By Harry Minium
GREENSBORO, N.C. - When he was a freshman at Cornell University, and eating a pre-game meal before his first home football game, Ricky Rahne picked up his spoon, scooped up what he thought was a big bite of ice cream and plunged it into his mouth.
But it wasn't ice cream. While some of his older teammates distracted him, a senior had replaced his ice vanilla ice cream with a big lob of butter.
Laughter, of course, erupted around the room. It was the typical kind of friendly practical joke freshmen always take from seniors.