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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.
Wow. You are basically my hero.
ploot
April 24, 2008 at 2:31 am
This is amazing.
Ben R.
April 24, 2008 at 8:22 am
i love this! all that’s missing is a single swinging light in a creepy basement!
René Jovel aka El Luchador
April 24, 2008 at 8:30 am
haha oh dear, I would have been so incredibly terrified of you.
Emily
April 24, 2008 at 10:07 am
so hilarious.
Sam
April 24, 2008 at 11:40 am
hahahahaha
Ethan
April 24, 2008 at 12:22 pm
lol
Steven
April 24, 2008 at 3:02 pm
this is pretty funny.. too bad any nu kid you pulled into that room would prb act the same way.. LOLZ
Joe
April 24, 2008 at 5:22 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!
Evan
April 24, 2008 at 10:30 pm
hahaha “it was probably the DBQ”
Olivia
April 24, 2008 at 10:31 pm
i loved this.
and i might be a prospie…
some day :).
“can’t even say vassar with a straight face” HAHAH.
:)ou
April 25, 2008 at 12:24 am
this is reason #4,634 why i love you!
Also, until now, I had actually repressed the “DBQ” from my memory…
Colleen
May 15, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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.
Kate Piserchia
May 21, 2008 at 8:23 am
Your Northwestern sweatshirt is awesome. Did you make that?
Kaitlyn
May 22, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Thanks Kaitlyn. I bought the sweatshirt at American Apparel, then sewed on the letters/heart from t-shirt scraps. It’s super easy.
Lisa Gartner
May 23, 2008 at 2:30 am