Do you have an epic walk of shame? We want to know the dirty little secrets.
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by Irene Muniz-Frias, News Correspondent
Everyone had a freshman year tradition. For my three best friends and I, it was weekly brunch – Sundays, Stetson West, noon sharp … well, not always so sharp. Over chicken stir-fry and buffalo chicken pizza we shared stories from our previous “nighttime adventures” without fear of being judged.
After all, “nighttime adventures” were not a topic I chose to discuss with my parents when they called every day to check in. I could not tell them about the guy I hooked up with (kissed in my dictionary) at the club I could only enter by flashing my fake ID, whose name I did not recall although he spent $50 on my drinks. Trust me, they would’ve booked a flight for me from Boston to San Juan, Puerto Rico in the blink of an eye.
But there was always one key factor to our weekly brunching – usually, of us four friends, one or two were missing. Who or what do we blame for this? None other than the notorious, sometimes awesome, often disgraceful walk of shame
Sofia, one of the fabulous four, had left the party scene the night before to have a few drinks with a guy whose name we cannot disclose, not because he would find out, but simply because to this date, we don’t know it. According to Sofia’s version of the story, his apartment was somewhere near Brookline, but honestly, who knows? After a couple of drinks, one thing led to another and well, you get the picture. But, erase that picture and let me guide you step by step through why she didn’t make it to our Sunday brunch.
Let’s start with her clothes: She was wearing opaque black tights and a shirt with a zillion buttons down the back. Yeah, they would not be categorized as “sexy time clothes.” When she attempted to take the tights off, she noticed a huge hole near her left thigh. (For years, my great-grandmother told me I always needed to make sure my undergarments were neat, in case the night took its magical course or I ended up at the hospital.) It seems Sofia’s great-grandmother never reminded her of that. The hole in her tights was turn off number one for Mr. Mystery Guy.
Turn off number two was when she realized she was wearing “granny panties.” Isn’t that sexy? OK. I give her credit for that. Come on! It was winter. But the guy did not give her the benefit of the doubt and after the second attempt he decided the ‘hook-up’ part of the night (different meaning in their dictionary) was not going to work out. He stood up, opened a closet nearby and took out a couple of sheets and a brand new pillow, threw them on the couch and being a “gentleman,” told her she could sleep there.
Of course Sophia was deeply offended and decided it was best if she fled the scene and never, ever contacted him again. Big mistake. She left his apartment without knowing his phone number, his apartment number or where the heck she was standing. The type of building made it even worse because she got stuck in between the lobby and the door to go outside, if you know what I mean. She shut the door behind her and the only way to get back inside was a buzzer. She could step out into the cold, but not into the lobby. Needless to say, she started pressing all the buttons to see if someone would buzz her in. She’d seen it done in movies, but that, too, was a failed attempt.
You’re probably asking yourself: couldn’t she call someone? Well, that’s the cliche part of the story: her battery was dead. Plus, it was 4 a.m., so the T stop she saw in the distance had not even opened yet. So, on a cold January night Sofia slept in between doors, next to a stack of newspapers, for the first time in her life.
When the T opened, she hopped on (with her makeup ever so beautiful and her tights ever so chic. She got to Northeastern and the only thing she could do was sleep. When we finally contacted her she burst out laughing (partially crying) and told us about her grand walk of shame.
Feb. 4, 2010 Huntington News PDFs
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Post-Beanpot tweets
Northeastern men's hockey fans dropped a collective F-bomb last night after the Huskies dropped their first-round Beanpot matchup to rival BU, 2-1. After the Terriers went up 1-0 in the second period, NU's Kyle Kraemer ignited the DogHouse when he blasted a shot past goalie Kieran Millan -- but the comeback was crushed by a BU goal with only 5 minutes remaining. The game was capped by 88 seconds of excitement as Northeastern earned a two-man advantage followed by a thud of disappointment when they were unable to capitalize.
It was a tough loss for Huskies fans but we hope you enjoyed our live coverage and Twitter updates nonetheless. We reported the disappointing news with this tweet as the game ended . . .
. . . which was immediately followed by a tweet from @HuntNewsNU student follower Mark Epstein, who was at the game:
That was the gist of many @HuntNewsNU followers’ subsequent Twitter reactions to the loss. Take a look at possibly the first ever Northeastern-student-Twitter-status roundup, chronologically showing some of my favorite reactions by NU fans (each in 140 characters or less, of course):
- BU vs BC final again. Huskies heartbreakers as always.
- Well that sucked.
- Ugh.
- BU = evil
- Why do I always do this to myself?
- Better luck next year???? #beanpot #northeastern
- Ugh. [Editor's note: There was a lot of "ugh"-ing.]
- well that was depressing #beanpot
- Northeastern lost. What did you expect.
- I don’t fault the effort this time by the Huskies, the hockey gods didn’t want to the losing streak to end yet….can’t fight that
- I think NU hockey just killed me a little. Oh well, next monday is free!
- At the end of the day…I don’t have to walk a mile to my classes on my “campus”. :- )
Northeastern will take on Harvard, who was blanked 6-0 by BC in the early matchup, in the consolation round Monday.
Check the print edition of The Huntington News, available Thursday on and around campus, for more on last night’s loss.
– MAGGIE CASSIDY, Editor-in-chief
BU hangs on to win 2-1
Patrick here with the final post of the night. The Terriers withstood a six-on-four Huskies advantage in the final 90 seconds of the game, as Northeastern had plenty of chances to tie the game, but were unable to put together any solid chances on net. BU advances to their 25th championship in the last 27 years. The Huskies will have to wait another year to try to end their Beanpot drought. Bu will face their rivals Boston College Monday night at 8 p.m. in the championship game, while the Huskies will face Harvard in the consolation at 5 p.m.
BU takes 2-1 lead with 5:47 to play
Patrick here, and the Terriers managed to trickle one past Chris Rawlings to take a 2-1 lead with just under six minutes to go. Freshman forward Alex Chaisson led a two-on-one break for BU on net, and fired a shot just under the shoulder of Rawlings. Rawlings stopped the puck, but it slipped under him and slowly glided over the line to give BU a 2-1 lead. 4:28 remains and Boston University has a man advantage upcoming. It will take a major turn of events fro Northeastern to overcome this deficit so late in the game.
NU ties it up at 1 with 10:26 to go
Patrick here again, and finally, although it took them nearly 50 minutes to do so, Northeastern has tied the game at 1 with a power play goal from senior forward Kyle Kraemer. A huge momentum shift in the Garden as the Huskies faithful, which had remained relatively silent throughout most of the contest, has now made some major noise. An exciting conclusion to this game is sure to come.
Warsofsky gets 2 for cross-checking
Patrick here once again, and Terriers head coach Jack Parker will no doubt have some choice words for sophomore defenseman David Warsofsky, who for no reason cross-checked Huskies forward Wade MacLeod well after the whistle. BU then got another two-minute penalty called against it, giving the Huskies a five on three power play. Big chance for NU.
