Word: journeyer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This is a fiesta I've been tracking all day--no way would I miss my own House happy hour. The gig is just one floor upstairs, a simple journey for myself and Tad. A few eclectic Winthropians munch on hummus and pita in a corner. The center of attention is a set of pictures from a previous party that featured a great deal more nudity than is evident tonight. My luck is beginning to wane. Fortunately, I find a Deep Springs College transfer named Zach. I chat about life on the farm, sharing the stories of my Kentucky roots...
...face is from. Section? No...Winthrop Dining Hall...No. As I watch a girl in a silver tube top aggressively explore the young man's lower-half, it hits me: Matthew R. Cordell, FM photography editor, who only hours before begged off the task of accompanying me on my journey tonight, sending instead his friend Tad. Tad, meanwhile, continues to play the role of photographer, snapping shots of wild karaokers...
...night is dark and a bit damp, but still warm, as I make the short trek back to Winthrop House. Feet weary and eyes bleary, I reflect on the journey I have just completed. I have just attended more parties in one night than some students know about in four years...
...victory, but then things haven't been going their way for some time now. The anti-Castro camp is fighting to keep Elian Gonzalez, who turned six Monday, from being reunited with his father in Cuba, after his mother and stepfather died when their vessel went down on the journey from Cuba. Elian, who was found clinging to an inner tube, was placed with relatives in Florida, and anti-Castro activists have showered him with toys and urged that he be allowed to stay to enjoy the freedom he'd be denied in Cuba. The almost soap-operatic human dimension...
...Vegas is Disney World up 30 notches times 30 hotels. It's the ultimate postmodern landscape--a dizzying simulacrum of our collective consciousness. In other words, it is pop culture. Just take a virtual journey down the Strip--the pirate-themed Treasure Island, the luxurious tropical visions at the Mirage, the canals (with gondola rides!) and warm cannolis at The Venetian, the Arthurian legend at Excalibur, the cobblestone streets surrounding Lake Como at the $1.3 billion Bellagio, etc. etc. Where else in the world can you wake up and look out one window and see the Eiffel Tower (a half...