nibot ([personal profile] nibot) wrote2003-02-15 01:14 pm
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E Clampus Vitus?? Hurrah, hurray! Tradition and pranks at UC Berkeley? Who would'f thought?

It's an amusing article, even in spite of the Chronicle's chronicly mediocre reporting that leaves many important details unwritten (is the fluorescent paint still there? -- that would be a dead giveaway, but I doubt it would have escaped notice all these years.) I remember learning of those plates (as a hoax) in Anthropology 10AC. Anyway. E Clampus Vitus -- it renews my hope for this campus. A google search reveals many gems (ancient proverb).

[identity profile] easwaran.livejournal.com 2003-02-25 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay SF Chronicle: "Their scholarly essay in California History is so carefully researched that it has 61 footnotes."

[identity profile] nibot.livejournal.com 2003-02-25 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously, that newspaper is plant-palm-in-forehead sophomoric sometimes. A week or two ago they had a headline concerning someone named "Senor Tom" -- note glaring omission of a tilde.

At least we can cleanse ourselves with the healing virtues of New York Times prose.