hesperornis | Das Deutche (or something like that)

So... tomorrow is Oktoberfest, one of the biggest annual events in Hays. So big, in fact, that the school shuts down. No classes, no work, and the profs don't plan any tests for several days afterwards because they know that people will still be drunk through Tuesday of the following week. In fact, the whole town basically shuts down. The mayor taps a keg at ten in the morning and then it's a weekend of drunkenness and debauchery. And German-ness.

However, I know next to nothing about anything German. It's one of the few European countries that I can't claim a sliver of ancestry from. I had never danced a polka until Bridget Reiland's wedding, I don't know what a bierrock tastes like, and I'm not altogether fond of cabbage, which is apparently something fundamentally German.

And I don't like being drunk. Which, given the fundamental nature of this celebration, means I'm in danger of being a minority of one on the issue.

Fortunately, the Catholic Campus Center has once more come to my rescue. We are holding "StaySoberFest" all day tomorrow, and it will involve movies, food, and fun, without having to deal with the drunks in the park treating the whole world as their urinal.

So I need some advice from anyone who knows something about anything German... I'd like to help contribute to the food and fun bits. Any suggestions?