Princeton 2 Cornell 1 postgame

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I have to admit that it took a while before I recognized that it was a senior night ceremony.  That's because of the lousy sound system, combined with the faithful originally thinking it was simple introductions.  When I realized that I stopped with the paper.

I did have a problem with the length of the ceremony.  ("Tommy graduated from Nassau Elementary School with a 3.75 GPA before attending John Witherspoon middle school").  And it did cross my mind that the reason the introductions were so long to silence the Faithful, but that's probably just my typical paranoia.

Regarding when to cheer or what to cheer:  Cheer when you want and what you want as long as it isn't blatently offensive.  You want to jingle keys, jingle keys.  There shouldn't be rules on when to cheer.

[Killer]

Yeah, especially when it comes to Harvard - let 'em have it whenever you want.

Hey, maybe someone can craft a sign for Richter this weekend on the theme of "Message from the Faithful: No one is Black Holier than Thou"

[A-ron]

The band wasn't waving newspapers or chanting "boring" by the time the second senior's bio was mumbled over he PA system.  What they were eventually chanting was "let's play hockey."  I agree that it wasn't the most classy thing to yell but why did the clock stop counting down at around 35 seconds?  Would it have been too obvious when it hit zero and the announcer still wasn't even half way through the announcements?  Isn't Cornell's senior ceremony at the end of the game?

While none of this excuses our behavior I find it funny that the Princeton players seemed unable to hear the announcements as well.  I saw them turn to he bench and shrug multiple times.

By the way, anyone know why the Princeton band took so long to show up?

[Beeeej]

[quote A-ron]The band wasn't waving newspapers or chanting "boring" by the time the second senior's bio was mumbled over he PA system.  What they were eventually chanting was "let's play hockey."  I agree that it wasn't the most classy thing to yell but why did the clock stop counting down at around 35 seconds?  Would it have been too obvious when it hit zero and the announcer still wasn't even half way through the announcements?  Isn't Cornell's senior ceremony at the end of the game?[/quote]

It's standard practice at most rinks, Lynah included, for the timekeeper to pause the countdown to game-time if the buzzer at 0:00 would otherwise interfere with anything significant, such as the the anthem(s).

By my reckoning "boring" lasted through three of the five seniors, though it was in fact eventually replaced with "let's play hockey."  Glad you acknowledge that it wasn't classy.

As for your last question, way to read the whole thread.

[KeithK]

[quote A-ron]Isn't Cornell's senior ceremony at the end of the game?
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The reason Cornell's Senior Night ceremony was moved to the end of the game is that the students weren't showing up in time for the ceremony.  So they moved it to the end rather than honoring the seniors in front of half empty stands.

[ugarte]

[quote KeithK][quote A-ron]Isn't Cornell's senior ceremony at the end of the game?
[/quote]
The reason Cornell's Senior Night ceremony was moved to the end of the game is that the students weren't showing up in time for the ceremony.  So they moved it to the end rather than honoring the seniors in front of half empty stands.[/quote]
Which, in Princeton, isn't a choice they have to make.