As seen on the web at IvyGate.
I swear, I was in complete agreement with Newell about no more nerd postings…but I didn’t want to send you off to a weekend in the heat unfulfilled.
According to a recent article in The Ithaca Journal, STARFLEET, a non-profit “Star Trek” fan association, has announced that it will hold its annual conference in the land of the gorges in 2008.
OMG LYKE BEAM ME UPP, BITCHEZZZ!!!1! TREKKIES UNITE!!1
Apparently, the organization has 200 chapters and 3,800 members worldwide — with about 200 expected to attend the Ithaca event. Best of all, the chairman for the 2008 International Conference is none other than an IT security engineer at Cornell:
We’re hoping to get a lot of people from out of town to come and check out the Ithaca area and sharing the joy that is ‘Star Trek’ geekiness,” said Daniel Adinolfi in the article.
Apparently he’s not the only Cornellian in on the act, as Rick Kline, data manager for Cornell’s Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility and self-professed Trekkie, will be giving a tour of the solar system.
(As you can see, this is exactly the place where one might apply the aformentioned virginity figures in the Ivies.)
According to the conference’s website, the theme of the conference is “Back to School” and the chapter will “be taking full advantage of Cornell University.”
Umm…I’ll leave that for you to decide what that means.
If you’re in town and want to attend, the conference is June 27-29 at the Ithaca Airport Ramada Inn. Just don’t forget that Ithaca’s bragging rights include beating out Greensboro, N.C. and Oklahoma City, Okla. to host the conference. What now!?!
I CAN HAS TREKKIEZ! — ANDREW NUSCA