The Two Headed Duck 2008

by Lauren Gabor

It was probably about 11PM the night before exams and a friend on my hall freshman year said she had a hunch that Chi would be leaving droppings that night. So three of us took a quick power nap and met in the hallway on the third floor of the South Hams. We started our “chi hunt” in front of Joanie on the Pony (when she was outside) and made our way across campus, through the old tennis courts behind the saw dust mill, and up to the gymnasium without so much as a mislaid spoon on the ground. And then I saw it – a hot pink speck – resting in between the heads of our beloved two headed duck (which later had a facebook campaign created to purchase the piece of art). I don’t even remember running to the duck, I just remember being there, in front of it, in awe. It was so perfect. Here I was with two great friends in front of a campus landmark having found my first chi dropping, in my favorite color. Finding my first chi dropping is a Longwood memory I will never forget.