In memoriam.

Lil' Smokey: 2020-2021

Amid all the hellos and welcomes, we have to say a good bye. Now, good byes can be difficult to say, and that's certainly the case here. Our good bye is a trying one because it's said to such a good friend of the Hall, Lil' Smokey. Sadly, this past weekend, Lil' Smokey smoked his last as his bottom fell out.

Again, it's tough to say good bye because last year, making your way on campus took everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure helped a lot. Sometimes you wanted to go where everybody knew your name, and they're always glad you came. You wanted be where you could see your troubles were all the same. You wanted be where everybody knows your name. So, what did you do? You went and saw Lil' Smokey. 

Always out back at the Steds patio, Lil' Smokey was a pandemic fixture, holding court and convening the conversations. And all of this was done while providing a gentle warmth, a gemütlikite really, for all who gathered. Oh, the conversations shared, laughs had, tears shed, spirits buoyed, smiles cracked by this unassuming, little friend. Gone, but certainly, never forgotten.

On the demise of our dear friend, Nicky Haskell, Steds sophomore and resident Floridan, shared, "As Lil' Smokey's chapter in Steds history comes to a close, many Stedsmen will share fond memories of joyous times spent around him."