Bridging the Gap (Narp Perspective)

After spending hours and hours poring over all the statistical data that I could gather from the blog, it appears that we have great diversity amongst our readers. Ranging from the narpiest narps to the jockiest jocks, and some random international people (I'll figure out who you are eventually Mr. Denmark), we've hit a place where Bowdoin's diversity can only dream of getting. That being said, an undefinable barrier must be bridged between the narps and the jocks. Things that are seemingly innocuous to one group may be downright terrifying to the other. But fear no more! For here is the first installment of a potential series in which some places on campus are going to be arbitrarily and stereotypically defined by my idea of what a narp perspective is!



Thorne 
Big, vast, yet oddly belittling dining hall. Fine for breakfast and early lunch, but when it gets packed, you might as well be playing Where's Waldo trying to find who you came with. It's incredible how good athlete's eyes are in comparison to narps; they literally just walk straight to their friends without hesitating. Maybe one day there will be designated tables for narps too.

The Quad
Great place for studying when it's nice out, which apparently is only the first week of school. That's fine though, us Howardians aren't really the outdoorsy type anyway. However, some die-hard Howardian's/ future Howardian's challenge the elements and will read under a tree in the middle of October (hint: gloves). However, walking across the quad is the main reason that we have to run between classes. If there were no quad, we could just roll our backpacks straight from Hubbard to Searles in a nice warm hallway. In essence, the quad is a barrier to academic success, mainly by keeping us in the back row.


Hawthorne and Longfellow Library
Library! Studying! College! No parents! Books!


First Year Dorm (Hyde, Winthrop, Appleton, etc)
You know you're living in Howard when you signed up to live in Howard during the housing lottery. Another good indicator, albeit not nearly as good as just knowing where the hell you sleep at night, is visiting your freshman dorm. It's a great way to make friends with some underclassmen, and you can share stories of those crazy nights you spent in your old dorm watching CSPAN or Obama announce the death of bin Laden.

Smith Union

Mailboxes, C-store, Jack Magee's, noisy study room, billiards, Foosball and pingping tables (aka a one stop place for all of a Howardian's workout needs). Also a place where you may find yourself puking after drinking your first beer before a concert. #notwinningthennotwinningnow

Buck

An adult male deer, also slang for a dollar.

Farley Field House

The dog in that movie that my mom wanted me to see with her? HAHA JK everyone knows it's where our hockey teams play! I went to the Colby-Bowdoin game last year and never knew I could get so into a game that I understood none of the rules for. For example, why were there only 2 nets when there were obviously 3 teams on the icecourt? And the 3rd team didn't even get to use sticks, they had whistles and kept picking the flat ball up! (they were also severely undermanned, it must be some weird Canadian thing). But the "Safety School!" chant was the most school spirit I've ever felt.

Seriously wtf. 3 guys 2 sticks?

 Pickard Theater

A great venue for student produced theatrical pieces and other necessary forms of cultural advancement. If there's one thing you have to do before you graduate bowbow, it's either produce, perform in or support one of these productions. Personally, I'm a big fan of musicals: A Very Potter Musical is the great thing I've ever seen, and I'm also partial to West Side Story (the Jets snapwalk is hilarious if you're stuck behind someone walking slowly and you feel too awkward to pass them),  for plays I like A Midsummer Nights Dream, and for movie adaptions of the greatest play ever written I require you to see Gnomeo and Juliet. Yes that was a tangent, but all of those links should definitely be clicked and watched because they're all awesome/terrific procrastination tools.

Jock perspective to come tomorrow, I'm gonna need hella interviews.