Word: pranking
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...prank e-mails sent Saturday night appearing to be sent by the puerile minds of The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, claimed to announce Harvard’s next president. The paltry rehash of a former hoax sparked momentary confusion in the student body...
...prank article in Princeton’s newspaper, a parody of a Christmas carol in a Tufts’ journal, and the cover of Dartmouth’s bi-weekly paper—all published within the past three months—have turned national media attention toward the issue of journalistic integrity and responsibility on college campuses.All three publications have since issued apologies after their publications caused an uproar among readers alleging racism, discrimination, and insensitivity.Today, “there is so much more scrutiny and exposure that what could be a small campus issue becomes a national...
...fiction, the culmination of two years of secret planning by television journalist Philippe Dutilleul and his colleagues at the French-language public broadcaster. The ensuing panic didn't quite approach that created by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds - acknowledged as the model for the Belgian prank - but more than 30,000 phone calls flooded the broadcaster's switchboard, and the channel's website crashed as concerned viewers sought confirmation. The reason for the hubbub, of course, is that although the events described in the fake "news" broadcast had more than a dash of melodrama, they were eminently believable...
...fire alarm was set off when someone sprayed the fire extinguisher at the fire sprinklers, according to Michael C. McGaghie ’01, the Eliot tutor on call at the time. “The alarm went off because of what the fire department determined to be a prank that required excessive cleanup of an entryway in Eliot House,” he said. Students were not let back into their rooms “due to tonight’s fire extinguisher discharge and the resultant unsafe conditions,” according to an e-mail sent...
...wholesome, Panopticon party. Sort of like bible camp. The irony of the situation is, well, sort of hilarious. So, revel in the humor and know that field ± sporting event + alcohol + defiant community = fun. The utter absence of Yale students means more alcohol for Harvard students and fewer pranks that nobody notices. (It’s like the mime in a forest question. If a prank happens in a stadium, and nobody sees it, does it happen? No.) And the new restrictions beg for student guerilla-style ingenuity. Line your pants pockets with plastic bags and then fill them...