needs a little college in them, or else they are terrible people. For example, at his freshman orientation, Pearcey went to a toga party in Vanderslice where he played water beirut with several other hard-partying froshies. To make this worse, he had already turned 21. That's college. Last year, we were the owners of a sick megaphone which we obnoxiously brought everywhere and made a scene. That's college. We have both done the parallel bars on the BC bus, on multiple occasions. That's college. We own several of the aforementioned t-shirts. That's college. At Has Beens bashes, we sometimes lose our shirts on the dancefloor. That's college. We are the proud owners of the best (and only) tandem bike on campus, which we use to cruise Upper for froshy vixens. That's borderline college. You get the point. Everyone should have some element of college in them, but it's the kids who are way too college that concern us. They are not gongshows, but they think they're living the dream.
The MODS:
"Right now, I live the dream. I live in the mods, we have a bar, and I own pink flippers. Is there anything else one could ask for?" -Jerry Dicolo, A&S '06, resident of Mod 29A. The Heights, 10/3/05 COLLEGE!!!!!
"Although they are not the most spacious, luxurious, and architecturally sound structures on Lower Campus, they are the prize of upperclassmen and the dream of underclassmen." -The Heights 10/3/05
The Mods are perhaps the most college thing on campus. For non-BC kids, the Mods are a bunch of small house things where seniors live, and are known to be the biggest gongshow place on campus. At times, they are a ton of fun. Everyone has had this discussion before: Kid #1 "I live in Kostka, where do you live" Terrible Senior Girl: "I live in the MODS." She says it in that brutal tone of voice, like you are supposed to run and grab her a cold one from the nearest fridge. They follow it up with the standard "you should stop by sometime, we always have tons of beer."

In case you are too drunk to read the poster in this picture, it says "Pregame Harder Than You Party." This is pure college. This is the Mod where a resident has been known to stand on his front stoop, beer in hand, in a bathrobe and cowboy hat, just being college on Saturday mornings as people set up their tailgates. Total sweetness.

That's it for our COLLLLEGE! rant. We had to do it. Thanks for tuning in to the gongshow@bc. Tell your buddies and your grandmother and your Hebrew school teacher to log on. Remember, friends don't let friends get too college.

Shout Outs: Big Ups to the BC Ski & Snowboard Club- these kids have their stuff together, are running a great organization, and are true gongshows. Tomorrow, Hillside will be abuzz with stories from tonight's ski club extravaganza. Big Ups to Applebee's for their 1/2 price appetizers (m-th, after 9) and their $2 Coors Light drafts (24/7). Big Ups to our non-BC readers, we love the support and are planning some real deal recognition for you, coming soon. Big Ups to Dingman for being NOT GUILTY. Big Ups to all those beautiful babies who are putting in overtime at the Plex- remember, Late Night is the DEVIL.

Everyone have a great weekend, and keep it COLLEGE!!!!!!

(expect to hear from us Sunday night for a weekend recap)