–The following post is written by UHP Professor Mark Ralkowksi, who recently went on a GW TRAiLS led whitewater rafting adventure with Honors students and other MVC residents.
The rafting trip was a success! There were six honors students, and the other positions were filled by non-honors students from the Vern. I ended up as a “captain” in a raft with non-honors students. These are some pictures of us going down one of the more challenging rapids. Our approach was traditional, recommended, etc.
One of the rafts was all honors students. They took a “different” approach to the same rapid. Here are some representative images:
The other thing worth noting about this raft is that it was later “captained” by Nikki Frick, and it was notably bellicose. I’m pretty sure they’ve all been reading too much Thucydides, because they wouldn’t stop ramming the other rafts and yelling, “this one is for Alcibiades! This one is for Alcibiades!” Honestly, the rest of us were terrified.
