Some of you might have seen us in John Boyer’s World Regions class last night. If you didn’t, you would have seen something like this:
Daniel Lin and Brad Klodowski capture a wide shot of John Boyer's largest ever World Regions section. Photo by Trevor White
The story is set to run next week sometime, look for it then!
The Virginia Tech Quidditch Team held their first practice on Sunday.
Bugle Photo Editor Luke Mason rides the swings at Gobblerfest to take photos of other riders for the yearbook.
Credit: Brad Klodowski, SPPS
The Hokie Bird came by our table yesterday to say hi and strike a pose in front of some of our cameras. Thanks to everyone that came out and stopped by to talk to us!
While it may not be in the best shape, this Collegiate Times box did not sustain its damage during the earthquake that was felt on Virginia Tech campus on Tuesday. It certainly made for a humorous photo, though.
It seems the Cadets of Brodie Hall have figured out a standardized solution for keeping their rooms cool.
Photos and text from Kevin Dickel, SPPS Staff Photographer
Students lined up around the block from Lane Stadium all the way to Cassell Coliseum. Once the gates opened up, freshman walked through the tunnel onto Worsham field, touching the Hokie Stone above the doorway, as all the players do before each game. Once onto the field, the students were met by the cheerleaders, orientation staff, Hokie camp counselors, and the High Techs dance team. After taking the traditional walk across the field, the students went to the concourse and received free food catered by the dining halls. After taking as much pulled pork, hamburgers, hotdogs, and other picnic standards as they desired, the students went into the stands to watch performances by the Marching Virginians, the cheerleaders, and the High Techs. The picnic concluded with introductions by the Women’s volleyball, women’s basketball, men’s basketball, men’s soccer, and football teams.
Today was the Pass and Review ceremony for the freshman cadets, signifying the end of New Cadet Week.
The Hokies held their final open football scrimmage today. We’ve got a gallery up at http://www.collegiatetimes.com/galleries/287/football-scrimmage-8-20-11.
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Daniel Lin, Photo Editor
I’ve finally uploaded the last of the interviews that I did at FloydFest. Check out tomorrow’s paper for a story from me and some photos from Daniel Lin, and check Collegiatetimes.com for more of Daniel’s photos.
I’ve enjoyed taking over the Exposure blog to give you an insight into festival life. I was happy to find that so many people were friendly, from vendors being willing to do an interview to the people who camped next to us being willing to lend us their cookpot. And, unlike other summer music festivals I’ve attended, I’m happy to report that the port-a-johns were much cleaner than I expected them to be.
Thanks for reading. I’m turning this blog back over to our photographers now.
Liana Bayne,
Collegiate Times Special Section Editor
David Lander is the medical advisor for both Blacksburg and Floyd Rescue Squads. He is also a doctor of emergency medicine at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He lives in Floyd, and has attended every FloydFest as medical personnel.
You can find more information about Blacksburg and Floyd Rescue Squads here: http://www.blacksburgrescue.org/ http://www.floydcountyrescue.org/
-Liana
DL: The team consists of nurses from Montgomery Regional Hospital and other providers and docs, and nurse practitioners. Blacksburg Rescue also volunteers here and brings a truck, which is extremely helpful. We’ve come every year one way or another and have a good time and help people out. It’s been mellow. Always have a lot of minor cuts, bruises, splinters.
CT: Did you see any heat stroke?
DL: No serious heat illness, a few people might have had too much heat and not enough fluids, and god a little sick. I’d say heat stress, heat stroke is really serious and needs emergency care, but the people we saw just had to lie down and drink some water. Nothing tragic, a couple people felt bad but no real bad injuries. We saw a few burns and cuts, a couple broken toes and fingers. It’s a pretty mellow group. In the 10 years I’ve been here, I don’t know of one single interpersonal violence, which is a nice atmosphere.
CT: I heard something about the dragon flamethrower in the Global Village?
DL: Yeah, somebody got burned. I don’t think it was the fault of anyone, the person who got burned was a little bit of a discombobulated person, let’s put it that way. I think it was painful, but they’re not gonna have a permanent problem.
CT: This year with FloydFest at capacity, did you see any more issues?
DL: Just incrementally more. Just suitable for the fact that it was (a) hot and (b) more people. Just proportional, because again the number of people isn’t creating more than we’d expect it to. People aren’t fighting. More cuts? Sure, there are more people.
CT: Anything else you didn’t touch on just kind of about how the weekend went?
DL: We like doing it, and one reason is because we don’t have the paperwork and bureaucracy of our jobs and we can just interact with people in a friendly way. We don’t charge and we don’t accept payment. We’re all just volunteers and good Samaritans, so it’s kind of like why we wanted to be in medicine to begin with as nurses and doctors, but at work it’s not quite so easy, so we like it. It’s just low-key.