The Lone Hit by a Texas Singer Makes Its Way to Rutgers’ Striking Faculty
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The Lone Hit by a Texas Singer Makes Its Way to Rutgers’ Striking Faculty
It was a repeated occurrence. On the Voorhees Mall (the central space of Rutgers University’s College Avenue campus), in front of the administration building (Winants Hall) in New Brunswick, on the Newark and Camden campuses. Hundreds singing in unison:
He-e-e-y Holloway,
We want to know-oh-oh
When you’ll raise our pay
The refrain was familiar. One of those melodies that sticks in your ear. An ear worm. I couldn’t stop singing it, but it’s absolute familiarity — we’ve all heard this musical line — left me scrambling. I could not for the life of me remember the original song.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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