This weekend we were delighted to follow in P. Diddy’s footsteps for Conn’s “White Party” themed Winter Formal. SAC went all out this year, providing students with a taste of the liveliest American hot-spots all throughout Cro. Students could visit New York City, Los Angeles, Miami and the Hamptons via an array of tasty foods (e.g. white fondue) and sick beats.
Those of age headed to the 1941 Room for some real drank and snacks, marking the beginning of a fabulous last semester for seniors. Time to start mooching off of Conn for your alcoholic needs.
It was all food-filled (for twenty solid minutes) and glamorous, but the question everyone is asking is why white? The Crystal Mall has surely seen the worst this week of desperate Conn students tearing apart the stores for white attire. Unfortunately, no one here is on Puff Daddy’s salary so custom-made clothing is out of the question. I’ve seen it myself. White dresses in the middle of winter are few and far between. It was a cute idea and wonderfully creative in theory, but white has never been realistic. Kiss that outfit goodbye after two sips of jungle juice…I’m sorry, mocktails.
I took the liberty of Googling the color “white” and a general consensus is that it symbolizes purity, cleanliness and innocence. HAH.
Not exactly your typical Connecticut College night out. Looks like SAC has a sense of humor.
The boys took the reigns this weekend and picked up the white slack. I spotted more pairs of white pants in just two hours than I ever have in my life. I conducted a minor, unsubstantiated survey and concluded that, surprisingly, a large portion of the white-donned males did in fact own these pants pre-White Party.
In addition, many of them believed that white pants are useful for other purposes in life other than college winter formals.
“I can wear them on a boat,” I was told by a Conn senior as he ironed his pearly pants.
Valid.
Maybe white is more practical than I imagined.
Ironically enough, the mob of intoxicated students throughout Cro was hardly a clean picture of pearly white, but more of a Casablanca or Citizen Kane scene…minus the class. Everyone got the same memo before the formal — the theme is optional. White was a challenge, so many girls gave up and pulled out the little black dresses. There is something about black being a polar opposite of white that made it fully acceptable to throw on. Stripes, polka dots, paisley (…I know), flowers of all shapes and sizes. All black and white.
I seem to recall Conn already having the black and white semi formal last semester. The only differences I witnessed were some projector screens and a slightly lower set of social standards on the dance floor.
Why do we insist on making every event look the same and complain about it afterward?
White clothing is a challenge, yes, but pajamas? Entirely possible. Easier than dressing yourself for a Harris appearance, in fact.
Just last week, SAC planned a pajama-themed dance party DJ’d by the fabulous EZ, Empez and ProStowe. It was a classic welcome back to Conn and had a great turnout, but there were no oversized t-shirts or heart boxers to be found.
Once again, many students decided the theme was optional.
There’s hardly a point in SAC’s board of enthusiastic students if every event comes out looking the same. Which, let’s face it, is not a pretty picture. If there had been more appreciation, at least all of the groping would have been accomplished in sleepwear. It seems like we’re making our own social lives monotonous and SAC is certainly taking the heat.
All they really wanted was for us to wake up in the morning feelin’ like P. Diddy. Still, I declare mission accomplished.
