VEISHEA

VEISHEA it standS for:

• Veterinary Medicine
• Engineering
• Industrial Science
• Home Economics
• Agriculture

It is an annual event since 1922 that has showcased the great things the university has to offer. It is a weekend where many alumni return to enjoy their old university and current students enjoy the events held in the university during the week, plus the parties going around outside campus. Lets be honest, Ames is a boring town, it is referred by many as Lames deriving from Ames + Lame= Lames!!! Even if our school exceeds University of Iowa, not only academically but in many other ways too. We pretty much fail in the fun department and sports department, but thats another story. VEISHEA is our only week of the year to have some fun, no matter what kind of person one might be, either a bookworm, party type, wild type, smoker, drinker. There is something fun for everykind of person during that single week.

There where several activities for the family, like BBQ at Central Campus, the Parade held on saturday morning, the university village where the different colleges showcased what they did and the Canoe races held in Lake Laverne. For those college students that are the party type, there where countless parties going around in Fraternities, clubs, and Welch Avenue. Many of those ending in great fights or having police arresting kids for underage drinking or intoxication in public places. Held inside the campus was battle of the bands which was pretty fun to watch, but it was an uncomfortable place to be once the best bands started playing because not only the place was packed full but people would start going crazy, so it would not be a suprise if someone ended up with a back eye or a sore limb.

I'll say that VEISHEA was the excuse mostly used last week. For a person that never got drunk and wanted to start drinking, just saying "Its VEISHEA" was just enough to justify what he or she was about to do. The same excused worked for skipping classes, getting wasted everyday, partying everyday or just be out of character the whole week. I know it may have been a pretty poor excuse but who can blame them, VEISHEA is the only big event that ever happens in Lames. For the record, I do love Lames, may be that tranquility held yearound is what makes it so lovely and a nice place to live, and concentrate on your studies.