Cage Castle

Yesterday Sheila, Kelsey, and I created a fabulous, magical castle in the Cage. First of all, I must say that wearing rubber gloves is extremely empowering. I felt fearless plunging my hands into the trash cans and recycling bins to extract our sculptural materials. Many people asked us "CAN I ask you what you are doing", as if they needed permission to question the crazy people playing with trash. We usually responded "oh, we're just playing" and always asked the inquirer if they would like to join. Every single person excused themselves politely citing homework, meetings, or midterms as a conflict. Finally Christopher joined us, and as our professor, encouraged us to reach new heights with our castle, helping us to make it taller and taller until it tumbled dramatically in a flurry of cups and bottles. Then we calmly re-recycled our materials and left. I think we definitely proved that St. Olaf students are too serious. I wish someone would have joined in the fun.