Let’s play Jeopardy!

Everyone down?

The answer is: 20 minutes.

Insert music here

What is, “How long it took for Central Campus to go completely nuts after losing power?”

Correct.

In the regal and lofty third floor of Witherspoon we here at Technician were not stricken with the power loss that blackened campus. Sorry, in case you didn’t hear we are kind of a big deal. Oh you didn’t have a generator? That’s too bad.

We, like the lords of old, did have a warm and well-lit vantage point of the masses below us going crazy. Also for some reason there were a lot of cats running around that aren’t usually running around campus. Omen? We’re checking on it.

It was both startling and a little refreshing to see students take to the streets together and make the best out of a bad situation. But seriously, streaking and water balloons?

Although it was funny, it was still a little fast to break into anarchy.

Were you sitting around doing your homework in a very civilized manner listening to Mozart to celebrate his 250th birthday then all of a sudden the power went out and you didn’t know what to do?

Did conversations possibly entail, “Hey the power went out. Let’s take off our clothes”?

A little disturbing, but again a lot of fun.

It was awesome to see students out having a great time together, putting down the books for a few minutes to have their own Mardi Gras-style party.

Thankfully nothing got too out of control. The mind wanders thinking about what would have happened if the power were out for a couple of hours longer. The movie 28 Days Later comes to mind.

On the other hand, what needs to be addressed is the irresponsibility of some people pushing the blue light emergency beacons. Those buttons should only pushed in the event of an emergency and on a campus where armed robberies keep popping up we need to make sure that no false alarms are caused by some people having a good time.

The poor students in Wood Hall, already ostracized from campus enough, didn’t get power until much later in the evening and when they tried to push the emergency buttons the responses went unheeded. They were over there in their pariah dormitory waiting to get some light and heat.

In all honesty, maybe the school should turn the power off every now and then for our sanity — and to help with the rising energy costs.