Just as the nights are starting to get a bit chilly here, IC After Dark, a group who puts on a lot of awesome on-campus social events throughout the year, brought a little southern warmth to campus with Urban Cowboy.

Walking into the room, a sea of (free!) cowboy hats bobbed about, migrating from the buffet table of wings to the free root beer to the always-hilarious mechanical bull and back again. The place was packed with students of all ages, and it was one of those great beginning of year events where everyone tends to see each other for the first time since Spring, and there's hugs and handshakes all around. The high point for me though, was the pretty constant level of joyfully ridiculousness. Between the mechanical bull, line dances, and potato sack races everyone was having a great time looking totally absurd. My favorite were the two kids who fearlessly stepped out on to the carefully avoided dancefloor and made everyone else comfortable enough to join them and start a rather respectable square dance.

It was a great way to let loose after the oh-so-long labor day week, and any event with cases upon cases of Ithaca Beer Root Beer being wheeled in free for the taking is excellent in my book.

Hit the gallery for some pics from the boot and bandanna affair!