VH-1's "I Love the 90s" has been pretty good but there have been some glaring omissions, including stuff that they advertised would be included. So far they've covered 1990-1995 and there's been no Seinfeld, no Friends, no ER, no Beavis and Butthead, no My So Called Life and no Simpsons. Maybe they couldn't get the rights to show the clips? Maybe they're already planning for "I Love the 90s Strikes Back"? It's odd.

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And now the series continues...

1996

1996 began with an awesome New Years Eve with high school friends while seeing a They Might be Giants concert in NYC. Then it was back to campus during a snowstorm. And for months it snowed and snowed. Very depressing. I didn't see grass until April. I went home for spring break and spent it shoveling snow. But in late March I was elected president of my dorm! In a three way race, I got 53% of the vote. My two opponents lived on the same floor so they split the votes of that floor while I carried the other three floors. Now that's strategy! Best part of being elected president was picking the best room in the dorm for myself for sophomore year. I picked a big double, right by the center stairwell and with windows overlooking Noyes Circle and opening onto the mushroom. I think I declared political science as my major sometime around then. Upon returning to campus for soph year, I was busy giving orientations to the new freshmen, enforcing (and choosing when not to enforce) house rules, and planning social events. Like jello wrestling! Yes, that was our big party. Outdoor jello wrestling. Besides the cold, I remember participating in a house president battle royale. Also in 1996, the nVo was formed. That's the New Vassar Order consisting of me, Jon, Bartow and Briar. We sat together in Mr. Born's class on the American Presidency, had lunch afterwards and soon started attending pro wrestling events! The history of the nVo, featuring all of our exploits, can be found on the nVo history page.

1997

1997 began with another New Years party with high school friends but as our lives were diverging on different paths, it would be the last time I would see several of them. Back to Vassar to finish my term as Noyes President. My next step was running for Vice President of the VSA. But I lost to Tara, a friend and a house officer who had worked for me. So that sucked. I rebounded by getting elected Treasurer of the Jewish Union but that was just a consolation prize. Most fun of 1997? The Mens Seder. In 1996, the Mens Seder consisted of me, Bartow, Moshe and Getnick, taking over the Jew House, downing bottles of Manischvitz, eating a full tray of chicken each, watching porn and making crank calls to our friends. Getnick had so much fun that he flunked his finals and had to drop out of Vassar. In 1997, the Mens Seder was expanded to 15 people. No porn or phone calls but plenty of Manischevitz. Our party then proceeded to the Mug wearing red Turkish fezzes. In the summer I worked for Councilman Weiner and then returned to Vassar for junior year. Many of my good friends were JYA - Jessica in London, Ben in Beijing - so I became closer with Dave, the nVo guys, and a bunch of underclassman who lived on my floor. Although I originally had a small single, I got to move into another huge double for myself when someone moved out. It was also during this semester that I made my debut playing and managing an intramural softball team. Our team name? Nobi's Horde of Doom.

Oh and to those of you who wanted juicy gossip, sorry. Too many people I know read this thing.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the conclusion of this series - 1998 and 1999!