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2007/07/22

SUUSI 2007: The Conclusion

Well now SUUSI is over, and it may be a while before I go onto the campus of Virginia Tech again. It seems strange. The 2007 April 16 shootings occur, and we SUUSIites claim our allegiance to VT, saying that we are all Hokies too. Then we take off for greener pastures at Radford. Seems strange, doesn't it? But things just could not work out at Tech: this fall's students needed to be oriented.

So what happened the last day? I gave my last workshop, on Sudoku, using the brick wall as a screen. I sang with SUUSIBoyz for the last time this year, and we went to see Teens Way Off Broadway at night. This time it was a spoof on Harry Potter, in which he becomes female. The highlight I felt was this woman singing the Dixie Chicks tune "Not Ready to Make Nice". We then went to Cabaret and Serendipity for the last night. In the past, this has really been a big night for Serendipity. After all it is the last night we are at SUUSI, and it is open until 2 am. But at midnight the place was practically deserted. I asked a woman to dance, and shortly after we started dancing I found that we were only one of two couples dancing, and there were only two people sitting on the sidelines. It's like dancing in the desert, or on the Moon. I found out why shortly. A really rousing number played by a motley array of SUUSI stars at Cabaret. Strange.

Closing circle went OK, and then we all took off for home with SUUSI memories. Next year we come to a new place, on a Pilgrimage from Virginia Tech to Radford. Here is a comparison table of the two of them. I will add more later if I think of it:
Virginia Tech
Radford
Sharing campus with many other groupsWe are the only ones on campus
Madhouse mealsPleasant meals
Long distancesMaximum distance only about 10 minutes
Parking way off in Litton Reeves infinityConvenient parking, maybe right next to dorm
Ample room for CabaretCrowded Cabaret in a smaller room
Closer for those who live to the NECloser for those who live to the SW
Madhouse opening day registrationMuch more convenient for registration
Teens Way off Broadway in a movie theaterTeens Way off Broadway in a large auditorium
3 sharing double-sized bathroom2 sharing single bathroom
Medieval stone architectureHomey brick architecture
Burruss tower the main landmarkMuse clock tower the main landmark