Difference between revisions of "Yale University"
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| − | '''Yale University''' is a member of the [[Ivy League]]. | + | '''Yale University''' is a member of the [[Ivy League]]. Appropriately, it is located in Connecticut (state sport: squash, state insect: WASP). Inappropriately, it is located in a [[w:New Haven|small, crime-riddled ghetto]]. This is incomprehensible, as many generations of Columbians know it is far better to be located in a large, crime-riddled ghetto. Yet the allure of Yale remains, inexplicably, for some. |
Perhaps it is because their last names trail into Roman numerals too large for us to read, because they enjoy [[w:Skull & Bones|clubs named for decomposing body parts]], or have an urge to be on the fast track to a job [[w:The Good Shepherd (film)|undermining foreign governments]] (and, more recently, [[w:Bush v. Gore|the domestic government as well]]). | Perhaps it is because their last names trail into Roman numerals too large for us to read, because they enjoy [[w:Skull & Bones|clubs named for decomposing body parts]], or have an urge to be on the fast track to a job [[w:The Good Shepherd (film)|undermining foreign governments]] (and, more recently, [[w:Bush v. Gore|the domestic government as well]]). | ||
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*Basketball coach [[Joe Jones]]' brother coaches there | *Basketball coach [[Joe Jones]]' brother coaches there | ||
*[[Oxbridge]]-wannabe neogothic architecture made to look old because its designer ordered acid spilled all over it | *[[Oxbridge]]-wannabe neogothic architecture made to look old because its designer ordered acid spilled all over it | ||
| − | *Lots of presidents and potential presidents seem to come from there | + | *Lots of presidents and potential presidents seem to come from there ([[Barack Obama|until recently]]) |
*The above may have something to do with its shady, scary centuries-old WASP clubs with names evoking the remnants of death. Perhaps. | *The above may have something to do with its shady, scary centuries-old WASP clubs with names evoking the remnants of death. Perhaps. | ||
*The nation's first postmodern law school, which calls itself such without teaching law | *The nation's first postmodern law school, which calls itself such without teaching law | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 11 November 2008
Yale University is a member of the Ivy League. Appropriately, it is located in Connecticut (state sport: squash, state insect: WASP). Inappropriately, it is located in a small, crime-riddled ghetto. This is incomprehensible, as many generations of Columbians know it is far better to be located in a large, crime-riddled ghetto. Yet the allure of Yale remains, inexplicably, for some.
Perhaps it is because their last names trail into Roman numerals too large for us to read, because they enjoy clubs named for decomposing body parts, or have an urge to be on the fast track to a job undermining foreign governments (and, more recently, the domestic government as well).
Yale also posseses the following characteristics:
- Harvard hates it, for some inexplicable reason
- Has a massive inferiority complex when it comes to Harvard
- Basketball coach Joe Jones' brother coaches there
- Oxbridge-wannabe neogothic architecture made to look old because its designer ordered acid spilled all over it
- Lots of presidents and potential presidents seem to come from there (until recently)
- The above may have something to do with its shady, scary centuries-old WASP clubs with names evoking the remnants of death. Perhaps.
- The nation's first postmodern law school, which calls itself such without teaching law
- Makes excellent locks and forklifts.
Columbia vs. Yale football images
In days of yore, at least someone paid enough attention to Columbia football to make cool posters and lithographs and things. Here are some that survive from games with Yale:
