What do most people become after graduating Caltech?

mmcduff
Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:52:20 +0000

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There is a long-standing rivalry between Harvey Mudd and the nearby Caltech; this rivalry is basically unacknowledged by Caltech.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey...ry_with_Caltech



Dear lord… after reading the HMC entry on wikipedia I was about to throw an npov on there. I especially like “pranks at Harvey Mudd are known for being clever, amusing, technically precise, and reversible (by policy, pranksters must leave contact information, and reverse the prank within 24 hours if told to do so).”

Only a little bias right there. What is even worse is that the list of pranks is not that impressive as compared to pranks pulled at colleges throughout the nation. But it gets even worse:
“in one prank, students from Mudd stole a memorial cannon from Fleming House at Caltech (originally from the National Guard) by dressing as maintenance people and carting it off on a flatbed truck for “cleaning.” Although Mudd students thought it a coup, most Caltech students were happy to see the cannon gone, as Fleming House is considered unpopular and obnoxious by most of the campus. Fleming students got it back by having their school President threaten legal action.”

Not only is the author’s (I’m assuming the author of this to be HMC-affiliated) writing a little bit, um, paltry (what kind verb phrase is “having their school President…” not to mention ‘President’ shouldn’t be capitalized), but in addition it seems that Fleming students/Caltech had to take substantive action to reverse a prank that should be reversed automatically “within 24 hours if told to do so.”

WOW!