The History of Dasein (2000-2004) 

2000-2001 

Captains: Andy Seguin and Todd Krumpe

Rookies: Chris Percy, Richard Kappler, Megan Demers, Reynaldo Punzalan, Katie Novick, Ernest (no last name needed)

Additions: After spending freshman year philosophizing and eating Apple Butter, Seth Jordan officially joins the team.

Other Players: Whit Richardson, Bino Cummings, Jamie Marion, Henry Kessner, Sarah Besky, Tim Podkul, Cody Zalk 

Merchandise Created: None. 

Tournaments: Bates, Skidmore, Hampshire, URI, Conn, Sectionals, 

Noteworthy Items: The team hangs out outside the L.L. Bean store in Maine at 3 am. Percy misses every tournament until Sectionals due to having to visit his girlfriend in New Jersey every weekend. The Frisbee team is invited to a taping of the David Letterman show in NYC for the second time. The team loses to URI at Sectionals and does not advance. Ernest, one of the sketchiest men ever, joins the Frisbee team and rides his bike to practice nearly every day and is overly enthusiastic. 

Historic Moments: On a day when none of our best players show up, the Varsity soccer team challenges the team to a game of Frisbee and somehow come away with the victory.

2001-2002

Captains: Todd Krumpe and Andy Seguin

Rookies: Jim Folger, Bob French, Peter Manganello, Connery Wilson

Additions: After spending a year playing tennis, Justin Chiu joins the squad and becomes our newest sick Asian handler. In the spring, Ryan Woodward, Justine Baruch and Collete Rose also join. 

Merchandise created: New discs. Conn Flying Disc hooded sweatshirts. Zen Needs No Ego t-shirts.

 Tournaments: Frozen Disc of Death, Hampshire, Hucktoberfest, Wesleyan, UConn, Haverford, Sectionals, Regionals

 Noteworthy Items: Colin Reid returns from a year abroad. Thanks to Colin, Whit, Bino and Jamie, the Frisbee team has an unofficial off campus house in Stonington where many Beirut games, chess matches and pasta parties occur. The Superman Techno remix becomes the unofficial anthem for the team. Dasein is notified that they no longer can play on Chapel field as that field now belongs to the Williams’ School for their junior varsity girls lacrosse team. The team is forced to play on Benham field where there are massive holes due to shot-put practice and anthropology digs. Percy and Todd consummate their gay romance by going on a trip together to Switzerland. At a tournament in Haverford, Justin Chiu cramps up worse than anyone in history, resulting in him having to be carried into the car from the field. The hit student film God Only Knows is filmed, starring many members of the Frisbee team. The team makes it to Regionals for the first time ever. After traveling to Dartmouth for the tournament, the team gets spanked in every game.

 Historic Moments: For the first time, Dasein forms a B Squad, known simply as Your Mother, led by Justin Chiu and Bob French. Dasein hosts the first annual Conn College Hucktoberfest. At a Stonington house party gone too far, the New London police show up and afterwards proceed to pull Jim Folger over as he leaves to make sure he isn’t drunk. In another Stonington party gone too far, Todd vomits all over the place while wearing an infamous pink shirt. In yet another night of Stonington debauchery, Seth accidentally hits Kate Brooks in the head with an empty 40 ounce bottle, resulting in a 3 am emergency room visit. At Wesleyan, a wall of rain comes without warning, soaking the fields and leaving Bino, Jamie and Todd to do keg stands in the midst of the storm. The legendary floor party on the third floor of Hamilton takes place. Seth Jordan manages the incredible task of hitting a girl in the face with a Frisbee while she is sitting in the passenger seat of an oncoming car. Also, an amazing day at the Goodwill Store in Groton results in some of the most incredible foam domes including the likes of Mickey Mouse and Wonderboy.

 Georgia: For the first time, Dasein heads down to Savannah, Georgia for the High Tide tournament during Spring Break. 11 guys and 5 girls are the dedicated souls that make the first trip and stay together in a shitty hostel that is next to the fields. The hostel resembles a prison with not much more that a row of bunks, a few showers and a ping pong table. Needless to say, the building stunk horribly by the end of the week. Colin loses the keys to Bino’s car in a night of drunkenness somewhere in North Carolina, resulting in several hours delay. Also in North Carolina, Bob attempts a keg stand and cracks his head on the keg instead. On the drive down, the first inter-car game of charades is played on two lanes of I-95…Cheeseburger in Paradise is successfully guessed. Thankfully, Skidmore allows the team free reign of their beach house and thus an alliance between the two teams is formed. Short shorts are bought for the first time at South of the Border. Seth tries them on in the middle of the store, resulting in him nearly getting kicked out. The Vinny Van Go Gos challenge is also born with Bino, Peter, Chiuy and Rich. On the ride back, most of the drivers get speeding tickets in the south while another, Bob French, destroys his tires thus leaving his car load stranded in South Carolina for the night while it is repaired.

2002-2003

 Captains: Andy Seguin and Seth Jordan

Rookies: Ben Sanfillipo-Cohn, Eliza Parad, Jake Hays

Additions: Sean Hagan realizes that Frisbee is just as much fun as soccer and becomes a member of the team. Matt Preston decides to spend the Hockey off-season on the Frisbee field instead of his couch. Kevin Shpritzer joins the squad for his senior year. In the spring, Craig Rowin joins the team for indoor practices but soon decides to retire and become the team’s morale booster instead. Katie Wassel also joins the team in the spring, she still doesn’t eat meat though. The Pole decides that sometimes throwing a chicken leg just isn’t good enough and comes to some practices wearing his usual corduroy jeans and Wham net shoes.

 Merchandise Created: New discs. Conn Flying Disc hooded sweatshirts. Jesus Would Be Sick At Disc foam domes. New London Flatball Association t-shirts. 

Tournaments: Hampshire, RPI, Conn, Sectionals,

Noteworthy Item: Thanks to a discouraging table during club signups that includes: condoms, a pamphlet on the dangers of heroin, a zen rock garden and of course, a Snoopy snow cone machine, the team recruits nearly no one and the team relies mostly on old talent instead. Bino takes a year long leave of absence, thus allowing himself the ability to be almost 25 when he graduates. The Footloose soundtrack becomes the new Dasein team anthem. The team beats Brown B in a close game at sectionals to become the 5^th seed to move on to Regionals. Instead of playing, the team opts to stay on campus and party for Floralia. The first annual Frisbee yard sale is held to raise money for Spring Break and pulls in way more money than expected. The team photo for the yearbook is taken as an homage to Leonardo Da Vinci’s immortal The Last Supper painting.

Historic Moment: Justin Chiu wreaks havoc at a tournament while wearing a Twinkie costume, leaving many remarks to be heard like “somebody cover that Twinkie!” Chiuy and Woody set a new record by playing a round of Frisbee golf 40 days in a row. The infamous “girl zone” is created one day on Dali field and proves to be very effective.

Georgia: The team makes great strides and gets two beach houses on Tybee Island. Even with a nasty squad, the team falls in the final round of the B pool to Truman State. Rich grows a beard and The Pole cuts his hair into a rat tail as part of a spring break pact. The catchphrase “Sippy-poo some hunchy punch” is born thanks to Ed the tournament director.

2003-2004 

Captains: Chris Percy and Richard Kappler  

Rookies: Connor Donohue, Tyler Pace, Jake Coffey, Chase Hoffberger, Greg Fedynyshyn, Zach Mueller, Adam Zender, Cornelius Hardenburgh.

Additions: Jeff Mandell finally joins the team after spending two years with the cross country squad and another year gallivanting in Spain and India. 

Merchandise: New discs. Conn Flying Disc hooded sweatshirts. It’s Almost Like We’re a Team t-shirts. Conn Flying Disc hats. Blue Conn Gaia jerseys and team shorts. 

Tournaments: Skidmore, Hucktoberfest, URI, Sea Swill Classic, Sectionals 

Noteworthy Items: In an attempt to recreate the Hamilton floor party from 2 years prior, a new party is planned in the same place with Tom Selleck and mustaches being the prevalent themes. Unfortunately, thanks to campus safety, this party does not end in as much success. Before one of the team’s kegs, Rich gathers many of the freshmen in his room to play a drinking game to the Christian Slater skateboarding film “Gleaming the Cube.” The next day Rich does not feel so good. 

Historic Moments: The first annual Conn College Sea Swill Classic is held in the spring semester. Keg games such as Water Cup Russian Roulette and Bobbing for Fruit are invented. In the latter game, Jim Folger successfully bobs for the lone pear that sunk to the bottom of the recycling bin’s icy waters. Before a tournament, Jeff and Tyler begin playing with a hula hoop, resulting somehow in a broken finger for Tyler that has yet to heal; making it just one of a hundred injuries for him. 

Georgia: The team goes down and stays on Tybee Island again, this time getting one big house with the all important hot tub. Bino takes the opportunity to sit in it naked as much as possible. Presto shaves his hair into a Mohawk, Chiuy bleaches his hair and Woody does both. Even the power glove cannot save the team this time as Dasein once again loses in the finals of the B pool, this time to Skidmore. On St. Patrick’s Day, the best scavenger hunt ever takes place as members of the team attempt to take pictures with things such as: someone gleaming the cube, a time machine, a police officer, etc. The scavenger hunt also results in Rich making out with two slutty girls at once in the middle of the Frisbee field. On the drive home, it is decided that at every stop, a picture must be taken with someone holding a bottle of Heinz Sweet Relish. This results in many pictures of Relish in front of some of America’s greatest monuments.