Flunk Day 2007

The Union Board in Seymour Union, 2007

Flunk Day 2007 occurred on May 8!! But it is still tomorrow.

However, Flunk Day 2007 is like Schroedinger's Cat: it is rumored to exist, and to not exist. In all reality, though, the Students For Flunk Day Truth Committee proved that Flunk Day does not exist.

Tunak

The song started just as the Galesburg Fire Department responded to a fire alarm in the Quads. Instead of canceling Tunak, they kept it on the front lawn, right in front of the rather confused firemen.

The Sigma Nu guys traditionally carried out the ceremony of the Tunak dance on Flunk Day 2007, albeit with an audience.

Thanks for the great info dog I owe you bigitgy.

Scares

The scares of the 2007 season have been many, due to the fact that Flunk Day was late. Flunk Day was later this year than it had been in at least the last four years. It finally occurred on May 8. Sweet!

Great cmoomn sense here. Wish I'd thought of that.

Monday, May 7

Some people thought the Chinese Ambassador wasn't really coming. But Paige Harrison said he was, because Anne Taylor bought new cups, and would not lie to her about something like that.

Roger Taylor informed The Knox Student about the Ambassador's visit about a month ago, so it was, in fact, very unlikely that his visit to the campus was simply a giant ruse.

And I thought I was the sensible one. Thanks for steitng me straight.

Actual date

Flunk day 2007 occurred on May 8. Here follows the official flunk day e-mail.

This is it...FLUNK DAY 2007...FINALLY :-) More Myth vs. Fact...

Fact...TODAY (Tuesday) is in fact Flunk Day 2007!

Myth...Prof. Larry Breitborde, Academic Dean, will cut his hair and shave his beard on this day of Flunk so as not to be confused with the late Jerry Garcia...

Fact...The Mud Pit is DANGEROUS...Reports yesterday noted that glass, rocks, and other nasty things are in the pit including pieces of a suite telephone. Please remember that the mud pit is NOT a part of Flunk Day and if you go in you do so at your own risk...

Myth...or Fact...The Friars are a part of history - we shall see!!!

Fact...Flunk Day is great fun for one and all...

Take care of one another and welcome to Flunk Day 2007...remember that it is up to all of us to keep one another safe and have a great time!

See you all "out there" at Flunk Day 2007!

-Xav ier

5.15 a.m.
Tuesday
8 May 2007
"The Official Day of Flunk!"

Besides the friars, Ellen Vessels is rumored to be one of the first students to get "official" word that it was Flunk Day as per a text message she received from Dean Xavier Romano early May 8, before the e-mail was sent. In the message, Dean Romano explained that the e-mail system wasn't working, and instructed Ellen to spread the word.

Video

Paint Fight <youtube v="2_4KfLvaOdw"/>

Video of the Flunk Day paint fight. The paint fight was not a scheduled event, even though a lot of people thought it was.

Also see Seymour 2.

Rumors For

His Excellency, Zhou Wenzhong, the Ambassador of China is supposed to stay overnight Monday. This is, perhaps, unlikely for a man of his stature. It is hard to imagine the Chinese Ambassador staying in the Best Western Prairie Inn.

Additionally, Madeline Weiland was also asked to babysit for professor Jason Helfer as he claimed to be hosting the Chinese Ambassador for dinner on Tuesday, however, he has since canceled these plans.

A student had a friend call from Colorado and tell the Office of Admissions that she was visiting Augustana and Monmouth on Tuesday, May 8, and she was wondering if she could come by Knox and get a tour. Reportedly, admissions responded by saying, "Uhhh, no, that won't work out." When the student asked why not, they said, "Well, Tuesday is our spring carnival; we call it Flunk Day."

Rumors Against

The Environmental Racism class has a very big day trip to Chicago scheduled May 8, and it could not be canceled. 28 of 40 students went. The schools' administration refused to disclose that it was on Tuesday to the professors who had asked months in advance whether Tue 8th may was going to be flunk day. When it was rescheduled after the April 30th debacle the class' trip was not taken into consideration.

The baseball team has an away game May 8 against Grinnell College that has been rescheduled twice already. (This could be for or against. Basically, if someone says, "It can't be Flunk Day Tuesday because the baseball team has a game," you can respond that it was already rescheduled twice so it could still be Flunk Day because they rescheduled it and may not have been able to avoid it.)

Information is power and now I'm a !@#$ing dtictaor.