Tap-Out Spotlight

This week’s tap-out spotlight is Lyndsee Nielson, Spring 2009 weenie and 2010 Singing Haunt. Lyndsee will graduate from UT with a degree in Sociology, and she plans to travel to somewhere far away and different after graduation. “Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Austin, but there are just a lot of other places I would like to see.” From moving to Italy to be a maid (a dream that she’s had since she visited Italy four years ago) to living with her aunt and uncle in South Africa, Lyndsee’s possibilities are endless!

Lyndsee’s favorite Spirits tradition is the scarf that we wear. “They (the scarves) have been part of what makes our organization so unique and represents all that we stand for. Even receiving the black scarf at the end is such a fantastic piece of my college career that I will keep with me and hold dear forever.” It also seems appropriate that this former Singing Haunt loves singing the Fight Song at the end of every meeting. “I know it can seem monotonous but we are part of something really phenomenal at the University of Texas, and that encompasses all of it.” Also, Lyndsee loves the weenie boards!

One of Lyndsee’s favorite Spirits memories is painting the drag as a weenie. “I always loved doing the crafty stuff and knowing that we were doing something that would be seen by and influence so many other UT students was really exciting. Plus being grouped with different Weenie sisters each Sunday was such a great bonding experience. Laughing and Googling various schools’ mascots to paint them was such a fun time.”

Lyndsee’s advice to younger generations of Spirits? “Try to go to all the different events that we have, whether planned by Spirits or the University, because they are so awesome and it is so great to be a part of a great tradition. Plus, the older you get the more caught up in other things you get and the less you can go too because of school and work stuff.”

We’ll miss you, Lyndsee! Thank you for all that you have given to Spirits, and we hope you have a wonderful time seeing the world!