Last week’s April Fools Day gave campus newspapers a chance to show their funny sides, and the writers at Ross particularly rose to the occasion.
As most people were enjoying the first flowers of spring, the Monroe Street Journal reported that it is not just flowers blooming on the Michigan’s campus, but mustaches. This April fools delivered news of the annual charity fundraiser, Rosstache, to Ross campus. In addition, they reported that the Ross Burt Reynolds club (created in honor of Burt Reynolds who was born in Lansing, Michigan) is looking forward to a particularly exciting event this year because Burt Reynold’s son Quinton, called Bandit by his dad, has announced that he will be attending Ross in the fall. This year the Rosstache event will be judged by the man whose mustache inspired the event, much to the delight of participants who began growing their mustaches in early March to prepare for the challenge. Unbelievable!
On a less fictional note, but just as humorous, what do you call 40 Wharthogs running wild in South Africa? A safari? Most times of year, yes. But in this case the correct answer would be Spring Break for the Wharton Men’s Rugby Club (the Wharthogs). The Wharton Journal reports that the team was in Cape Town for a week of food, fun and practice as they prepared to continue on to the MBA World Championship games in late April at Duke University.
Also reporting on world travel, a group of 140 MBAs left Wharton to participate in the Japan Trek. In 8 days, they explored the city of Kyoto, the Sumo (wrestling) city of Osaka, the hot springs of Hakone, the city of Nagoya where they toured a Toyota factory, and ended in Tokyo, which according to many students, made even New York City pale in comparison.
However, the highlight of the experience seemed to have been at the end of the Toyota factory tour, which featured displays about how robots are used to optimize the building process. What could have been more impressive than vibrant Tokyo? Answer:140 Wharton students singing “I Just Called to Say I Love You” accompanying the sound of a trumpet, which was played by a robot at the end of the tour.
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