As the witching hour of 5:00 p.m. drew nigh, the crowd grew antsy, prompting VPAA Pulham to end the meeting by encouraging attendance at the upcoming faculty and staff holiday party, which she jokingly called the "Swinter Soirée."
-Minutes, Second Faculty Meeting, Fall Semester
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The winter holiday party is a Winfield Phillips tradition. The faculty and staff gather in the Jermyn Activity Center, the conference center where the symposium will be. There's banquet food and a cash bar and a lot of awkward small talk.
Dr. Ellison pointedly said that you needed to go.