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Boncek@Oswego.edu  writes:
> 	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
> 	1) that at some NorthEastern college that there was a major snowball fight and that
> at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.
> 	2) that maybre at the same place (?) a bunch of students decided that it would be 
> great fun to run around nude.  I futher heard that one of them got arrested for 
> shop-lifting (how ever that is possible).
> 	Much thanks.
> 	Lou Boncek
> 	Boncek@Oswego.edu

There is one university in the eastern Midwest (east of Mississippi, west of 
Philadelphia) that holds a nude race each year.  The participants must run 
nude around a quad.  The police usually catch quite a few.  I read this in "U",
so it must be true.

Torsten at Omaha

In article <1992Dec15.214929.10807@oswego.Oswego.EDU> Boncek@Oswego.edu (Lou Boncek) writes:
>
>	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
>1) that at some NorthEastern college that there 
>was a major snowball fight and that
>at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.

Michigan State.  It must be true, they showed someone throwing a
snowball on CNN.
-- 
ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
standard disclaimers          | void where prohibited
the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637

Lou Boncek (Boncek@Oswego.edu) wrote:
: 
: 	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
: 	1) that at some NorthEastern college that there was a major snowball fight and that
: at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.

Well, there used to be a tradition in Amherst that on the first snowfall, the
Amherst College campus would be invaded by hordes of UMass students pelting us.
Until three years ago, that is, when a snowball with a solid-ice core hit a
student in the eye, causing an injury which required surgery.

UL: Eddie Vedder is alive ;)

-adam
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Amherst College
acbonin@amherst.edu

"He who accepts evil without fighting against
 it is really cooperating with it."
                   -MLK

In article<1992Dec15.214929.10807@oswego.Oswego.EDU>, Boncek@Oswego.edu
(Lou Boncek) wrote:

        >Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
        >1) that at some NorthEastern college that there was a major
>snowball fig
>ht and that
>at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.
        >2) that maybre at the same place (?) a bunch of students decided
>that it
 >would be
>great fun to run around nude.  I futher heard that one of them got
>arrested for

>shop-lifting (how ever that is possible).

Ahem, allow me...

The first snowfall at Princeton heralds the Nude Olympics, where
hundreds of sophomores (men _and_ women now--YEAH!!!) get drunk, get
naked, and run around Holder Courtyard (which borders on Princeton's
main road, Nassau Street) and surrounding areas. Last year, (when I
was a sophomore, and no, I did not participate :-( ) a plate glass
window in a Palmer Square restaurant got smashed, there were undercover
police with cameras, and several students got called in to the police
station. A friend of mine who didn't participate either got called in
as well. It seems the police got hold of a fuzzy videotape and tried
to get him to confess. The _Daily_Princetonian_ even reported that
Hard Copy, the tabloid show, tried to get a copy of said tape. (Don't
know if they were successful or not.)

But that was last year. This year, as far as I know, a sophomore and
a freshman went by the local convenience store, snatch the Class of
'95 banner, shoplifted some stuff, and did some damage that caused
the store to close for several hours.

This is no legend, bub. This is glorious FACT!!! ;-)

        >Much thanks.
        >Lou Boncek
        >Boncek@Oswego.edu

Sure thing, Lou. Just try to keep your lines under around, oh, 75
characters long in the future.

ObLegend: Alexander Hall, the building which holds concerts and
whatnot, was given by an architecture major as revenge for flunking
out of Princeton. I'm talkin' UGLY, folks!

Tep

-- 
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In article <1992Dec15.231545.10337@news.unomaha.edu> torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair) writes:
>Boncek@Oswego.edu  writes:
>> 	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
>> 	1) that at some NorthEastern college that there was a major snowball fight and that
>> at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.
>> 	2) that maybre at the same place (?) a bunch of students decided that it would be 
>> great fun to run around nude. I futher heard that one of them got arrested 
>> for  shop-lifting (how ever that is possible).
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        I know not.

>> 	Much thanks.
>> 	Lou Boncek
>> 	Boncek@Oswego.edu
>
>There is one university in the eastern Midwest (east of Mississippi, west of 
>Philadelphia) that holds a nude race each year.  The participants must run 
>nude around a quad.  The police usually catch quite a few.  I read this in "U",
>so it must be true.
>
>Torsten at Omaha

   That one U. would happen to be Purdue.  As a matter of fact, the
"Cary Quad Nude Olympics" took place just last Thurs. night.  It snowed
out here and the whole thing started with a snowball fight and about 
10:30 someone said the Nude Olympics were on for the night.  About 1500+
people showed up in no time at all.  There were about 10-15 males and
2 females that took the (fairly long) lap around the Quad.  Actually the
police do little to stop the event and just wait till later.  I didn't 
hear of anyone getting arrested, but the common thing is to get put
on probation by the hall.    

    The event is supposed to take place on the coldest night of the year.
It wasn't the coldest night, I'm sure, but it was a good tension relief
since finals are this week!

		        NOW YOU KNOW!

  Or has this caught on all over the country??????????

In article <1992Dec15.233020.15076@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:

   In article <1992Dec15.214929.10807@oswego.Oswego.EDU> Boncek@Oswego.edu (Lou Boncek) writes:
   >
   >	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
   >1) that at some NorthEastern college that there 
   >was a major snowball fight and that
   >at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.

   Michigan State.  It must be true, they showed someone throwing a
   snowball on CNN.
   -- 
   ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
   standard disclaimers          | void where prohibited
   the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637

Much as I'd usually like to disagree with Mr. Frank, I gotta go along
with this one.  My roommate of last year went to MSU his freshman
year, started lots of things like that, and was, in fact, quite proud
of it.  From talking to his friends there, he described it as more of
a riot.  Tear gas and everything (that's how he defined riot).

--
Todd Eigenschink (eigenstr@CS.Rose-Hulman.Edu)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN

In article <BzBs4A.G5w@unix.amherst.edu>, acbonin@unix.amherst.edu (Adam Bonin) writes...
>Lou Boncek (Boncek@Oswego.edu) wrote:
>: 
>: 	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
>: 	1) that at some NorthEastern college that there was a major snowball fight and that
>: at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.
> 

Well, perhaps this was the University at Buffalo. There was a minor SB fight
at Wilkeson Quad at Ellicott that escalated into well over 3oo kids participating
in a kick-ass snowball fight at Red Jacket walkway, and in the Bowl. As for
Injuries, i got pelted in the groin a few times, but I didn't see any major 
injuries. I may have missed them, though. I did hear that after this SB fight
ended, there were a few racial incidents, a few of which may have turned into
fistfights where students might have been injured. I can't confirm this. 

And... all you Ellicott folks, that snowball fight study break you all got
was caused by none other that two Governerds! Haha!
(I was one, I know)

-Mikey
(BuffaloChip)

In article <1992Dec15.214929.10807@oswego.Oswego.EDU> Boncek@Oswego.edu (Lou Boncek) writes:
>
>	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:
>	1) that at some NorthEastern college that there was a major snowball fight and that
>at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.
>	2) that maybre at the same place (?) a bunch of students decided that it would be 
>great fun to run around nude.  I futher heard that one of them got arrested for 

You might be refering to the annual University of Mass. vs. Amherst college
snowball fight...  Th first big snowfall of the season hundreds of
students engage in trying to pelt the crap out of eachother...
Usually some people get hurt, and the cops (lots of them) have to try and
break it up... usually doesn't work though...
They also have a Bowl streaking tradition, but that is another story...


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Last weekend, Happy Valley was hit by a couple feet of wet snow,
and everyone was having a last fling before finals week (in which
I should be engrossed right now, but ah well....)

In the tradition of last year's dorm students, East Halls marched on
Pollock (these are "areas" of dorms.)  Pollock rebuffed the attack
though outnumbered by perhaps a 3:2 ratio.

So what, right?  Well, a police car pulled up, and the dude hopped
out and walked over to us.  Turns out he wasn't there to hassle us
(that's a first), but to inform us that the University would be
lighting the intra-mural fields for snowball fights that night.
Go figure.....  Must be trying to lose their liability insurance or
something....

Nude part:  An ambiguous post a bit ago referred to a midwestern
school in the east (or whatever...) which has a nude race.

Mifflin Hall, Pollock area, Penn State University, State College,
PA.  I gather that it depends on the year, but sometimes the naked
people are outside, and sometimes they stand inside and put on a
show in the windows.  Usually a couple hundred people wander around
campus, and in the latter case, they traditionally shout (pardon me
here) "Tits on glass!!".  This is usually during May, week before
finals.

Call the University Park airport to make arrangements if you wish to
attend...  =)

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In article <92351.150748JPM121@psuvm.psu.edu> John Meredith <JPM121@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:07:47 EST
>From: John Meredith <JPM121@psuvm.psu.edu>
>Subject: Re: Snoball fight and nudes
>Last weekend, Happy Valley was hit by a couple feet of wet snow,
>and everyone was having a last fling before finals week (in which
>I should be engrossed right now, but ah well....)
>[stuff deleted]

Another old Penn State tradition was the 8th of May.  The slogan was:
"Hooray, hooray for the 8th of May.  National Outdoor Intercourse Day."  
This actually fits in alt.folklore college, because other than having read 
the graffitti, I don't know that anyone actually celebrated the event.

thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:

>>1) that at some NorthEastern college that there 
>>was a major snowball fight and that
>>at least 7 or more persons were seriously injured.

>Michigan State.  It must be true, they showed someone throwing a
>snowball on CNN.

Yup. Happens every year. Not that I condone it... DPS (Dept. of Public
Safety) officers came through the dorms telling people to close windows
since they were going to tear gas the place.

kaszeta@frith.egr.msu.edu

In article <1992Dec15.231545.10337@news.unomaha.edu> torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair) writes:
>There is one university in the eastern Midwest (east of Mississippi, west of 
>Philadelphia) that holds a nude race each year.  The participants must run 
>nude around a quad.  The police usually catch quite a few.  I read this in "U",
>so it must be true.

this could very well be Purdue...we have something called the Nude Olympics
here, where folks get naked and run around the courtyard of one of the 
dorms...Cary Quad...this year's wasn't that great...only about 20 ran....
19 guys and 1 girl...last year we had something like 18 guys and 6 girls...
apparently this tradition has been around since 1955.  The university 
mis-management frowns on this type of activity, but they still haven't 
managed to completely stop it from happening...

Fuzzy
--
Sleep comes like a drug...
                          ...patching me up for another week.

fuzzy@sage.cc.purdue.edu

In article <1992Dec15.214929.10807@oswego.Oswego.EDU>, Boncek@Oswego.edu (Lou Boncek) writes:
>
>	Over this past weekend I heard two rumors:

....

>	2) that maybre at the same place (?) a bunch of students decided that it would be 
>great fun to run around nude.  I futher heard that one of them got arrested for 
>shop-lifting (how ever that is possible).
>	Much thanks.
>	Lou Boncek
>	Boncek@Oswego.edu

FYI - there is a guy at UC Berkley who goes to all of his classes nude - it was written up in PEOPLE this week.

>>There is one university in the eastern Midwest (east of Mississippi, west of 
>>Philadelphia) that holds a nude race each year.  The participants must run 
>>nude around a quad.  The police usually catch quite a few.  I read this in "U",
Well [lots deleted], here at MSU for as many years as I can remember, me
being a 4th year senior, whoever/group/persons from the Freshman male dorm
Sessums Hall have a 'run to the flagpole' every fall semester, where the
group runs naked to the flagpole in the middle of the drill field, quite a
distance away. I think the University Police has cracked down, and I am
not sure if they did it this year, but I would bet they did. .. Any other
Universities?

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