Ahh... alumni weekend and graduation is here again meaning swarms of old, new and emerging alumni festooned in straw hats and cartoonish orange and black sport coats are taking over the town for their annual reunions, cocktail parties and A-list lectures that will decide the fate of mankind as we know it until they do it all again next year.
If you live here, these rights of nostalgia-laden passage and hard core fundraising mean that with the last chorus of their alma mater fight song "Old Nassau" the town will soon become ghosted for a few months leaving stores and restaurants empty and available for casual browsing and mob-free dining.
Until next year and the greatest fireworks show absolutely no one knows about. Five stars for the Tigers... we'll miss you while you're gone and I forgive you for the ridiculous sport coats. read more