Summer Soiree event on the Upper Quad during First Weekend.
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Like many folk traditions of saying “Rabbit, rabbit” to your colleagues on the first day of the month has an unclear origin and has several variations and interpretations. We use it a reason to explore university research into food sources; the proper business of education communities everywhere. In one version of the tradition, saying “Rabbit, rabbit” or “White rabbit” as the first words upon waking on the first day of the month is believed to bring good luck for the rest of that month. It is thought to ensure good fortune, happiness, and general positivity throughout the coming weeks.
The specific origins and reasons behind this tradition are difficult to trace, as superstitions often evolve and are passed down through generations. It’s worth noting that this practice is not universally known or followed, and its popularity may vary among different regions and communities. Ultimately, the saying “Rabbit, rabbit” on the first day of the month is an example of a charming and whimsical superstition that some individuals enjoy participating in as a fun way to start the month on a positive note.
Nonnberg Abbey (Stift Nonnberg) in Salzburg, Austria.
In both the stage musical and the 1965 film The Sound of Music, the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey sing a “Morning Hymn” (also known as “Rex Admirabilis,” part of the Preludium sequence with “Dixit Dominus” and “Alleluia”). This occurs early in the story as part of the abbey scenes involving Maria and the other nuns.
Nonnberg is a real Benedictine nunnery (founded around 712–715 and the oldest continuously existing nunnery in the German-speaking world). The real Maria von Trapp was a postulant/novice there before being sent to the von Trapp family, and exterior shots (courtyard, gates, etc.) were filmed on location. Interiors were recreated on a Hollywood set because filming inside was not permitted.
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Yes—and Europe gives us a few better settlement-specific directions than the American apple-oatmeal idea.
The one I’d choose this morning is Copenhagen. The University of Copenhagen explicitly treats breakfast, coffee and cake as part of campus life across its campuses; at Frederiksberg, the Gimle canteen serves breakfast and the university even remarks that the coffee at its garden café has a reputation for being particularly good. University of Copenhagen That suggests a Danish Sunday plate: strong filter coffee, dark rye bread, butter, cheese, a soft-boiled egg and perhaps apple or preserves.
There are two other good directions. At Heidelberg, the university student-services cafés emphasize Fairtrade organic coffee and breakfast as part of ordinary student life. Studierendenwerk Heidelberg That points toward coffee with a Brötchen, butter, preserves, cheese and egg. In Britain, St Andrews offers Fairtrade coffee, breakfast rolls and home baking, while Plymouth explicitly still serves the full English breakfast on campus. University of St Andrews
But given this morning’s Matins → Austria → UNESCO → European choral tradition, I’d stay continental rather than go Full English.
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University food service increasingly treats international variety as both an educational and marketing virtue. There is nothing inherently wrong with variety in fair measure. Yet an outsized emphasis on cuisines outside American and Anglosphere traditions can cause universities to neglect the foodways of the very nation and institutions that have attracted generations of international students.
Food is part of the inheritance of an educational settlement. Regional American cooking, the English ploughman’s lunch, Canadian breads and preserves, Australian meat pies and the ordinary dishes of Scotland, Wales and Ireland carry histories of agriculture, climate, season and family life. They deserve a place beside newer arrivals.
Universities need not choose between hospitality and inheritance. A generous table can accommodate both. Indeed, international students may reasonably expect to encounter the distinctive food traditions of their host country. Cosmopolitanism is most interesting when cultures remain recognizable. University kitchens can welcome the world without forgetting the food already at home.
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