What you can't miss this Green Key
With the forecast set for 70s and sunny through Saturday, it can only mean one thing: Green Key is here. Every year, the weather magically turns around right before this glorious weekend of basking in the sun and letting the good times roll. Get ready for alumni and students on off-terms filtering in to visit, Safety and Security upping their patrol, and sundresses and Chubbies taking over.
While the party started on Wednesday for some (or if you’re really ambitious, Monday), the main highlights of Green Key are Friday’s block party and Saturday’s lawn party.
On Friday afternoon, everyone and their sunglasses take over a closed Webster Avenue to hang out. Phi Delta Alpha fraternity has music blasting from its porch, and two live bands, Quintus and the Clyde Lawrence Band, will start performing around 2 p.m.
On Saturday, Alpha Delta fraternity will hosting their lawn party, with Viceroy, Step Brothers, and student band Chuck performing. Make sure to bring a water bottle and pop inside every so often to keep hydrated.
One way to maximize your Green Key? Don’t waste time indoors. Or worse, sleeping. Unless it’s out on the Green of course. Hungover? Pop some Advil and get outside. A cool dip in the river is also said to revive your senses. Green Key is all about having nothing to do so don’t even think about spending any of it in the library. I hope you got that work done on Monday and Tuesday so you can be free for the rest of the week.
Be adventurous! When you’ve worked hard to block off an entire weekend with absolutely nothing to do, take the time to try new things. Don’t spend your time in the basements like you would on any other night. What better weekend to try outdoor pong, watch the sunrise from the river docks, and then go to Lou’s. Or head to the Fort at a ludicrous hour. Play mimosa harbor in the morning. Don’t go to class for once (if you’re anything like me, you’ve been saving those “two skips before your participation grade is affected” for this weekend).
And that’s about it! Go forth and Green Key. You only get four (or five, and then you just become a sketchy alum).
Suns out, guns out, skies out, thighs out.