Talk:Harvey Mudd College
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what about the whirlie hazing, the alcohol abuse, the emotional poverty, the suicide in 1995/6, the biotech plans whichi were stopped by pitzer protests (whose student mudders call 'zoids'), etc.
- I don't know how notable the "whirlie hazing" is, as I personally was not only never subjected to it, but also never even witness to it. I strongly suspect that the people who are whirled are whirled willingly, as it's not exactly cruel and sounds like its usually done in good fun.
- I actually have seen a mob of westies come to whirl one of my case friends, who told them he was not interested, and they - although quite intoxicated - accepted that and left. Hardly hazing.
- I would also like to point out that the vast majority of alcohol poisonings on campus have historically been young CMC students who come up for our parties with the sole intent of getting way too drunk. You'd recognize them as the really annoying ones at our parties. This is why they were at some point temporarily banned from them.--Laura Scudder | Talk 06:37, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Wally the Wart - mascot?
I don't know if you can really call Wally the Wart Mudd's "mascot". He mostly appears in alumni fund and recruiting mailings, doesn't he? I'm not sure Mudd has a mascot in the usual sense, not having a sports team of its own or anything like that. DenisMoskowitz 19:41, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
- True, to a point, but if you were to ask any Mudder "what's Mudd's mascot", the answer would be a quick and unequivical "Wally the Wart". —BenFrantzDale 20:16, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
- Hmm, I'll ask some of my fellow alum friends for their opinions. I guess there's not really any better option. DenisMoskowitz 19:43, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
- Yeah, I included Wally mostly because there was a spot for mascot in the template I stole from Caltech and when pressed he'd be the mascot offered by students. He is, however, not a normal mascot (of course, we don't even have a normal shared sports mascot, what with Stags and Athenas) so I have now marked him as unofficial, which I believe is his actual status. We could switch to Template:Infobox University, which doesn't have a mascot field but is a bit wider. --Laura Scudder | Talk 21:34, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)