このページはフレーム対応ブラウザ用に作成されています。下のリンクは非フレーム使用ページですのでそちらをご覧ください。
この記事をプリントする
新学舎のレセプション
ボストン大学は歴史ある古い大学ですが、その敷地内に一つ、真新しい校舎が建っています。経営学大学院の校舎なのですが、立派なのは外観だけでなく、開かれる行事も華やかなようです。雅子さんはあるとき、そこで開かれていた立派なパーティーに遭遇しました。
Smg Reception
By MASAKO YAMADA
There is a huge, brand-new building across the street from the science building in which I work. It is the new building for the Boston University School of Management (SMG), the university's business school. The SMG used to occupy a block of old, generic classrooms in one of the old, generic classroom buildings along Commonwealth Avenue. But now it has its own shiny-clean building, which befits its image. Needless to say, it was completed to much fanfare.
BU is a comprehensive university with many professional schools that give students real-life training. My undergraduate college, Wellesley, has certainly produced its share of businesswomen, lawyers and politicians, but its curriculum is firmly based in the liberal arts. Liberal arts doesn't mean that students study just the fine arts or humanities. Rather, it means that most of the courses are academic, not practical, in nature. One of the many colleges at BU, the College of Arts and Sciences, is likewise based in the liberal arts. The professional colleges, however, provide their students a more practical education. This training is available both to undergraduates and graduate students.
Some of the fields that are covered by the different professional colleges are business, biomedical engineering, hotel management, communications, social work, performing arts and education. Since the colleges are independent of one another, the difference in atmosphere between one part of the campus and another can be profound. There is really no unifying "BU atmosphere" to speak of. I feel like I'm in a different world when I go into the SMG building, even though it's right in front of the science building.
The only reason that I ever go into that building is that there is a Starbucks inside that's open until fairly late in the evening. I've been inside the lobby a fair number of times, but I'm still startled by the opulence every time I step in. The lobby is several stories high and it has a grand sweeping staircase. It is decorated with plenty of marble and brass, large indoor plants, polished wood benches and pieces of modern art. Even the students and professors look sleek and polished.
テOn one occasion, I stepped into the SMG building when it was looking even shinier than usual. Some kind of reception was being held in the lobby. There were helium balloons tastefully placed around a buffet table laden with appetizers. A professional pianist was playing easy-listening background music on a grand piano. The tuxedoed wait staff were clearing up the plates, and well-dressed students with name tags were milling about. I wondered what kind of hotshot had arrived at the SMG.
Then I realized that this was all in honor of the undergrads who had been selected for the SMG dean's list — a standard semester event! Considering that my fellow physics grad students are happy to get free cookies and coffee when a famous lecturer comes to speak (and chips and dip if the speaker is a Nobel Prize laureate), I was stunned. That shock didn't prevent me from grabbing a few appetizers before I ran back to my office to get my camera, however.
I told my officemate about the event and, to my surprise, he started to put on his jacket. I asked him what he was doing, and he told me that he was going to the reception to grab some of the free food. He then happily reminisced about the time an ice-cream truck stopped in front of his apartment and the driver started handing out free ice-cream. He said he ended up getting about six ice creams.
I recall having come across art gallery receptions or outdoor barbeque picnics and helping myself to some food. And friends of mine have told me that they've pretended to be legitimate guests at wedding parties and formal dinners. Although one could call our actions criminal, I think it's a bit funny that a bunch of 20-somethings can get so excited about getting free food. Or is it pretending to be something that we're not — and getting away with it — that makes it so exciting!?
There is a huge, brand-new building across the street from the science building in which I work. It is the new building for the Boston University School of Management (SMG), the university's business school. The SMG used to occupy a block of old, generic classrooms in one of the old, generic classroom buildings along Commonwealth Avenue. But now it has its own shiny-clean building, which befits its image. Needless to say, it was completed to much fanfare.
BU is a comprehensive university with many professional schools that give students real-life training. My undergraduate college, Wellesley, has certainly produced its share of businesswomen, lawyers and politicians, but its curriculum is firmly based in the liberal arts. Liberal arts doesn't mean that students study just the fine arts or humanities. Rather, it means that most of the courses are academic, not practical, in nature. One of the many colleges at BU, the College of Arts and Sciences, is likewise based in the liberal arts. The professional colleges, however, provide their students a more practical education. This training is available both to undergraduates and graduate students.
Some of the fields that are covered by the different professional colleges are business, biomedical engineering, hotel management, communications, social work, performing arts and education. Since the colleges are independent of one another, the difference in atmosphere between one part of the campus and another can be profound. There is really no unifying "BU atmosphere" to speak of. I feel like I'm in a different world when I go into the SMG building, even though it's right in front of the science building.
The only reason that I ever go into that building is that there is a Starbucks inside that's open until fairly late in the evening. I've been inside the lobby a fair number of times, but I'm still startled by the opulence every time I step in. The lobby is several stories high and it has a grand sweeping staircase. It is decorated with plenty of marble and brass, large indoor plants, polished wood benches and pieces of modern art. Even the students and professors look sleek and polished.
テOn one occasion, I stepped into the SMG building when it was looking even shinier than usual. Some kind of reception was being held in the lobby. There were helium balloons tastefully placed around a buffet table laden with appetizers. A professional pianist was playing easy-listening background music on a grand piano. The tuxedoed wait staff were clearing up the plates, and well-dressed students with name tags were milling about. I wondered what kind of hotshot had arrived at the SMG.
Then I realized that this was all in honor of the undergrads who had been selected for the SMG dean's list — a standard semester event! Considering that my fellow physics grad students are happy to get free cookies and coffee when a famous lecturer comes to speak (and chips and dip if the speaker is a Nobel Prize laureate), I was stunned. That shock didn't prevent me from grabbing a few appetizers before I ran back to my office to get my camera, however.
I told my officemate about the event and, to my surprise, he started to put on his jacket. I asked him what he was doing, and he told me that he was going to the reception to grab some of the free food. He then happily reminisced about the time an ice-cream truck stopped in front of his apartment and the driver started handing out free ice-cream. He said he ended up getting about six ice creams.
I recall having come across art gallery receptions or outdoor barbeque picnics and helping myself to some food. And friends of mine have told me that they've pretended to be legitimate guests at wedding parties and formal dinners. Although one could call our actions criminal, I think it's a bit funny that a bunch of 20-somethings can get so excited about getting free food. Or is it pretending to be something that we're not — and getting away with it — that makes it so exciting!?
Shukan ST: April 3, 1998
(C) All rights reserved
- brand-new
- 真新しい
- business school
- 経営学部
- used to occupy a block of 〜
- 〜 の一角を占めていた
- generic
- 普通の
- befits 〜
- 〜 に合う
- Needless to say
- 言うまでもなく
- it was completed to much fanfare
- 完成したとき鳴り物入りで祝われた
- comprehensive university
- 総合大学
- real-life
- 実務的な
- undergraduate
- 学部の
- (has)produced its share of 〜
- それなりの数の 〜 を輩出してきた
- liberal arts
- 教養学科
- fine arts
- 芸術
- humanities
- 人文科学
- are academic, not practical, in nature
- 実務的でなく学問的な性格である
- is available both to 〜 and 〜
- 〜 も 〜 も受けることができる
- graduate students
- 大学院生
- biomedical engineering
- 生物医学工学
- performing arts
- 公演芸術(演劇、音楽、舞踊など)
- profound
- 深遠な
- unifying
- ひとからげにまとめられる
- Starbucks
- コーヒーチェーン店の名
- (am)startled by 〜
- 〜 に驚かされる
- opulence
- 華やかさ
- several stories high
- 数階の高さ
- grand sweeping staircase
- 弧を描いた堂々とした階段
- marble
- 大理石
- brass
- 真ちゅう
- plants
- 観用植物
- polished
- 磨かれた
- pieces
- 作品
- sleek and polished
- 洗練されて裕福そうな
- helium balloons
- ヘリウムガスで膨らませた風船
- tastefully
- 趣味よく
- buffet
- 立食用の
- laden with 〜
- 〜 をいっぱい乗せた
- appetizers
- オードブル
- tuxedoed wait staff
- タキシードを着た給仕
- well-dressed
- いい服を着込んだ
- name tags
- 名札
- were milling about
- 動き回っていた
- hotshot
- 大物
- in honor of 〜
- 〜 を祝して
- dean's list
- 成績優秀者名簿
- standard semester event
- 学期末のいつもの行事
- Considering that 〜
- 〜 を考えると
- physics
- 物理学の
- lecturer
- 講義をする人
- chips and dip
- ポテトチップスとそれにつけて食べるソース
- Nobel Prize laureate
- ノーベル賞受賞者
- was stunned
- 唖然とした
- That shock didn't prevent me from grabbing a few appetizers before 〜
- ショックを受けたが 〜 の前にオードブルはいくつかちゃんと取った
- officemate
- 研究仲間
- reminisced about 〜
- 〜 の思い出を語った
- having come across 〜
- 〜 に遭遇したこと
- helping myself to 〜
- 〜 を勝手にとって食べること
- (have)pretended to be legitimate guests
- ちゃんと招待された客のふりをした
- criminal
- 犯罪
- a bunch of 20-somethings
- 20代の友人たち
- getting away with 〜
- 〜 をやってつかまらないこと