Holidaze

Out of all the holidays during the year, some stand out more than others. Holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving seem to hold the title of the "biggest" holidays, and rightly so. What I can't seem to understand then is why the cafeteria ignores these larger holidays and finds the need to decorate instead for the lesser holidays. For the past two weeks I've been shocked when I walked into the dining hall. On Valentines, the entire room was transformed. It looked like someone had thrown hearts, flowers, streamers, and cupids everywhere. They even when so far as to put up a WEDDING ARCH over the desert table. A bit extreme? Maybe. But things only got weirder tonight. Like others, I didn't realize that today was Fat Tuesday. Guess who did remember?  The staff at DHall apparently!! The entire room was drenched with purple, yellow and green. Masks lined the tables and there was a huge four tier cake decorated for Mardi Gras (just for show, not to eat...disappointing to say the least). There was however plenty of king cake (which isn't the most delicious of cakes) even though there wasn't a baby inside of the cakes because they are a "choking hazard." There was even a hired DJ spinning tunes throughout dinner which was both distracting and obnoxious as it was impossible to hold a conversation without essentially shouting. I don't really understand the importance of decking out the dining hall for these two downplayed holidays but I guess every holiday needs a chance to shine...