“I’ve got another one about the co-eds. Let me see if I can get the story right—uh, let me think…Okay—when the day comes when the first co-ed virgin graduates from this school, the fish will swim out between the legs of the lady in the fountain. How’s that one, huh? Meaning no virgin has graduated from this university, so the legend goes.”
Context:
This legend is collected by Colleen at Jeffery’s house between 10:30-11:30pm while preparing the “pit board” for the Little 5 Race. The informant was not sure where he heard the tale, adding that he has told it and has been told the story by others several times. He hypothesized about the origin of the tale in the following manner: “Oh some frats and sororities got together for a drunken good time, and some frat guy said this, “No sorority bitches are virgins, and that’s why they thought of it.” What is interesting about this comment is not only does the informant believe the part of the legend about girls not graduating from college as virgins, but a sorority girl most definitely wouldn’t. This is where the stereotypes of college girls come in about promiscuity. Also he mentioned that this story came about through drinking another description associated with student life and sex. IU is considered a Big Ten party school, a place where students drink to excess and female students are promiscuous.