Dandelion

Before entering, 1Ls anticipate all sorts of things: expensive textbooks, being called by their last names, and middle-school-style drama. What many of us didn't expect was Dandelion, or as someone put it yesterday, "the last vestige of law school hazing."

Basically, yesterday afternoon, the 2Ls, 3Ls, and 1Ls who opted to not embarrass themselves headed over to the Park, where the kegs were tapped at 4:30. From the shade, they could then watch (and heckle) as each 1L section and the LLMs performed a skit or dance with a theme somehow tied to the section letter. (J was Michael Jackson, for instance, D was Decades, G was Ghostbusters, K was KISS, and I was Eye of the Tiger. Also, L was on a boat.)

After participating and watching a few skits, here's what I learned:

1) None of us got into UVA on our mad dance skills.
2) Cross-dressing is an integral part of the Dandelion experience.
3) If you lube up with baby oil, then mock-box someone in the bed of a pickup truck, you win. (Or you can do what last year's winners did and convince Prof. Harrison to do Hugh Hefner for you, complete with Bunnies and the Wahooptie. Either way.)

The prize? Playing softball against the upperclassmen last night.

Honestly, I wasn't too sorry to see victory pass us by.