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“the song “Fireball,” an up-tempo party tune named after that horrid cinnamon-flavored whiskey”

now this... this is absolute blasphemy. this might be the thing that pushes me over

“This was all part of a broader sanitization, a rewriting of Stanford’s own mythology. Legendary themed dorms, like the French House, which used to host popular wine and cheese nights, or Haus Mitt, once known for its Oktoberfest celebration, were renamed with numbers. It was not enough for the houses to curtail alcohol; even their personalities were being stripped.”

Some of this is outdated :/

“Every social event, in Stanford’s view, was a harm waiting to happen—the university’s goal was to minimize the fallout. This framing...had the effect of bludgeoning formative life experiences to death.”
I don't know how we were possibly on the same campus. This is the same year I went to ragers at KSig. And there should be mention of Chanel Miller's story being part of the reason for the caution.

i havent finished reading the pocket dictionary at the beginning and i already dislike it. wdym “Full Moon on the Quad: (n.) A Stanford tradition where students go to Main Quad and all kiss each other under the full moon. Except now it’s the bureaucratic version.” it's literally the same thing