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Hey Day date under fire
Juniors speak out against festivities in the middle of the week, when many have class
Nandanie Khilall
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Next Tuesday, the class of 2009 will officially make its passage into seniordom as part of the 93-year-old tradition of Hey Day.
Hey Day is traditionally held on the last day of classes, a Friday. But due to changes in the academic calendar this year, the last day will fall on a Tuesday afternoon.
And juniors are not happy.
"If Hey Day were on a Friday afternoon like it usually is, I wouldn't miss it at all," said Wharton junior Carol Baniqued, who has class Tuesday afternoon during the events and will probably miss the festivities.
Hey Day being on a Tuesday especially interferes with whatever plans Engineering juniors had in mind to commemorate the occasion.
Nearly all Bioengineering juniors take BE 490 and are required to present their work as part of their final projects beginning on the first reading day as early as 8:30 a.m.
"It sucks that you don't have the weekend right after Hey Day to celebrate," said Engineering junior Joan Jose Martinez. "Instead, we have to go straight into reading days."
College junior and class president Brett Perlmutter still has high hopes for the day of festivities, however.
"We understand that there's bound to be conflict," he said. "But it was out of the hands of the Class Board."
Aside from the fact that Hey Day is traditionally on the last day of classes, all other dates had time conflicts.
Penn Relays are taking place the Friday before Hey Day and no official non-academic event could be held during reading days, Perlmutter said.
College junior Kristin Brinkley said she is lucky enough to have had her class cancelled on Hey Day, but "a lot of my friends are missing what's supposed to be the height of our junior year."
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stewie
posted 4/24/08 @ 1:59 PM EST
"I work really hard cause I'm no fun."
Who cares!
posted 4/24/08 @ 3:13 PM EST
Hey Day is for Fucknuts and is a tradition that we could do without. In theory it is a wonderful event; however, in reality it is a reckless drunk fest. (Continued…)
current senior
posted 4/24/08 @ 7:07 PM EST
Hey Day was on a class day last year, it just happened to be a Friday. Plenty of juniors have a Friday class or two. Most profs do very little on the last day of class (especially if they know that it's Hey Day). (Continued…)
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