"For those of you who could not see the finish of the English Department’s annual "Seniors vs. the World” Softball Game at yesterday's departmental barbecue, here's an update. Lowering skies and a downpour earlier in the afternoon threatened to force a cancellation of the contest. But just in the nick of time – amidst heaps of freshly barbecued veggie burgers and hot dogs in the Cave – the skies brightened, clouds scattered and grounds-inspector Professor Pierre Hecker (emerging, for the evening, from his sabbatical oasis) gave the go-ahead. Picnic, no lightning. Game on! . . .The game ended in a tie. But the consensus, at least in the senior dugout, was that 'all ties go to the seniors.' The World, being a good sport, conceded."