It’s always welcoming to walk into a room filled with warm friendly chatter, loud laughter and the occasional super villain lookalike. Truth be told, I didn’t know exactly what to expect when I showed up to BOT so I brought along a couple friends from Light Brown Team and Saint Jerome’s.
BOT, the Beginning of Term party, was held at POETS. Coincidentally we spent Friday Night in Piss on Everything Tomorrow’s Saturday. Based on what I’ve seen and heard, POETS is THE place to be in the engineering quad. For those of you who haven’t been in it yet you should drop by between or after classes.
After mingling for a little while I realized that the big Waterloo Engineering is like family, a rather large one and that UW Eng traditions run deep. The lounge provided a homey atmosphere with all its Engineering Spirit. The walls are covered with plaques and memorabilia from various EngSoc and GradComm Events.
The theme of BOT was failed super heroes and villains. Quite a few guests were in decked out in costume, among them a few masked marauders, an evil bear and a balloon guy. The crowd, super villains included, went mad when the TOOL Bearers appeared. In unison everyone in the room chanted the tool bearer cheer as the bearers each chugged a beer. When the TOOL was raised the crowd roared with delight. One of the upper years yelled, “How many days until IRS?” and the responses echoed throughout the room.
The highlight of BOT was the screening of last semester’s video. It opened with the disc being stolen by a super villain and then remade just in time for the BOT Screening. The video covered EngSoc and GradComm Events that were held last semester including White Water Rafting, Semi-Formal, DUSTED (Drink Unsuspecting Small Town Establishment Dry), 5 pin bowling, PubCrawl and EngPlay. When the video came to a close many of the guests proceeded to the Post-BOT Events.
Looking back on the Fall 2010 BOT years from now, I’ll probably remember meeting new people and laughing during the video while learning about more traditions. For all of you who missed out on BOT, MOT is just around the corner.
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