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<p>I believe that one of the mens’ athletic teams has many of the rooms on Parrish West 4th, but I don’t know which team so I wouldn’t want to single out lacrosse.</p>
<p>They were probably already on a short leash, having broken off a fire sprinkler head and flooding the dorm with a game of dorm hall football a month or two ago.</p>
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<p>I think that taking their lumps in an all-dorm meeting with the residents of Parrish East might be worse than a night in jail. Meatheads will be seriously outnumbered in that meeting.</p>
<p>In fairness, we don’t know that it was a student. The President’s Office, the Provost’s Office, the Finance Office, the Development Office, the Admissions Office, and all of the Dean’s offices are located located in the same building.</p>
<p>“Mini, I had no idea the talk of feces in your prior posts regarding Williams was related to women.”</p>
<p>Well, remember there are three groups (as reported in the Record): those who defecate into sinks and in hallways, those that spread it on walls, and those who “bomb” from windows. Only among the third group is it said to be known to be a coed activity. ;))</p>
<p>I don’t think I know any man-boys or women-girls who do this either; I do know the college has gotten letters from alums asking that their alumni contributions not be used to clean it up.</p>
<p>Were the Urinators binge drinkers? </p>
<p>How could such a thing possibly happen at Swarthmore???</p>
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<p>How could such a thing possibly happen at Swarthmore???"</p>
<p>I believe that one has increased urine output with any alcohol drinking, not just binge drinking.</p>
<p>And yes, Dorothy, even in the Land of Oz there is not perfection. Maybe it was a Wicked Witch, who has now been melted at the dorm meeting. However, as interesteddad says, maybe it wasn’t even a Swarthmore student, so we can all sleep better tonight knowing it may have been an interloper that did such an antisocial act.</p>
<p>Nah, they weren’t binge drinkers or meatheads. Lowlifes like that don’t exist at Swarthmore. This harmless little escapade was probably just part of someone’s honors psychology thesis.</p>
<p>I read ID’s last post to mean that it could have been the Dean or the President!</p>
<p>Since the Dean is retiring, then that is reassuring to know that there is less chance of it happening again.</p>
<p>Somehow, I think Al Bloom, the president, is usually occupied elsewhere, as in fundraising or speechmaking. And he is such a good guy, so maybe the threat is now gone!</p>
<p>Or admissions, MOWC. It wouldn’t surprise me if they got drunk after decisions were finally made!</p>
<p>In all seriousness, it is great that the Phoenix reported the intruder at Parrish, as this is a safety issue.</p>
<p>But was the Urinator really big campus news? Or is the Phoenix just being Swattie? Slow news day?</p>
<p>Maybe we should say “alleged” urinator…I haven’t seen the Associated Press report. Oh wait. They are too busy with another college scandal. </p>
<p>Have they taken a DNA test of all those who have acces to the building yet? They can compare the urine DNA with the DNA of all the suspected perps…</p>
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<p>Yeah. That Jim Bock is a wild n’ crazy guy.</p>
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<p>Swarthmore has meatheads, too. They mostly pledge to one of the two fraternities and account for the lion’s share of the disruptive incidents on campus – every incident that has made the campus paper this year has involved a frat boy or a frat pledge. Their track record this year has been nothing short of pathetic. Fortunately, the two frats combined account for no more than 5% of the total enrollment. Most students typically cut a wide swath around the two frat lodges.</p>
<p>As I say, I believe one of the athletic teams/frat houses picked most of the rooms on Parrish West 4th in the housing lottery. So, if student(s) were the Urinators (as opposed to President Bloom or the campus cat), I suspect the whole-dorm meeting will know where to turn their wrath. Parrish East is all women, so the meatheads will be outnumbered in the meeting.</p>
<p>What percent of the Swarthmore male athletes are in frats, and what percent of the frat gentlemen are athletes, do you know? </p>
<p>Is there more representation among some of the team sports such as basketball, lacrosse, soccer, etc, as opposed to the cross-country and track team members? Anyhow, I would think their graduation rate across all sports is high, since it is D-III and overall Swarthmore has such a high graduation rate?</p>
<p>Aren’t there rules that prevent alcohol and/or drug usage during at least their seasons?</p>
<p>"Fortunately, the two frats combined account for no more than 5% of the total enrollment. "</p>
<p>So? Less than 1% of the student enrollment at another unnamed scandalous school are lacrosse players. And look at all the press they have gotten. :)</p>
<p>Luckily there have been no stripper sightings at Swarthmore, and I am sure the Phoenix would report it.</p>
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<p>I think the combined frat membership at Swat is under 70 students, so less than 10% of the male enrollment. One of the two remaining frats, Phi Psi, almost went out of business a few years ago – seriously in arrears on their lodge lease payments to the college. The loss of football was a big blow to frat membership, but other teams have taken up the slack.</p>
<p>The frats are stocked by varsity athletic teams to a very large degree – baseball and lacrosse especially, some basketball. But, only a fraction of the athletes and of the frat boys are meatheads. Quite a large percentage of both are just regular Swatties. It’s a fairly small group of hard-core meatheads – and if they continue their behavior from this year, their ranks will continue to dwindle. </p>
<p>They didn’t make many friends on campus this year as a series of frat boy incidents indirectly led to change in enforcement of alcohol policy that reduced the availability of “free” booze at all-campus parties.</p>
<p>All indications from ID prove that the perp is a binge drinking frat boy helmeted athlete. Case closed.</p>
<p>Hey, at least it wasn’t into the refrigerators, like at some school I know. :eek:</p>
<p>I have read the term, “meathead” on this and the Duke threads. I am just wondering, so I can understand, what is the definition of a “meathead” ? The only other time I have ever heard the term was years ago when I watched All in the Family. So as this is a slang term I am unclear what it is referring to. Can you explain?</p>