Word: alumni
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Universities depend on school spirit and enthusiasm for alumni support. Successful football teams are vital to many schools for this, but for Princeton, the Tigers merely have to take the field to give graduates an excuse to send another check to Nassau Hall...
Because of Princeton's recent transition to a coeducational institution, jealous older alumni have been disappointed in the breakdown of their alma mater's traditions...
...tradition that will not change is the all-male character of their football team so the alumni funnel themselves through the armpit known as northern New Jersey every autumn weekend Princeton has a home game...
With a weekly alumni magazine, significant yearly reunions and outrageous tailgates, you get the feeling that the most noteworthy accomplishments of most graduates is having attended Princeton. And for any Tiger football team, it is merely to provide a reason for the alumni to get together and compare Top-siders, flourescent pants and scotch...
Football games, no matter what the outcome, are something of a filling station for the Lear Jet engine of Princeton's alumni drive...