Sadie Lou’s Social Notes

by Sarah Kobetis

Friday April 28, 2006

On your average weekday it’s sometimes hard to believe that Sarah Lawrence has anything to offer besides school work, but just as there’s a rush in April to finish up those inter-library loan books, there’s also a rush to fit in one (or five) more events before the year ends. April may have just started, but, unlike its students, SLC’s packed social calendar refuses to crack under the pressure of conference papers.

The weekend started (for many) on Thursday, April 6, in the Basement with Epic’ly Awkwar’d, sponsored by Programming Board. Back by popular demand, Thursday night was the second Epic’ly Awkwar’d of the year, and showcased Sarah Lawrence’s first year heartthrobs, including Your Friends (Ren Rossini and Echo Hopkins), DJ Spin-Saire (Spencer Barnett), Terremotini (Hannah Deutsch, Josh Schneider, and the night’s lone sophomore performer, Lauren Palmor), Noah Fuller, and Alixandra Mcmillan-Fiedel.

Friday brought back another SLC favorite, Projekt Rhythm. The group’s event actually spanned the entire weekend, beginning on Friday with the student show in Reisinger, followed by an after party in the Basement, and continuing into Saturday with workshops and discussions covering many areas of hip-hop, including the music and fashion industries with discussions led by K-Kay from Motown Records and Paridee from Triple 5 Soul, MCing with Kwann “Ohene” Shockley, and popping with SLC sophomore Jake Esocoff. Projekt Rhythm also screened Opposite of Sink, David La Chapelle’s latest hip-hop documentary.

Sarah Lawrence students came to get lei-ed Saturday night in Bates at the annual Spring Formal, sponsored by Student Senate. The night was themed “Sunset in Paradise,” and, since this past October saw no Coming Out, was one of the biggest dances of the year so far. Students got dressed up and partied with leis, lobsters, pineapples and the DJ, junior Matt Elkin, who brought the house down with everyone’s school dance favorites like M.I.A., Le Tigre, and of course, Jordan Knight. The event’s success was made certain when the lights came on and people kept dancing—nobody can get off the floor when “Like a Prayer” is still playing.

For those of you who may still be recuperating from Spring Formal, or thinking to yourself that the next few weeks’ events won’t ever be able to top that Projekt Rhythm party, I say: see you at the Sleaze Ball.