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Moxie on video, or: Yes, I kidnapped prospiesApril 23, 2008· By Lisa Gartner |
I probably like prospies more than I like you, and I mean that in the nicest way possible: It’s just what happens when you assign worth to people based on the entertainment value they supply. You know, when you run into the socially crippled guy you hooked up with in January, or the TA from freshman year who didn’t deem sarcasm appropriate in that paper on human trafficking, and you eke out a half-smile and curse your heinously awkward pseudo-existence. Repeat until graduation.
Oh, but to happen upon a throng of prospies! Their purple lanyards billowing in the wind! Their wide-eyed optimism! Their furrowed brows! That special way they hang their heads when my jaw drops and I point at them, breathlessly mouthing that one idyllic abbreviation: “Prospies.” These kids are everywhere, and I personally can’t get enough of their fresh faces and AP-score babble.
After the opus to prospective students I wrote about a year ago, it seems unlikely that undergraduate admissions will ever find it suitable to hand me over another high-school student. Well-played, admissions office, but my fascination with prospies runs too deep to be thwarted by things such as criminal law. I lured two prospective students away from the pack, mumbled something about journalism and interviewed them in the only way I know how: with moxie. Check it out.
Video editing by Asha Toulmin.
ploot said,
April 24, 2008 @ 2:31 am
Wow. You are basically my hero.
Ben R. said,
April 24, 2008 @ 8:22 am
This is amazing.
René Jovel aka El Luchador said,
April 24, 2008 @ 8:30 am
i love this! all that’s missing is a single swinging light in a creepy basement!
Emily said,
April 24, 2008 @ 10:07 am
haha oh dear, I would have been so incredibly terrified of you.
Sam said,
April 24, 2008 @ 11:40 am
so hilarious.
Ethan said,
April 24, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
hahahahaha
Steven said,
April 24, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
lol
Joe said,
April 24, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
this is pretty funny.. too bad any nu kid you pulled into that room would prb act the same way.. LOLZ
Evan said,
April 24, 2008 @ 10:30 pm
This is absolutely genius. That’s all I can say. Excellent idea, exquisite execution, and an incredible finished product. I cannot say how much joy this video has brought into my life. Lisa, you are a wonderful person!
Olivia said,
April 24, 2008 @ 10:31 pm
hahaha “it was probably the DBQ”
:)ou said,
April 25, 2008 @ 12:24 am
i loved this.
and i might be a prospie…
some day :).
“can’t even say vassar with a straight face” HAHAH.
Colleen said,
May 15, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
this is reason #4,634 why i love you!
Also, until now, I had actually repressed the “DBQ” from my memory…
Kate Piserchia said,
May 21, 2008 @ 8:23 am
Wow, Lisa, this might be one of the funniest things ever. How did you get those kids to agree to be on camera? Did you accost them while they were walking around with their parents? Or did you wait until their parents were out of sight and make your move? Either way, well played, Lisa Gartner. Well played.
Kaitlyn said,
May 22, 2008 @ 8:02 pm
Your Northwestern sweatshirt is awesome. Did you make that?
Lisa Gartner said,
May 23, 2008 @ 2:30 am
Thanks Kaitlyn. I bought the sweatshirt at American Apparel, then sewed on the letters/heart from t-shirt scraps. It’s super easy.