Word: lampooning
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...effort to prevent further difficulties between The Lampoon and the University, the publication has decided to abolish Fools' Weeks, it was learned last night...
...decision came following indication that the Administrative Board was to take disciplinary action as the result of continued excesses during Fools' Week, the traditional pranky climax of the publication's competition. The Lampoon's officers will see Dean Watson today, and tomorrow the Administrative Board will reveal its decision...
Another fire early Saturday morning caused several thousand dollars damage at the Lampoon building. This blaze destroyed a fifteenth-century fireplace and damaged a wall. The caretaker of the building had tried to extinguish the fire, but it broke out again and attracted the attention of a passing policeman at about 7 a.m. The fireplace may be reconstructed, "but it will be very expensive," Perry M. Smith '59, president of the Lampoon, commented...
...evident by these excerpts, Etc. did not make a feminist attempt to rival any Harvard publications, although as a humor magazine it could be classified with the Lampoon. Nor did it set itself up to "represent Radcliffe" or to "mirror student opinion." In short, it lacked the self-consciousness found in other publications of the College and thus unlike its predecessors did not immediately evoke ridicule...
...sure they'd got the right company, -and then go into their sales pitch." One company insisted on being hired to build the launching pad (or sinking site). "One thing it proves," says Monahan, "is that engineers can be awfully gullible. One reason we did this was to lampoon the engineers. I don't think anybody can be more pompous than the engineers who are saving mankind...