He Can’t Do That to Our Pledges. Only We Can Do That to Our Pledges

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I love reading student newspapers when I visit college campuses.

Where else can you find headlines like this:

Police Blotter: Frat Cited for Goat

…and which contain passages like this:

Furthermore, the combination of the words goat and fraternity “troubled” Chief Parrott, who dared not extrapolate on the implications of such a pet.

And then there are the student columnists. How could you not read the rest of column that begins with…

Dear Woman,

I love you. I am glad you exist. I believe that your vagina is beautiful. If you want to talk to me about it I will listen attentively. I have used the derogatory terms for your genitalia only a handful of times in my entire life because I believe that God created nothing more glorious than the Vagina and it deserves to be called by its proper name.

You really must read it all. Jesus makes an appearance.

I should add here that Sewanee is a very beautiful campus, and the students I spoke to today were terrific. Goat-harboring frat guys and strange men who pen public odes to the vagina did not seem to be representative of the campus.

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10 Responses to “He Can’t Do That to Our Pledges. Only We Can Do That to Our Pledges”

  1. #1 |  chsw | 

    The US Naval Academy’s mascot is a goat.

    chsw

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  2. #2 |  Brian | 

    Sewanee? You mean The University of the South?

    I don’t know why they did away with that name. I’d much rather attend a school called the University of the South.

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  3. #3 |  scottp | 

    My personal life being what it is I have only a distant and vague recollection of sex

    I don’t think I’d be admitting that in the campus newspaper.

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  4. #4 |  Ben | 

    I don’t think I’d be admitting that in the campus newspaper.

    Sympathy poon is still poon. And after writing that, he’s probably getting some.

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  5. #5 |  Sithmonkey | 

    Goat-harboring frat guys and strange men who pen public odes to the vagina did not seem to be representative of the campus.

    It’s been a while since you’ve been to college, hasn’t it?

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  6. #6 |  Michael Chaney | 

    You know, I wanted to drive down, but they didn’t have the time on their site. And I forgot to email you and ask. Oh well, next time. Going to see Herb Kelleher next week…

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  7. #7 |  warren_piece | 

    not a troll, just a long time lurker.
    anyhow…in defense of the vagina guy, i would guess that his column was a satire of sorts, spurred on by the 10 anniversary of the vagina monologues. on the other hand…the writing is still ridunkulous.

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  8. #8 |  Blue | 

    My hat goes off to the guy who caught one. They’re quick and tricky little boogers, and its not easy to spot one wandering through the campus. Following them around with a paper bag saying, “Here..”

    …wait no, those were snipes

    Oh, yeah, I remember our frat house goat now. Her name was Lula…

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  9. #9 |  Jon H | 

    Radley,

    Why do you hate vagina?

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  10. #10 |  nom de guerre | 

    *loved* the article on vagina. “you can trust me, girlies! i’ll *listen* to you!”

    see, THIS is why we make fun of college-age people: they’re dipshits. the good news is, for the rest of his life, his buddies will see to it that everyone who knows or works with him will refer to him as “vagina boy”.

    or maybe they’ll shorten his humiliating nickname it to a shorter, cruder version. can’t you just hear his outraged reaction? “STOP it, guys! that word is disrespectful to women! stop laughing!”

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