Among Friends

Fresh from an extended 13-month expedition, Josiah Carberry recently contacted colleagues and cohorts on campus to announce his thirteenth sighting of a tufted puffin. The exact location of this long anticipated discovery remains a mystery as we go to press.

Carberry has promised to reveal this closely guarded information (and much more) on his next visit to campus on April 13th. Plans are now underway.

Emails have been flying among Carberry Cohorts, Full Consorts, faculty and a growing number of students developing a final schedule for the April visit, events are rumored to include:

• The world premiere of a Carberry video which may or may not be introduced by Tom Hanks and Goldie Hawn, and featuring Carberry curator W. Chesley Worthington.
  
  
• A testimonial dinner which will not (as first discussed) feature a menu of roasted tufted puffin under glass.
  
  
• A press conference which is unlikely to be attended by Bernard Kalb and Helen Thomas.
  
  
• A major exhibit of Carberry items which could include Carberry's first baby tooth.

The campus security office is working closely with local police to assure adequate crown control during Carberry's visit. The United States Secret Service has already visited Brown pending a final decision on President Bush's plans to skip a Middle Eastern visit in order to attend the festivities.

Hold the date. April 13, 2001.