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Started by res_ewv
Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:57
Halloween at Valpo
Author: res_ewv
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:57
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:57
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Just remebered two things. 1) If I was going to post, I should throw in my
obfolklore. 2) I promised to tell about my Halloween. So, here it is:
First a little background. Valparaiso University is a small, Lutheran, liberal
arts type school in northwest Indiana. Not a very happening place. However, we
just happen to be just down the road from Notre Dame, the bastion of
Catholoscism in the United States.
Now, if you know your church history (which many of us don't), you know that
Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran church on Halloween night nailed his
famous 95 theses on the chapel door of Wittenburg.
Rumor has it that our student used to re-inact this in the sixties with a yearly
excursion to our neighbor to the east. In any case, we decided last year that
it was time that this tradtion (real or not) was revived.
So, last year we began again this tradition of school vs. school. Originally we
were going to use nails in playing this prank, but after seeing the doors of the
chapel at ND, we decided that Scotch tape was the way we should go. (Not
wanting to cause physical damage).
This year marked the 2nd time we have done this. We leave here at about
midnight local time and arrive at 2:00 their time (time zones are nice things).
Next year, the prank will be pulled again, but not by me since I will be in
graduate school. (Unless I end up somewhere in the area, then I will return.)
Just thought I would share our little humor with you.
Eric W. Vaandering
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Re: Halloween at Valpo
Author: Dan Tasman
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 05:05
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 05:05
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In article <1992Nov17.225733.1@exodus.valpo.edu> res_ewv@exodus.valpo.edu
writes:
:First a little background. Valparaiso University is a small, Lutheran,
:liberal arts type school in northwest Indiana. Not a very happening place.
One reason why I transferred from Valpo to SUNY - Buffalo State College (not to
be confused with UB, netters!) in 1987. Good prank, though ... the most I ever
saw was fire alarms pulled in Alumni Hall at 3:00 AM in January, and the parody
edition of the Torch.
ObValpoUL1: The University Chapel is sinking at the rate of 2" (5 cm) a year.
The depression it's in is a result of its slow lowering into the ground.
ObValpoUL2: The VU campus looks like an ofice park because it was built on an
old municipal golf course.
ObValpoUL3: The campus is laid out with no central gathering place for
students (i.e. traditional quad) to minimize the probability of riots resulting
from student demonstrations. See ObUniversityAtBuffaloUL14.
ObValpoUL4: Lankenau Hall is named after a WWII concentration camp.
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Dan Tasman dtasman@dante.nmsu.edu
molson@rever.nmsu.edu
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