In Barnard’s Hewitt cafeteria, the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting is playing on TV. As Rod Stewart begins to sing, two students can’t resist providing commentary. The first undergrad grimaces, saying, “Nice flat-ironed hair, Rod.” Her companion, unable to control herself, chimes in: “How very Clay Aiken of him.”
After a few minutes of exchanging cracks about TV personalities, they clear their trays and resume their conversation, which seamlessly shifts to a comparison of Thomas Jefferson and his predecessors in office.
