I feel fortunate to be a regular in Friday's paper. Being able to be a part of your Friday routine is satisfying and exciting. Fridays make campus happy, and I've always banked that a happier audience would correspond to a greater reception and appreciation of my column. Saying the same thing in a Tuesday's edition seems much less favorable to the columnist. The first-year students in particular are the target of this column.
Today is their first ever Dead Day.
Glad you asked. You might find it surprising, first-years, that Dead Day is not defined in any way, shape or form in Drake's references, whether it be the online Web site, or the schedule of classes booklet. To make matters worse, I suppose most of your syllabuses marked today as Dead Day, and fittingly have failed to offer any definition of Dead Day. And I understand it is uncomfortable during class to ask your professor what Dead Day is. So this leaves you to question your classmates in private, where your naivete goes publicly unnoticed and your reputation untarnished.