Russedugnad

Tomorrow is May 1st. In Norway that marks the time of two weeks were students on their third year in highschool celebrates finishing school. It is known as “Russetid”/“russefeiring”. The students or “russen” will drive big vans and dress them selves in red (there are other colours like blue, black and green based on the subject they have studied(I was green for agriculture) but red is 90% of them) and party hard, pulling pranks like waterguns on the firstyear students etc. 

Luckly for me the library is a no water sone so I’m pretty safe and I have inforced the no pranks sone here too. “Russen” usually pull pranks on those poor unfortunate souls that they don’t like (kidnapped and then tossed in the seas is common) but in my library this is not acceptable.

You may wonder how people accept this, well they don’t. Every year the schools make plans to make the “russ” behave but many of their traditions are so firm that its nearly impossible to stop them. No I don’t say that all “russ” is terrible beings torturing poor students, many are volunteering in kindergardens, making fun times for the children og does something fun with some local charity organisation etc. but for the most of them this is two weeks of party, drinking, sleeping around, pulling pranks and living wild. Then on may the 17th they will walk in the 17th of May parade (for our national day)and then its over. After the 17th its back to school and last exams etc before summer. 

^^ strange traditions right?

jinhwan:

wants to have dance battles with everyone at parties

will not participate in charity events if he has to stand outside in the sun for too long but gives the best speeches

banned from ordering the kegs bc he kept ordering wine instead

claims he’s good at beer pong but always loses to junhoe

yunhyeong:

wants to enjoy the party and hit on his crushes but always accidentally ends up listening to people’s drunk rants and doesn’t know how to get away from them

has a footage archive of every party ever and everyone’s scared of him

surprisingly good at beer pong and feels like a superstar when people root for him

the only reason the house is still habitable

bobby:

responsible for the best parties and charity events along with donghyuk

has repeatedly broken the same foot at several different parties

got the frat a lot of partnerships with local businesses for the fundraisers

Literally Knows Everyone, invites ¾ of every party’s guests

This is how parties are supposed to be!

Caution tape streamers to chalk outline where our feet walk in an orderly fashion.

Orange pylon drinking cups for when the only crisis comes in ping pong balls and not the wrecking kind.

Complementary bulletproof vests to complement the guests and to hide underlying doubts underneath neon or blacklights.

This is how parties are supposed to be.