Columns

Commencement approaches. Soon, I’ll zip up my black robe, march to my seat to “Pomp and Circumstance,” shake a few hands, shift the blue and white tassel from left to right, and embrace my family after the dragged-out ceremony. Tears will run down my face during all three hours of it.

This summer reading list is preparation for 2012-13, which may be the most performance-intensive Shakespeare year in Luther’s history.

“Much Ado About Nothing”

Ahh, Paris – the city of croissants, Moulin Rouge and inescapable people. Paris is like many other big cities in the world. Full of people, languages, and as any, a likely place for crime and the reason for your mom’s increased heart rate.

With spring finally here, many have taken to the great rite of passage of wearing shorts outside. Being a big fan of showing off my pale, chicken legs to anyone willing to melt their face a la “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” I made sure to pull my favorite pairs out of their dusty, moth ball tomb. I proudly walked outside into the beautiful sunshine, to the unfortunate sound of cackling.

One of the first things I remember from freshmen year is when I fell from a 15-foot cliff in the Hodag Cave.

I was swinging my leg over the edge, really about a few inches from grabbing onto my friend at the top, only to slip and flail my way down through the gloom.

Editor’s note: The title for this column comes from the nickname for French composer Francis Poulenc. Translated idiomatically, the phrase means “Half Monk, Half Delinquent.”

There’s a storm coming. The rat-a-tat-tat of a thousand computer keys flailing through the night as the power-supply of Preus Library takes a beating and the printer laments its fate, spewing page after page of tear-striped Times New Roman, 12 point font. We’ve been watching the storm churn at a distance, knowing full well that it would hit us soon enough.