sead43
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Post by sead43 on Mar 14, 2012 11:36:17 GMT -5
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TC
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Post by TC on Mar 14, 2012 12:34:04 GMT -5
I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Mar 14, 2012 14:00:13 GMT -5
I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it. Clearly you're just upset that "GU Concert Band Spring Concert" was not on the list .
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TC
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Post by TC on Mar 14, 2012 14:36:54 GMT -5
What is Rangila? I know I graduated awhile ago, but this page was ostensibly about Georgetown traditions. I doubt half of the stuff listed as been around ten years.
Not knowing what half of it was made me feel like Lucille Bluth.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Mar 14, 2012 14:51:22 GMT -5
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blueeagle
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Post by blueeagle on Mar 14, 2012 14:52:35 GMT -5
I would recommend subscribing to Georgetown Magazine or taking testosterone pills.
I guess you are also against Jack DeGoia dating Lucille 2. Miss that show.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Mar 14, 2012 15:06:20 GMT -5
What is anything on the list except the Tombs, homecoming, and Wisey's?
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hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 15, 2012 11:20:34 GMT -5
What is Rangila? I know I graduated awhile ago, but this page was ostensibly about Georgetown traditions. I doubt half of the stuff listed as been around ten years. Not knowing what half of it was made me feel like Lucille Bluth. I agree. I was surprised by how many of my school's traditions I've never heard of.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Mar 15, 2012 12:27:56 GMT -5
What is Rangila? I know I graduated awhile ago, but this page was ostensibly about Georgetown traditions. I doubt half of the stuff listed as been around ten years. Not knowing what half of it was made me feel like Lucille Bluth. I caught the bluth reference and loved it! Rangila started shortly after you graduated. It was pretty popular ( and really well done) in the late 1990s.
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 15, 2012 12:36:44 GMT -5
Round 2 goes through Sunday. Results from Round 1 are about how as I expected.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Mar 15, 2012 14:09:07 GMT -5
Rangila has been around for a while, but it reminds me of my favorite thing about Georgetown (and probably most college) students.
I have long believed that there are only two kinds of events at Georgetown: "first-time-ever" and "a long-standing tradition." Due in part to the nature of student body turnover and in part to the importance of branding, pretty much all student events fall into the two categories.
The first instance of an event is First-Time-Ever, and each subsequent edition is "A Longstanding Tradition."
If, however, a longstanding tradition misses a year, and is resuscitated one or more years later, the next event will invariably be "First Time Ever."
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Mar 15, 2012 14:19:24 GMT -5
To be fair, Rangila has been around for awhile. I would guess at least 10 years.
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Post by rosslynhoya on Mar 15, 2012 14:50:45 GMT -5
Rangila has been around for a while, but it reminds me of my favorite thing about Georgetown (and probably most college) students. I have long believed that there are only two kinds of events at Georgetown: "first-time-ever" and "a long-standing tradition." Due in part to the nature of student body turnover and in part to the importance of branding, pretty much all student events fall into the two categories. The first instance of an event is First-Time-Ever, and each subsequent edition is "A Longstanding Tradition." If, however, a longstanding tradition misses a year, and is resuscitated one or more years later, the next event will invariably be "First Time Ever." Rangila and Georgetown Day fall into a different category altogether. As best as I can tell, they both existed quietly for some years before they suddenly began to burn with the fire of a thousand suns. Rangila was definitely there in the late 90s - I think it was timed to coincide with I-Day, is that still around??? - but didn't result in fist-fights over tickets or anything because it was never going to sell out prior to the day of the show. Likewise, I recall Pots & Spoons yielded to a spirit organization named Hoya Blue in the late 90s, back when you could still drink all the Hoya Blue you wanted at New South cafeteria, but apparently "Hoya Blue" didn't exist until someone named Kurt or something showed up in the mid-00s. On a separate note, if Georgetown advances to the Final Four next weekend, will Georgetown students spontaneously run down to the White House to serenade the President? Would that simultaneously qualify as a Second Time Ever AND A Longstanding Tradition?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 15, 2012 15:08:59 GMT -5
It's a little too easy to diminish these as traditions when few even existed more than 15 or 20 years ago.
I also had never heard of Rangila until a few years ago. Back in the 1980's, most performing arts events weren't popular, a capella was just the Chimes, and Wisemiller's didn't serve grill foods.
I think recent years have attempted to "create" traditions that did not exist when Georgetown was more middle class, more Catholic, and a little less pretentious. There were plenty of "traditions" around Healy Basement, but that's been scrubbed out of the modern lexicon, as if Saxa Sundries, the Center Cafe, and Soul Night at the Pub never existed.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Mar 15, 2012 15:55:58 GMT -5
Yes, Rangila took place during I-Week. Early November, I think. And let me guess, got a lot popular with the broader exposure to Indian culture around the time of Slumdog Millionaire?
Hoya Blue was formed in Fall 1998. I remember attending some of the early organizational meetings in White Gravenor. That group produced the first "I Bleed Hoya Blue" t-shirts, which became wildly popular (relatively speaking).
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 15, 2012 22:57:02 GMT -5
Yes, Rangila took place during I-Week. Early November, I think. And let me guess, got a lot popular with the broader exposure to Indian culture around the time of Slumdog Millionaire? Hoya Blue was formed in Fall 1998. I remember attending some of the early organizational meetings in White Gravenor. That group produced the first "I Bleed Hoya Blue" t-shirts, which became wildly popular (relatively speaking). Rangila was definitely "wait in line for tickets" popular my four years at Georgetown (02-06). That was also why I never went
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hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 16, 2012 10:18:07 GMT -5
Is there still a homecoming block party on Friday and tailgate on Saturday? That was my favorite GU tradition from my era. The Pub probably would have been my favorite if it had lasted beyond my freshman year. I guess it technically still existed my entire time but the Friday/Saturday night late night debacle ended after my first year. That was really a shame.
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Post by jgalt on Mar 16, 2012 13:12:02 GMT -5
Is there still a homecoming block party on Friday and tailgate on Saturday? That was my favorite GU tradition from my era. The Pub probably would have been my favorite if it had lasted beyond my freshman year. I guess it technically still existed my entire time but the Friday/Saturday night late night debacle ended after my first year. That was really a shame. There are still copious amounts of drinking outdoors if that is what you mean. ;D
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hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 16, 2012 22:21:53 GMT -5
Is there still a homecoming block party on Friday and tailgate on Saturday? That was my favorite GU tradition from my era. The Pub probably would have been my favorite if it had lasted beyond my freshman year. I guess it technically still existed my entire time but the Friday/Saturday night late night debacle ended after my first year. That was really a shame. There are still copious amounts of drinking outdoors if that is what you mean. ;D That was really the only part of the tradition that mattered so I'm glad to hear it's still going strong.
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Mar 20, 2012 10:34:02 GMT -5
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