Without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as a Fiddler on the Roof!

"Sings" TRADITION!!!! TRADITION! “duh duh duh duh duh” TRADITION!!!!

 

 

That is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this week’s blog topic. I think Converse has some very unique and fun traditions, but the question is, if a new tradition was up for vote, what would it be?

 

 We all eat at Gee. (Well, MOST of us do) I will admit, I think Gee is actually pretty decent. But sometimes, I really want a certain food, and it doesn't show up on the menu until 2-3 weeks later.   So, why not have a tradition where US, THE STUDENTS, make and eat what we want. Naturally, my tradition would be called Students Run the Cafeteria Kitchen Weekend (I know, boring name). On the first weekend of the month, every month, two major groups sign up (example: biology and English)  to make lunch and dinner for that day. For instance, all the biology majors would make lunch and dinner for Saturday, and English majors would make lunch and dinner for Sunday. And it would rotate among all the majors, so each group would have a chance to make meals. By themselves. No cooks watching them and making sure they weren’t making an absolute mess. They have run of the kitchen and are free to bake or cook anything that they can think of. It can be as healthy or unhealthy as they want. It could be just desserts, just carrot sticks (that’s not a meal, that's a snack!) or a full blown 5 course meal, WHATEVER!  The cafeteria proviedes the ingredients and the students make the food themselves. The only rule would be that every single student has to help. There can't just be a group of 7 people making baked potatoes and one person making a quiche. It would be a team effort, as the old quote says “many hands make light work". But, they would have to clean up after themselves. No one would be allowed to leave until the kitchen was as clean as before they started cooking. Another good thing about my tradition would be that we give the hard-working chefs who work in the kitchen a nice little weekend off. How often do you think that those overworked chefs get a vacation? Not very often I think. I believe that there are many upsides to my made-up tradition. And this tradition is one that I would LOVE for Converse to have.