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so_long42 ([info]so_long42) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-03-25 01:58:00


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Wesleyan University Wank
So, there's this group on the campus of Wesleyan University (in CT) called Eclectic. They used to be a fraternity, but went co-ed, and subsequently were forcibly separated from their alumni association when they burned "fuck the alums" into the lawn of their house. They are famous for having sold all of their furniture for cocaine, and also for throwing awesome concerts and large sweaty all-campus dance parties (which themselves are famous for the MDMA present).

Naturally, a place like that is going to cause some problems. Namely, they have been shut down for the semester. The reason this is exciting is because Wesleyan is a very web 2.0 campus, with both an active student run blog (linked above) and a super-active Anonymous Confession Board, the latter of which has a lot to say. A TON. Opinions. Conspiracy theories.
Jokes.

There is of course a segment of campus that is outraged, and a
petition is circulated. Even people who claim to be unassociated have strong pro-Ecletic, anti-student government opinions.
However, people are skeptical that Eclectic is in the right. They remain unconvinced weeks later.

Eventually, outrage dies down and the zeitgeist shifts, so the Sound Co-Op, which provides cheap PA systems and setup for the whole campus (and is populated primarily by Eclectic members), decides that they be boycotting the ENTIRE CAMPUS until Eclectic is served justice (i.e. reopened without consequence). General sentiment is that this is ridiculous and calculated. Meanwhile, there is a lot of very deep-cut Wesleyan handwringing about our reputation as an "activist" status.

ETA: And the petition is now closed due to "spam," ie trolling (no, I'm not concerned that it was anyone here).


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[info]miss_padfoot
2009-03-25 07:23 am UTC (link)
Wait, people were surprised and outraged that a group that sold all its furniture for cocaine was shut down? What?

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[info]kookaburra
2009-03-25 10:18 am UTC (link)
That's what I don't get. They keep saying that it's only "one or two members".

Did no one ask, "Hey guys, where are you going with all our sofas?"

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(no subject) - [info]funwithrage, 2009-03-25 03:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kookaburra, 2009-03-25 06:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-03-26 04:10 pm UTC

[info]tarash
2009-03-25 12:18 pm UTC (link)
I'm only surprised it apparently didn't happen sooner.

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[info]rosehiptea
2009-03-25 08:51 pm UTC (link)
I'm kind of wondering exactly how much cocaine used furniture can even buy. In my experience it doesn't sell for that much and that's why so much of it gets left out at the curb for whoever has a vehicle that can take it away.

Maybe they had some really nice stuff though.

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(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2009-03-28 01:37 pm UTC

[info]sisterelwood
2009-03-25 07:46 am UTC (link)
I'm reading that student-run blog and all I see is "Bawwwwwing!!! WE'RE SO MISUNDERSTOOD BY THE ESTABLISHMENT!!!"

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2009-03-25 08:05 am UTC (link)
Y'know, I expect this kind of thing from my alma mater, the U of O (in lovely Hippieville Eugene, Oregon), or the People's Republics of Berkeley and Massachussets. But Connecticut? Really?

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[info]deliciouschaos
2009-03-25 08:24 am UTC (link)
Sadly, I am completely unsurprised.

I live for the day when I can truly divest myself of residency of that state.

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[info]kookaburra
2009-03-25 09:54 am UTC (link)
*lives in Eugene*

I kept having to read it again to make sure it wasn't the U of O. The anti-establishment B'AAAAAAAAAWWW ing fits the campus perfectly.

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(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-03-25 10:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]darthtall, 2009-03-26 01:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kookaburra, 2009-03-26 04:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]da_angel729, 2009-03-26 04:08 pm UTC

[info]your_face
2009-03-26 03:57 am UTC (link)
But Connecticut? Really?

It's Wesleyan. They're well-known here for being kind of a hippie weirdo school (says the person who went to the school known for being kind of ghetto.)

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(no subject) - [info]your_face, 2009-03-26 03:58 am UTC
Ghetto school in CT... - [info]muppetfromhell, 2009-03-27 02:43 am UTC
Re: Ghetto school in CT... - [info]your_face, 2009-03-27 07:16 am UTC
Re: Ghetto school in CT... - [info]muppetfromhell, 2009-03-27 02:20 pm UTC

[info]queencallipygos
2009-03-26 11:28 am UTC (link)
Shoot, I grew up in a Connecticut community that was once -- and perhaps still is -- a major trading post for heroin users and dealers. This almost seems quaint.

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Just finished reading all the links
[info]kookaburra
2009-03-25 10:19 am UTC (link)
*laughing so hard I'm crying*

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[info]mary_mac
2009-03-25 11:52 am UTC (link)
Suddenly our lot and their baby-riots look terribly unimpressive.
And boring.

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[info]makeshyft
2009-03-25 11:54 am UTC (link)
If there's anything the movies I watched during my young, impressionable years proves.. is that a daring, complicated and tit-laden plan is the only thing that can save them.

Possibly involving the Dean getting fucked by a goat and everyone learning an important life lesson.

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[info]dhole
2009-03-25 12:19 pm UTC (link)
Your bra bomb better work, Nerdlinger!

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[info]yoritomo_reiko
2009-03-25 01:15 pm UTC (link)
Or a party!

With a band named Everybody Gets Laid!

>.>

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(no subject) - [info]sequinedlizard, 2009-03-25 02:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]so_long42, 2009-03-25 04:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sequinedlizard, 2009-03-25 10:51 pm UTC

[info]doomsday
2009-03-25 02:36 pm UTC (link)
I'd like ten thousand marbles, please.

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(no subject) - [info]starfish, 2009-03-26 04:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-03-25 10:23 pm UTC

[info]bigbigtruck
2009-03-25 03:10 pm UTC (link)
web 2.0

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN.

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(no subject) - [info]stromatolite, 2009-03-25 03:54 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2009-03-26 07:44 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]iamnotyourmuse, 2009-03-26 01:08 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]miss_padfoot, 2009-03-27 06:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2009-03-26 07:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]iamnotyourmuse, 2009-03-26 01:08 pm UTC
Spinning off into tangent land - [info]fruce, 2009-03-26 08:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]keleri, 2009-03-25 05:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]adevyish, 2009-03-25 06:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]doomsday, 2009-03-26 07:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2009-03-28 01:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2009-03-25 06:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2009-03-26 01:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2009-03-26 06:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]felinephoenix, 2009-03-28 01:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2009-03-28 01:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]slwatson, 2009-03-29 01:07 am UTC
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[info]khym_chanur
2009-03-25 04:22 pm UTC (link)
Is that the place where they invented Wesleyan Tetris? Man, good times.

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[info]jkefka
2009-03-25 04:45 pm UTC (link)
There's no entitlement quite like college student entitlement. "I have a right to endanger myself and those around me with impunity using my family's money!" No. No you fucking don't.

Diploma so close and yet so very far away

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[info]velvet_mace
2009-03-25 09:31 pm UTC (link)
But, but, but, I thought once you were a grown up no one could tell you what to do anymore!

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(no subject) - [info]kookaburra, 2009-03-26 04:19 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]velvet_mace, 2009-03-26 07:49 am UTC

[info]emiweebee
2009-03-25 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Oh, legendary college party wank.

This will end in tears. For a maximum of four years, then the students will completely turnover, and no one will care/it will be reinstated.

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[info]sorchar
2009-03-26 06:26 am UTC (link)
Why does this all sound like the plot of a National Lampoon movie?

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(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2009-03-26 02:49 pm UTC

[info]brennalarose
2009-03-26 04:19 pm UTC (link)
Suddenly, Mom's Honor Dorm Ice Cock seems...tame. She still had furniture and a degree when it was over.

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(no subject) - [info]lil_miss_stfu, 2009-03-27 04:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-03-30 08:35 pm UTC
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[info]erototoxin
2009-03-27 02:39 am UTC (link)
What IS the big Thing That Got Them Shut Down that everyone is being so secretive about?

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(no subject) - [info]so_long42, 2009-03-28 10:05 pm UTC

[info]willywanka
2009-03-28 01:12 am UTC (link)
The Anonymous Confession Board is majestic.

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(no subject) - [info]felinephoenix, 2009-03-28 02:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]so_long42, 2009-03-28 10:06 pm UTC

 
   
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