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[jtwcornell91]

This doesn't really fit anywhere and it doesn't deserve it's own thread, so I'll just stick it here. The last letter in this series of letters seems to be referring to us: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/opinion/at-elite-colleges-too-much-hubris.html

Andrew Delbanco says "the charge that elite college culture encourages smugness and self-satisfaction contains, like Mr. Santorum's outburst, a germ of truth." A germ?

Has he ever been to a sports event where one team is an Ivy League school and its entire student section engages in the chant "Safety school! Saaaaa-fety school!" at the opponents?

Clearly he thinks we reserve that chant for non-Ivies.

This is my fault, because I took Steve (who went to high school with me) to a Cornell-Clarkson game when he was visiting freshman year and said something stupid to justify the "safety school" cheer.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

All it takes is a handful of fans from Sections A and O to make a move.  I don't ever recall that anyone in Athletics discouraged the practice [although there is probably some guy in risk management having a heart attack at the thought since they think it is inviting disaster for the minor officials to throw candy into the crowd].

The scariest expression I've ever seen on a human was when a handful of us reflexively started to go over the glass at Boston Garden after the '86 win.  Never let anyone tell you an Irish cop can't freeze you in stride with one look.

I remember a game at the Garden where one guy tried to either throw something over the glass or climb over the glass.  Never let anyone tell you that ten Irish cops can't beat the shit out of a lone hockey fan.  ::smashfreak::

[ajh258]

This doesn't really fit anywhere and it doesn't deserve it's own thread, so I'll just stick it here. The last letter in this series of letters seems to be referring to us: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/opinion/at-elite-colleges-too-much-hubris.html

Andrew Delbanco says "the charge that elite college culture encourages smugness and self-satisfaction contains, like Mr. Santorum's outburst, a germ of truth." A germ?

Has he ever been to a sports event where one team is an Ivy League school and its entire student section engages in the chant "Safety school! Saaaaa-fety school!" at the opponents?

Clearly he thinks we reserve that chant for non-Ivies.

Based on where he's from, I'd bet he's a Robert Morris fan.

[jtn27]

This doesn't really fit anywhere and it doesn't deserve it's own thread, so I'll just stick it here. The last letter in this series of letters seems to be referring to us: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/opinion/at-elite-colleges-too-much-hubris.html

Andrew Delbanco says "the charge that elite college culture encourages smugness and self-satisfaction contains, like Mr. Santorum's outburst, a germ of truth." A germ?

Has he ever been to a sports event where one team is an Ivy League school and its entire student section engages in the chant "Safety school! Saaaaa-fety school!" at the opponents?

Clearly he thinks we reserve that chant for non-Ivies.

This is my fault, because I took Steve (who went to high school with me) to a Cornell-Clarkson game when he was visiting freshman year and said something stupid to justify the "safety school" cheer.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not.