Even after Harvard became known for its enormous new Motorola plant instead of for its pungent dairy farms and giant fiberglass cow at the edge of town, no one ever considered turning the annual trophy for school spirit into a cell phone. Adam Morris had been part of a group of seniors who persuaded a teacher to let them into school the night before homecoming week started to throw down a spirit-week gauntlet. Class of 2000. Now, one day into homecoming week, with that bold declaration staring down at them as they grumbled about their bland school lunches, Adam was feeling pressure to make his class' boast a reality. In his opinion, the seniors either needed to get their acts together or face losing the milk can for the first time in recent memory.
Seniors never lose.
There were points for trudging to school dressed in ridiculous outfits for pajama day, geek day, Egyptian day, black and gold day. Points for winning the all-school tug of war. Points for earning first place in the skit competition. And points for screaming the loudest during the spirit-yell at Friday afternoon's pep rally. There were a handful of students who considered Harvard's homecoming to be entirely overblown.