A Cool PSU Addition to the Inauguration
January 15, 2009 at 5:05 pm Ryan Jones 1 comment
My computer tells me it’s currently 12 degrees and plummeting in State College — very much NOT ice cream weather, even for a Creamery fiend like me. But, if any event is big enough to justify an exception, the inauguration of a new president would seem to be it.
A spoonful of BaRocky Road. Mmmmm...
It’s not clear who actually came up with the idea, but Penn State is supplying 40 tubs (that’s 120 gallons) of ice cream for consumption at next week’s inaugural ball. The folks in Ag Sciences even came up with three new flavors: BaRocky Road (essentially Rocky Road with a whole bunch of extra gooey goodness mixed in), Obama White House (vanilla with cherries), and BidenBerry (vanilla with raspberry variegate).
Hopefully, this is one aspect of the inauguration that Penn Staters of all political stripes can be proud of. The only downside (for me, anyway): A call to the Berkey Creamery this afternoon confirms that these one-time-only batches will be enjoyed only by folks in D.C. next week. Don’t think I wouldn’t have walked across campus tomorrow in the single-digit weather for a scoop.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
Entry filed under: Penn State in the news, Politics, University Park campus. Tags: Barack Obama, BaRocky Road, BidenBerry, Obama White House, Presidential Inauguration, The Creamery.
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