{"id":8328,"date":"2025-04-04T16:16:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:16:06","slug":"maroons-talk-and-so-they-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8328","title":{"rendered":"Maroons Talk: And So They Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For much of the 1980s, one of the standout sections of The Brackety-Ack was the beloved column, \u201cAnd So They Say.\u201d This weekly feature invited college community members to answer quirky \u201cQuestions of the Week.\u201d Fast-forward to today, and the tradition of candid responses still brings a sense of nostalgia and community. In honor of Alumni Weekend, we&#8217;ve decided to revisit some of the questions that defined the column during this decade. Below are a few modern answers that highlight the humor and heart of the college community that has continued to shine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0In response to \u201cWhat is your favorite facial expression?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Lauren Kennedy-Metz \u201814 said, \u201cWhile maybe not the most direct answer to this question, I still think this one is pretty good and I would love to credit Griffin the photographer for this one. There is a fun thing that everyone should try to do, which is mixing facial expressions. An example would be to smile with your mouth but frown with your eyes and vice versa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0In response to \u201cIf you could have a date with anyone, who would it be?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paige Ward \u201804 said, \u201cWhile I am happily married to my lovely husband, Kristopher, I do have an exciting choice. If I could have a date with anyone then it would have to be Ryan Reynolds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0In response to &#8220;If you were an escapee, where would you run to?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donovan Hill \u201821 said, \u201cI was an escapee, I would probably escape to the Outback in Australia. There is just so much beautiful plant and animal life. Plus, some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adriana Rose<\/p>\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For much of the 1980s, one of the standout sections of The Brackety-Ack was the beloved column, \u201cAnd So They Say.\u201d This weekly feature invited college community members to answer quirky \u201cQuestions of the Week.\u201d Fast-forward to today, and the tradition of candid responses still brings a sense of nostalgia and community. In honor of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-folks-at-noke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}