Yes, today is the day of the zealot. Enter the New Converts - thousands at the University and millions nationwide. New students come to college with blank stares and blank minds, and the zealots begin to salivate like cows at feeding time. Everyone comes to school to find their niche, to make friends and to explore new ideas. Yet the process stops here - zealots, unlike scholars, do not provide context nor background.
Wit has no weight within the zealot's mind and there is no room for humor.
They spout statistics like a faucet and buzz words like a bee. Sarcasm stands no ground. Thus the new converts, backed by the mentoring of the zealots, become dangerous. Their fervent fanaticism takes over scholarly analysis. We all know who the new converts are - they represent a broad cross section of the student body and we've all had some experience with them, however small.