Wander onto the Bald Spot this week and you'll feel like Alice in Wonderland after she unwisely sipped from that bottle labeled "Drink Me." Overnight, as if by magic, a gargantuan table and chairs appeared on campus, complete with a giant checkboard on top.
Well, not exactly magic. There was sweat, carpentry, insurance and logistics involved, according to Andy Grotting '06, who hatched the plan and carried it out with the help of collaborators Jane Larson '06 and Jack Rousseau '06. Unlike some campus pranks (last year's pool of goldfish comes to mind), the giant furniture was approved in advance by campus officials who helped keep the scheme hush-hush.
Some onlookers wondered out loud whether the Goliath furnishings were a senior comps project or part of the senior art show. Not so, according to Grotting. "I just always wanted to make something gigantic appear on campus overnight," he said.
The table and chairs will remain on the Bald Spot until Thursday, June 8.
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