I have confidence in sunshine

I'm getting mixed signals here, Ithaca. Yesterday, it was horribly ugly and cold. Today, I look outside and it's a beautiful day! Then I go outside, and it's 40 degrees. What the heck Ithaca? Make up your mind- it's Spring.

In other news, there are tons of prospective students visiting campus. Seems as though every other person I see has a "Class of 2014" nametag and a parent they're walking awkwardly ahead of. Between their nametags, parents, sleeping bags (which most have), and general innocence, it's pretty easy to identify a prospie (as we have taken a fancy to calling them). However, it wouldn't be too hard for one of them to blend in:

By getting rid of
Your nametag and parents, it's
Easy to blend in

All you really need to do to blend in to the school of however-many-tens-of-thousands-of-students-the-number-is-now is leave your indicators at the door. Of course, there's still that innocence problem. If you're walking around and looking like you have no idea where you're going, or looking at all scared- chances are we'll know you're a prospie, and judge you as a result. What you need to do is be confident of yourself. However, make sure that you don't look confident, as that's a dead giveaway- anyone who looks confident obviously has not been at college very long.

The title comes from the Sound of Music song "I have Confidence." It fulfills a double meaning in this context (confidence and sunshine).