my sisters and I began demanding change and forcing it upon them
when necessary... We were tired
of a van service that only took students to a Catholic Church
when none of us were Catholic, we demanded that they invite Nikki Giovanni as a
guest speaker (and they did), we researched and slowly changed the face
of some
of the «required events», we invited teen black boys from Hartford to spend the day on campus (this made many nervous, including the security guards who would grow frustrated with their inability to curtail this), we grew tired
of the school dances that invited other boarding schools and included a DJ that played other music so we invited kids from Hartford, including a DJ and began hosting our own parties... I never forgot who I was and the rich history
of my ancestors...... I am thankful for my varying educational experiences for they have shaped the educator that I have become.
Also on the 10th floor, a security guard reported that he once moved over to let a shadowy man in a stovepipe hat pass him, only to watch the man fade from sight, and bellmen have reported orbs
of light floating down the hallways and disappearing and
guests have complained about the sound
of a rocking chair,
when there are
none to be found in the hotel.