This week’s Homecoming festivities are the latest misguided attempt to traditionalize our untraditional school. There’s a basketball game, carnival, a dance, and by the end of this week, we’ll have a new Homecoming King and Queen! The celebration started on Monday and the good stuff happens this weekend, but it’s already Thursday and I still don’t understand exactly what we’re celebrating.

Is anybody else laughing about this?

Homecoming is a joke, an outdated high school tradition that, quite frankly, has no home here at NYU. You think of homecoming, and images of football games, tailgating and slutty cheerleaders come to mind. I don’t think I need to point out the reason why that doesn’t work here.
But, tiny rant aside, I wonder how they choose the King and Queen. They should make it entertaining. Like mud wrestling. In their gowns and tuxedos. I’d certainly go to watch that.

Photo: flickr courtesy of kcjk009.