Outside, a passing ice cream truck plays The Entertainer over and over again. The stillness doesn t last long. Professors Jim Spates and Pat McGuire charge in, arms full of wall maps, briefcases, and trenchcoats. Meanwhile, the class is buzzing. Brightly wrappered iced tea bottles appear on desks where enviro-mugs were hours earlier.
Spates casually gets down to business.
A week from now we leave for New York City. Start training go to bed early. You re going to need as much energy and as many Mars bars as you can buy. There's a cluttered productivity in the room. Pens lace papers with Spates sociological definitions.