Although often nerdy by nature, Ivy Leaguers do have a little of that Animal House spirit in them.
While some attend Ivy League schools to obtain a cubicle at Goldman Sachs or to find a nice husband who will support their expensive shoe habits, college wouldn't be college without its antics. To get you in the spirit of hazing (whoops, I meant pledging), here's a look at some great (and geeky) pranks from our fellow Ivies. Play at your own risk.
Yale
On one festive afternoon at a Harvard-Yale game, Yale fans proved that they could outsmart Harvard. Dressed in Harvard pep squad attire, the Yale pranksters handed out red and white pieces of paper to Harvard fans. On Yale's cue, the Harvard fans would raise these pieces of paper to spell something peppy in their own colors. Once it happened, the Yale side of the stadium had a front row seat to witness the ignorance of Harvard fans as they spelled out "WE SUCK" in all caps across the bleachers.
Cornell
Nobody knows how it happened or whodunit, but somehow, some way, someone or something managed to get a 60-pound pumpkin stuck on top of Cornell's 170-foot McGraw tower right before Halloween, making national news. Quit the trick, eh? The pumpkin withstood a freezing Ithaca winter and was finally removed by the provost using a crane. The pumpkin was then analyzed by Cornell scientists to determine its genetic makeup. Losers.
Harvard
Harvard students love to pull e-mail pranks and especially pranks on freshmen (shocker). Harvard's best computer nerds generated a Student Health Service message with a very odd request. The e-mail stated that Student Health Services had found botulism bacteria in the cafeteria food and requested that all freshmen bring stool samples in brown paper bags immediately. Sure enough, there stood the stupid freshmen with paper bags, and please believe, they were not sack lunches.
Princeton
This prank is proof that Princeton can never and will never be the social Ivy. A few of this strange breed of students thought it would be funny to throw a keg party with a twist: the kegs were full of non-alcoholic beer. That's right, we're talking O'Doul's, Phi Delt-style. Nevertheless, the placebo effect was in full effect, and there still were girls vomiting and people passing out. Rookies. Oh, and the entire thing was caught on night-vision video.
