Girl Friday
Tomorrow I am officially going to be “Girl Friday” - as defined by Wikipedia as someone in an office assigned to do several different jobs, helping other people. But instead of being a regular Alumni Office Girl Friday, I will be the Girl Friday for the Clinton campaign staff.
Technically, Senator Clinton’s campaign is running her appearance on campus themselves - Wake Forest is only letting them use the space in accordance will all sorts of regulations that I will not bore you with. Because this is their event and not a WFU event, we can not provide our staff to run it. However, they need a campus contact who knows the place backwards and forwards in case they need anything and will know who to call. So I am on standby as their campus resource, since I am an event planner and know who to call for whatever various need.
I think it is going to be a cool job, if somewhat stressful. It also almost certainly guarantees I will get into the Chapel to watch the event, which will be interesting. I am a news geek and I like to watch all the political events that I can.
One random, other, final thought. As I was leaving work yesterday, one of the fraternities on the Quad was sponsoring a fundraiser for kids with cancer - it had shamrocks and was fashioned after St. Patrick’s day, but they were calling it St. Baldingtons day or some similar name. Basically students paid $ to have their head shaved. I am not sure if both the $ and the hair went to the cause of pediatric cancer, but in any event it looked like a fun event. I saw several male students with shaved heads and I was impressed with their willingness to do something like that for kids with cancer. Great, if unusual, example of Pro Humanitate and sacrificing one’s personal vanity for the good of others. Rock on, bald guys!