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The Sign the Taus Built
Originally uploaded by measi.

The Agganis Arena at Boston University fully justifies my four years of tuition. It is beautiful. It's bright. It's clean. It has spiffy jumbotron screens surrounding the stadium.

Oh, college hockey, how I've missed you so.

As I'd mentioned last week in my Thursday Thirteen, the Sisters of Tau Beta Sigma were being honored for their contribution of the Goalie/Sieve sign to BU Hockey Lore. When the new arena opened, the building & grounds folks didn't know where the sign would be placed. And so it didn't go anywhere. It sat in storage as students (and alumni) who came to games became upset at the dismantling of a tradition.

With the help of a flagpole and some ingeniuty, this year... the sign is back. It's hung from the rim of the Student Suite. Over the course of the year, a couple Sisters will be held responsible for trekking to the other side of the arena during the break between periods, and flip it over.

But Saturday night, the alumni Sisters were able to enjoy the swankiness of the student suite and took one last round at flipping the banner. The suite was fully stocked with burgers, italian sausages, chips, and other yummy munchies-- and of course, the suite sponsor, Snapple. Lots and lots of Snapple.

The nine of us in this photo wasn't reflective of the number of people who were in and out of the suite all evening. At one point, it was standing room only.

We laughed. We cheered on the game (BU won over the University of New Brunswick, 3-2). We introduced our required suite chaperone to the joys of the band community (and even made her a temporary honorary as we invited her back to the band room for celebratory cake).

Many of us agreed that the unofficial motto of our chapter should be "Join TBS - We Have Cake." Let it be known that the band director agreed with it, too. So the sisters should start giving out flyers with it! (partially kidding)

All very good times. I seriously need to get to more hockey games and introduce Erich to the addictive insanity that is Hockey East.