Saturday, December 18, 2010

UGA's Tate Center Decorations Celebrate Diversity (i.e., not Christmas)

Merry Christmas?? That's pretty racist... Fortunately, UGA's Tate center, a building with places to eat, watch sports on giant screens, study, and stare at girls, has decorated itself in honor of every religious holiday that was demanded in a survey distributed to campus cultural groups. In the past it seems that the Tate center's decorations were predominantly a celebration of Christianity and its mascot, Santa Claus. This year, student banners celebrate the traditional holidays such as the Festival of Lights, the politically correct holidays like Kwanzaa, the communist holidays such as the Chinese New Year, and the made-up holidays like Noah's Pudding Day. Kidding! Noah's Pudding Day isn't made-up [apparently]; in fact, it's a Turkish holiday in remembrance of Prophet Noah and the believers' deliverance from the flood of pudding. Worry not; this information is located on the banner in case one of the three Turkish students at UGA isn't available to explain. Jan Barham, director of Tate, cites the increased flow of traffic in Tate as proof that students are enjoying the new additions. Given that the temperature outside hasn't plummeted in the past week, there's no other possible explanation of why more students are staying indoors- clearly it's the Pudding Flood banner.

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