Ludus Novus

People always came back from the career fairs with stuff: pens, notepads, little puzzles, and so on. It was a strange dynamic; students wanted internships, and companies wanted interns, but it always seemed like the students were more desperate than the companies. The little gifts would suggest otherwise. Are you really going to get the best intern to work for you if your reward for a booth visit is a set of 50 magnetic ball bearings? Perhaps.

Is Cthulhu saying Mr. Sparky or Mr. Spanky? I think I meant Mr. Sparky.

There is not actually a master password.

In the last panel, you can see Rose’s famous Eternal White Void, located just outside the President’s office. I must have been in a hurry this day.

Midgley widely publicized an “open-door” policy. It was a bit odd, since Rose was small enough that pretty much any faculty or administrative member could be reached on an open-door basis, including the previous president.

At this point, there was a social contract in our room. I may be misremembering the details, but I believe that every time someone said “Excuuuuuse me, Princess!” they were required to watch an episode of the Zelda TV show in punishment. You wouldn’t think this would be a problem, but for some reason it was necessary.