"Folklore of Student Life" holds the accumulated wisdom and wit of several IU undergraduate classes and of a good many IU undergraduates, all focused upon the folklore -- those shared avenues of creativity and expression -- that is part of the college experience at Indiana University. This website is a joint production of Prof John McDowell and his students in a number of undergraduate classes
Shannon’s archive rite:
Original Contributor: Faulkner, John
Title: Tailgating An American Tradition
Class: F101
Semester/year: Fall/ 1981
“One particularly creative group, not having a real tailgate on their car, went to the junk yard and bought a tailgate from an old pickup truck. They set it on an ironing board and had a tailgate party in the true sense of the word.”