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Monday, April 18, 2005
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Quand viendra la saison nouvelle, Quand auront disparu les froids... ...as Berlioz has it in a beautiful villanelle that he set to song. Translated, this would be... uh... When will come the new season, When will have disappeared the colds ... No: When the new season comes, When the frosts vanish... Yes, that's it, and for our purposes here at University Diaries, when the spring is upon us, when the weather warms and the sun shines, we are duty bound to cover (as it were) the streakers. As you know, UD's interest in students jogging naked around Princeton (Princeton University being the latest high-profile site of the activity) would have to grow to become cursory. But a diary of university life like University Diaries has a responsibility to report on streaking when it causes an international incident: FOREIGN DIGNITARIES SPOT PRINCETON U. 'VARSITY STREAKING TEAM' POSTED: 8:36 am EDT April 18, 2005 UPDATED: 11:06 am EDT April 18, 2005 PRINCETON, N.J. -- Officials have told the Princeton University Varsity Streaking Team to keep its clothes on. The unofficial club was formed in November and its 30 members have managed several nude dashes, including one in an abnormal psychology lecture. But things went awry nearly two weeks ago when some foreign dignitaries visiting the Ivy League campus spotted the naked coeds charging down Prospect Avenue. The visitors alerted police. Team co-founder Scott Welfel, of Roseland, said Princeton police wanted assurances that it wouldn't happen again. Welfel said the team is on hiatus, "at least for the rest of the year." |