March 2006: "Bears"

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Bears

March 2006

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Following "spring" break, things got back to business. But that didn't stop a number of unusual trips and events from occuring.

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Bears

The Hillcrest Bear: we've talked about him on a few other occasions. You've seen him playing DDR and assaulting softball players. However, he does have a more mundane side. We join him on a trip to dinner at D2 and a trip the Math Emporium with his entourage to take a test for one of his classes... or something.


D2sday Run
One day, Bear E. Cool was really hungry. Fortunately, it was D2sday (it's always D2sday... D2sday is a state of mind), and Bear and his entourage packed up for departure.
	Here's bear doing his best to look pensive.
So as the shadows grew long, the crowd departed for quite possibly the most extravagant dining hall on campus.
	Here, Bear devours his meat after tackling the challenging hummus.
And then he stole Geoff's hat.
	He ate so much, he had to take a nap upon his return to the building.
I took this picture after he woke up, and was told about a month later that it looked like the cover of a Kanye West album ironically entitled "The College Dropout." REMIND ME TO ATTACH THE LINK WHEN I GET INTERNET ACCESS BACK AGAIN.
SHAMELESS PLUG: I didn't take too many pictures at this event because I was making a movie. Go watch the Best of Bear Video: closed captionned for the humor impaired. It includes some pictures from Bear's appearance in The Collegiate Times.
Math Emporium Expedition
	So Bear's running late to get to his test and what does he do? Show off his ID, of course. Yes, it's real. Stop asking.
The quickest way to get to the Empo is to drive. Bear has no car. The next best way is to bike. Bear has very large feet. So he walked.
	And good thing, too, because some soriority chicks asked him for his number on the way to the bus stop.
Yes, the University Mall Shuttle is free to anybody with a Virginia Tech ID... even a bear. Like the gray bars at the bottom of this picture? Well, my camera has recently been fixed (as of June 2006) so this kind of issue should be a thing of the past.
	You have to sign in to use a computer at the Empo. Yes, Bear's ID is legit. Stop asking.
Greg helps Bear log in to the system while Sam looks on.
	One of the great things about the Empo is that you can do your homework and quizzes with help only feet away. All you have to do is take the very technologically advanced step of putting your red plastic cup on top of your monitor and somebody will come to help you. Unless all 17 of them have come to talk to a visiting bear, of course
Here, Bear (a math education major) gets help from interior design, animal science, and physics majors, respectively. I (civil engineering) was taking pictures. Far more important, don't you agree?
	So eventually Bear finished his quiz (he aced it, of course), and it was time for all of us to go home. Bear needed some help on the steps. The bus driver asked him if he was pledging for a fraternity or something. Bear told him, "No. I'm a freaking bear. There are no fraternities for bears... yet."
The crew dismounts the bus. We applaud you, Blacksburg Transit, for being accepting to people of all race, religion, gender, and species.
	So after a successful mission to the Emporium, Bear and Greg nearly had a tragic accident whilst skipping back to the building. But they're still alive, ready to bring more mayhem next month in... April 2006!