Spooky! You Had Your Volume On High When You Solved The Mini Crossword In Your 200-person Lecture!
SpookyStudent Life October 24, 2024 The New England Classic
DEVLIN 008 — Uh oh! For the second time this semester, Hal Fass (MCAS ’26), forgot to turn his volume off when he solved the New York Times Mini Crossword in one minute and 29 seconds, letting the sweet jingle of victory ring out in his 200-person African Diaspora and the World lecture.
According to his peers, Fass loves to cosplay being an Academic Weapon™, both in and outside the classroom. The Classic spoke to his class seatmate, Noah T. Plug (CSOM ’26), for an interview.
“Hal does anything but take notes in class, he does the Wordle, Mini, Connections, Strands, and Spelling Bee, then checks the BC Dining Menus for literally every location – he doesn’t even have a meal plan!” said Plug.
Hal’s roommates derived the same consensus for his tendency to pretend to do productive things.
“Every time I came back to the room Hal would always be sitting at the table with his notebook open – I thought he was taking notes or reading, but turns out he was just adding the ‘finishing touches’ to a self-portrait he made last semester before he put it on our fridge.”
At press time, Fass was found washing an already clean glass in the sink, talking about how he has to go to Bapst to ‘lock in’ while his roommates were trying to make dinner. 
