George Solan

[juicey]

I was in a bar tonight, getting all kinds of silly and in walks this dude who recognized my Bonas shirt and asked if I went there. So i give him the skinny about myself and he tells me he went there for only 3 semesters and then got kicked out. Said he loved every minute of it and stills try to get involved in anything with Bonas. He kept talking about Solan and what an ass bag he was and this is a guy who went there in 96 and got booted in 97. I didn't know Boy George has been around that long. Anyone have any good Solan confrontations they'd like to share with us??

[vinnypunditsheros]

I anthraxed Wu Tang's car once. Somebody handed me a fire extinguisher and I emptied it on Wu's car. I would not have won a sobriety award that night. It was all in good fun til Gonzo Gonzales knocked on my door in the morning. George Solan and security were hovering around Wu's townhouse looking for answers.

This was right after 9-11 and when the anthrax was being mailed to television people. Georgie said he didn't know what the unknown foreign substance on Wu Tang's car was and so he had a Haz-Mat team on call and on the way. The car could be covered in anthrax.

Meanwhile, security had the empty fire extinguisher and pin in their hands. But I wasn't about to call Solan's bluff and he clearly knew it was me already. If somebody hadn't said it was me already Gonzo never would have come to my door. So I told him it wasn't anthrax, it was indeed the contents of the empty fire extinguisher. I paid a $150 fine for damages to Wu's car. I think he saw $3 of that.

[vinnypunditsheros]

I will SMITE the tattle tale who tattled on me. That wasn't very thoughtful of Mr. Tattley.

[mrsmiff]

Last semester in my Financial Institutions class, my man Giles Bootheway spotted Solan out the window walking toward the RC. He stopped his lecture to tell a story about him. He said that one summer at a picnic that was put on by Jeff Peterson, they got Solan pretty drunk and he opened up a little bit. He told them that EVERY semester he has to deal with guns on campus. About half the time they are hunting rifles that are seen in cars, but the other half they are handguns. Giles said that if he had to deal with $hit like that every year then he would be a miserable prick too.

[wutang]

It's too bad the old Solan stories thread we had is lost there were some great stories in there. I think the majority of the people at least thought he was fair most of the time. One story that I thought really stood out was I think Capt Ron's about the kid that killed himself in Francis and how Solan reacted. I don't remember the details but I remember thinking of him differently after that.

[CosmonautLaunchPad]

mrsmiff said:

Last semester in my Financial Institutions class, my man Giles Bootheway spotted Solan out the window walking toward the RC. He stopped his lecture to tell a story about him. He said that one summer at a picnic that was put on by Jeff Peterson, they got Solan pretty BENT and he opened up a little bit. He told them that EVERY semester he has to deal with guns on campus. About half the time they are hunting rifles that are seen in cars, but the other half they are handguns. Giles said that if he had to deal with $hit like that every year then he would be a miserable prick too.

How is Giles Bootheway anyhow? I remember my last year he came back to the University after a hiatus, but was really sickly looking and skinnier than usual. Rumor was he contracted a nasty disease while out of the country. I only had his classes my freshman year which was a LONG time ago, but I remember he was quite a character. Happy to hear he's still alive.

And one of those guns Solan had to deal with was mine. My paint gun to be exact. During a fire sweep security found it. I had to go talk to Solan about it. Wasn't a big deal. Only thing I used it for was shooting skunks. I also shot out my rear view tail lights while demonstrating how "harmless" it was. Needless to say my demonstration wasn't very convincing. I thought I had the pressure turned all the way down, but it was really turned all the way up.

[mikenice]

Juicey and I brought a camera into the hickey during midnight breakfast a few years ago. We were just getting some shots of bona culture for some class project. Solan was checking ID's at the door and I made sure when we walked in taht he had no problem with us shooting some stuff.

About five minutes later. Solan storms over as we have the camera rolling and tells us to shut it off. I asked him why he gave no explanation. Just got more and more red as I kept asking him waht the problem was.

So we finish up eating and we throw our shit away. As we're walking out of the opposite side of the hickey, Georgie comes chasing after us. He starts yelling at us to clean up the table we were at. He knows full well that it wasn't us that left the few napkins and plates at our table. "Are you serious?" I asked. He just kept staring at me and telling me to pick it up.

For some reason I actually picked up a plate, threw it in the garbage can right infront of him and said, 'there you go' and muttered a 'fuck you' or something slightly under my breath.

He's a prick.

[s dot carter]

The fondeling of the word that rhymhes with Tuck into fuck is absolutely genius and makes me laugh almost every single time. Who should I EXALT for that again? Was it Vinny?

[oleanron]

Yeah, that was my story about Solan and the kid who committed suicide. To recap--a student (I believe he was a grad student) killed himself in Francis I think my sophomore or junior year. Solan did the clean-up job on the room himself, because he did not want to put any of his people through that horror. As much of a prick he may have been at times, he was a pretty stand-up guy.

[basementshay]

I remember the suicide; it happened the last week of classes in '92 I think, just before I graduated. When I worked for the BV, I remember Solan was abrasive as h--l, but he never lied to us, something that was really rare. I used to work summers when I was at Bonas at the school in different places and people higher up used to treat Solan like crap, especially Larry Ford, the personnell director, and Tim Gallineau, the VP for student affairs. Those were a couple of real pricks.

[rimrocka44]

I always thought he was fair. He doesn't have the easiest job in the world.

I will admit to the fucking switch.

[s dot carter]

rimrocka44 said:

I always thought he was fair. He doesn't have the easiest job in the world.

I will admit to the General Tso's Chickening switch.

EXALTED! Sorry for the false credit

[oleanron]

basementshay said:

I remember the suicide; it happened the last week of classes in '92 I think, just before I graduated. When I worked for the BV, I remember Solan was abrasive as h--l, but he never lied to us, something that was really rare. I used to work summers when I was at Bonas at the school in different places and people higher up used to treat Solan like crap, especially Larry Ford, the personnell director, and Tim Gallineau, the VP for student affairs. Those were a couple of real pricks.

That's right--last week of classes in '92...that puts it right at the end of my sophomore year.

Basementshay, you worked at the BV? I have a feeling that I know you. You must definitely know a lot of my friends--Mike Dabaie, Lisa Milbrand, Steve Donohue, Eric Fisher...

[wutang]

He was pretty pissed the time Vinny "anthraxed" my car and also the time my other roommate yelled "I'm going to punch you in the face" to security and I tried to convince the security guard that he said "We are goung to go eat lunch at my place". He didn't buy it but they never knew which one of us it actually was. He was mad but fair both times though.

[mikenice]

I imagine he had the right to be a prick at times, but he picked a lot of pointless fights with otherwise good kids.

There was a "riot" in fal a couple years ago. This whole floor of dudes revolted against the RD of the building and absolutely trashed their floor. A kid who worked for the BV, heard about it, and ran over with a camera, got a picture of the trashed hallways, and started asking kids what happened. He got some great quotes, etc.

Well, after that story ran, Solan got real pissed and had a confrontation with the kid the next time they met about some story. Solan told the reporter that he knew he was the one who started the riot in order to get the story. It was so ridiculous I don't even think anyone had a clue what to do. Needless to say, once the JMC professors caught wind, they got into it with Solan too.

Again, I know he deals with tons of bull$hit, but he brings some of the flack upon himself.