*UAlbany* At the start of a new school year,New names become Great Danes andare celebrated with a grand lighting ceremonycapped off with spectacular fireworks. It is apropos for these thousands who will go on to hold a candle for the…
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University of Albany Poem
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Adelphi University Poem
*Adelphi University* The truth is,These Panthers were born to live in this Garden.Where they claw not to survive, but to live.Living four stories high with barrels of fire tossed downfrom the top of its escape onto the streets—Blazing a line…
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United States Military Academy Poem
*United States Military Academy* In Cadence! They missed duty & now they’re missin’(They missed duty & now they’re missin’)They left, left, left(They left, left, left)West Point only keeps the best(West Point only keeps the best)You’re what’s left, left, left(Left, Right-On…
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University of Rochester Poem
*U of R* (Set to the Melody of “Some Nights” by fun.) Some Nights I Stay UpTweaking hard on Starbucks,Cramming to pass the vital laps.Some Nights I wish thatRochester had White Castle,Boy I sure crave those tasty sacks. But I…
Hofstra University Poem
*Hofstra University* The red morning sky brings Gold,White,&Blue,A sky falling with “Dutchmen,”Bring the wooden shoe;For this name of the DutchmenFlies no more,It’s with a new PurposeThe Pride Shall Roar.In a spring fest, HofstraGoes Dutch,Through Italy and IrelandThe senses touch—Experiences of…
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St. John’s University Poem
*St. John’s University* “’Tis better to give than to receive.”In this season of giving, thewhite winter flakes dress a sweater ofinner warmth outside St. Augustine Hallfor the viewer. The wind is frosty—but shiledingof the nature of this tradition where the…
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Syracuse University Poem
*Syracuse* Northwest of Orangetown, New York,Traveling east of a town called Orangeville,You will come uponSyracuse, New York: Welcome to Orange Nation. *** There’s an Orange progressive spillThat’s Radioactive.The contagion is the Syracuse thrillGoing Retroactive.History’s reshapedinsideOrange Nation;In Syracuse, New York,Where we…
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SUNY-ESF Poem
*SUNY—ESF* On the voyage to a clean environment,ESF has Oaks who lead the way,A cutting-edge college for our planet’s maintenance,Guarding creation, Grazing astray.Aboriginal we are—with the sole pathof environmental study & all its sciences,Tilling the mind until we strike the…
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Cornell University Poem
*Cornell University* The bells of McGraw are the air of Cornell,Every breathing form chimes in.The Big Red is in our veinsand our song—&Every beating heart climbs in.Cornell gathers as onein concert,For Odysseys on the land of Ithaca;In unison we sing…
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Columbia University Poem
*Columbia University* Our Alma Mater,Let us address thee.At your ivy threshold, the blue academy ofNew York’s finest,We alert the presses of your honors & fill the news of your highness.Columbia Daily Spectator, monthly fills of Blue & White, we maintain…
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