welcome to beautiful saratoga springs, where public intoxication is frowned upon.
After the local media got a hold of The Saratogian’s story about our godless and embarrassing community Skidmore feels a little down in the dumps about its public image. Yesterday’s articles, and out cry from community members, leaves town-gown relations stressed. The sentiment was similar at today’s Chipotle’s burrito giveaway where this reporter overheard a local resident complain that “these Skidmore kids [were] eating all his fucking burritos.”
The increased media scrutiny comes at perhaps at the least opportune moment what with Saturday being Fun Day and all. It seems, after reading Inter-Hall Board President Rob Hill “09’s recent email, that the college has once again approved media presence on campus and that we should expect “not only reporters and photographers ready to jump on any false move, but also administrators, ready to prevent the perpetuation of a negative image of Skidmore.” Considering it was the college’s decision to allow photographers into a celebration notorious for its disregard of drug laws that got us into this mess in the first place, maybe inviting local paparazzi to a day notorious for getting drunk and throwing up in a bouncy castle wasn’t the best idea.
Regardless make sure to look your best Ladies and Gentlemen because chances are you are your could make it into The Saratogian this weekend. Try to keep a modicum of decorum or something, having Fun Day canceled would end the semester on a sour note and fracture already stressed town-gown relations.
