"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
Elle’s online party scene Item 1: Invitations Facebook is one of the newest crazes among college students. It is a networking website developed originally for college students to make friends or keep in touch with old ones. The website is Continue Reading …
From Lindsey B’s journal King’s Drinking Game Rules: Red 2-8: you drinking that number of the card. (ie. Red six, drink six) Black 2-8: you pass out that number of drinks 9: nine, nine, bust a rhyme. (go around in Continue Reading …
Text 2 “These two guys are sitting at a bar, one from the south, and one who just graduated from Harvard…” Southern man: “Where are you from?” Obnoxious boy from Harvard: “I come from a place where we do not Continue Reading …
Nate Wysong’s archive jokes: Text 1Original Collector: Julie PriceTitle: Jokes, Superstitions, TraditionClass: F220Semester: Spring, 1984Prof: Sandra Dolby-Stahl Q: “Why does San Francisco have AIDS and Lafayette have Boilermakers?”A: “Because San Francisco got to pick first.” Context: The person who performed the Continue Reading …
Current Campus Legends (2005): Text 1 Contributor: Leah Lattanner Informant: Brittany Mehl Title: “Legends” Fall 2005 I interviewed several girls and boys collecting different legends around campus. I collected this legend in my dorm room in Foster- Magee, with a Continue Reading …
Tracy’s archived campus legends: Text 1 Original Collector: Colleen McPhearsonTitle: JokesClass: F220Semester/year: Semester II, 83-84Contributor: Tracy John “The Gazebo” “Uh, this is what I heard…. Well, I think it was when the gazebo was built, but that doesn’t really matter. Continue Reading …
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