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'''The Social Experiment''' was an insane venture by [[Residential Programs]] in the fall of [[2010]] whereby it would bribe students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media. | '''The Social Experiment''' was an insane venture by [[Residential Programs]] in the fall of [[2010]] whereby it would bribe students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media. | ||
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| + | Basically, everybody got a password, and then you asked people for their password. And then whoever got the most by the end of the event got $500. So the [[ISO]] tried to win it collectively, but lost. And lots of [[first-years]] had their [[NSOP]] leaders text them out of the blue for their passwords. And then the winner spent the cash on her sorority dues. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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* [http://bwog.com/2010/11/16/social-conundrum/ Bwog on that computer mess-up] | * [http://bwog.com/2010/11/16/social-conundrum/ Bwog on that computer mess-up] | ||
* [http://bwog.com/2010/09/07/nsop-never-ends/ One of the ambiguous posters that advertised for it] | * [http://bwog.com/2010/09/07/nsop-never-ends/ One of the ambiguous posters that advertised for it] | ||
| + | * [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/11/16/students-social-columbias-prize/ The Crimson made fun of us] | ||
| + | * [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2010/11/columbia_is_now_paying_its_stu.html NYMag made fun of us] | ||
[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||
Revision as of 00:39, 12 May 2013
The Social Experiment was an insane venture by Residential Programs in the fall of 2010 whereby it would bribe students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media.
Basically, everybody got a password, and then you asked people for their password. And then whoever got the most by the end of the event got $500. So the ISO tried to win it collectively, but lost. And lots of first-years had their NSOP leaders text them out of the blue for their passwords. And then the winner spent the cash on her sorority dues.
