big deal

today's a big day here in notre dame, in. today, in approximately 2 hours, the shirt will be unveiled. there is a big unveiling ceremony and everything, with brian kelly even helping hype it up and show off THE shirt for this year.
 
the shirt is a long standing tradition amongst the notre dame student body and community - it began in 1990 as a way to unify the student body for their home game against michigan. since both teams have similiar school colors - blue and yellow/gold - the shirt was made green so the ND students could stand unified in their irish green (shirt to the left). and in 1993, the shirt's profits were used to help offset the medical bills of an ND student who had become paralyzed. today, proceeds from the shirt are used to support student body clubs and organizations, student medical costs, and students who cannot normally afford to participate campus activities. 

a new shirt has been revealed every year since 1990. last years shirt (front is below) was also green, but since the shirts inception it has been gaining more and more popularity throughout the community. i've only been here for a few weeks and i can't wait to see what the shirt committee came up with this year!

 

updated: click here to see this year's shirt.

fast facts & a rap

learn something new:
- ohio university was established in 1804 as ohio's first university
- home of: ohio brew week, hockhocking folk festival, sustainability festival, pawpaw festival, boogie on the bricks, bong fest, hookah in the hills
- student body from 50 states and more than 100 countries
- nationally-recognized, both academically and socially (ranked as the #2 party school in 2010)
- the athens farmers market is the largest open-air farmers market in the state (and it runs all year! yeaaa...even in the winter. it's pretty friggin' awesome)
- notoriously haunted: athens was voted the 13th (lucky #, right?!) most haunted place in the world
- not athens-related, but chillicothe was the original capital of ohio...not columbus..
- famous for the "mardi gras of the midwest": athens' ginormous halloween party attracting 10-30K people every year from all over the country to partake in their costume shenanigans, over multiple blocks of brick roads [it's a sight to see and should probably be on everyone's bucket list]
- the student union, baker center, is home to athens county's only escalator system (and their food court was named one of the top 10 most vegan friendly campus food courts in the nation!)
- home to a city skate park funded by the tony hawk foundation, featured on the MTV show "viva la bam"
- the alden library is one of the 100 largest libraries in the country
- also, charles j. ping center is one of the largest recreational centers in the united states and sustainable!
- another non-athens relation and probably my favorite claim-to-fame for the area: my beloved sarah jessica parker was born in nelsonville, ohio - in athens county!


betcha didn't know some of those, did ya?! or maybe you did...either way, at least i learned something new :)

annnnnd, you have to check this out! one of the baseball players here made this sick video, with sick rhymes (ha! you like my attempt at trying to sound like a rapper?) about athens. be warned: it's catchy and the video is pretty legit too. click here to see the goods.