*20 NOVEMBER 2004*
*saturday*
*IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP*
‘harvard’–> 31
‘upenn’ –> 10
(*clinch tie for ‘ivy league championship’*)
*HARVARD-YALE*
‘harvard’ –> 35
‘yale’ –> 3
9 – 0
(the ”harvard’ – yale’ game’ that year was held @ ‘harvard’)
(my roommate ‘adam kulchitsky was some sort of ‘defensive lineman’ for the team)
(kulchitsky’s younger brother (a ‘lax player’ via ‘bucknell’) and his cast of ‘hooligans’ all came for the show)
(i was simply too lazy to attend)
(I stole some ‘jello shots from the ‘community fridge’ instead)
(in the ‘wolbach common room’)
(first floor)
(rught down next door from my room)
(someone was gonna be real disappointed)
(i remember it being a ‘nice rainy fall afternoon’)
(i probably just cleaned my ‘dorm room’ all afternoon…)
(before i thought of something witty to say to myself like i did yesterday…)
(It was probably all the better I didn’t attend)
(even though ‘harvard’ easily triumphed ”35′ – ‘3” over ‘yale’, 2 ‘yale fans’ duped the ‘entire crimson fanbase’ into holding up ‘placards’ which adducted into a giant collective ‘WE SUCK!’ (caught on camera for the ‘national media’ to ‘film’ + ”share’ to the ‘TV screens’)
*2004 HARVARD-YALE PRANK*
*wiki-link*
(as of ‘1 march 2021’)
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Harvard%E2%80%93Yale_prank
2004 Harvard–Yale prank
Contributors to Wikimedia projects
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Harvard fans holding up placards – The Harvard Satyrical Press’s photo
Another photo from the Harvard Satyrical Press, zooming into the crowd
The 2004 Harvard–Yale prank was a practical joke performed on November 20, 2004, at the annual Harvard–Yale football game in which Yale students perpetrated a card stunt, costumed as a Harvard “pep squad”.
They gave out placards to a section of Harvard fans which, when raised together, read “We Suck”.
The stunt was conceived of and coordinated by Michael Kai and David Aulicino, two Yale students in the class of 2005, and was executed with the help of 20 classmates disguised as the “Harvard Pep Squad”.
The perpetrators handed crimson-and-white placards to fans in the central area of the Harvard side of the stadium—mostly Harvard alumni, with a few faculty, students, and others.
The group told the crowd that, by lifting the placards, they would spell “Go Harvard”
Most Harvard students were sitting in a section off to the side of the alumni area where the prank was executed, and they left the stands unaware of the prank; however, players on the field did see the placards
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Response
Initially, many at Harvard denied that the prank had happened.[5] In response,
Yale students registered the domain name “harvardsucks.org” (as well as “yalesucks.com” in a preemptive move) and posted a video detailing their efforts.[6]
Chuck Sullivan, Harvard’s director of athletic communications, said, “[It was] all in good fun.”[7]
In an interview with The Harvard Crimson, the prank’s organizers claimed that members of the Harvard Band were complicit with the Yale pranksters
This was a further hoax designed to “toss salt in the wound”, as stated by Kai
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Media and Internet coverage
The prank was covered by newspapers, radio programs, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, MSNBC, and several other TV shows.
Several magazines have listed the prank among the greatest in college history.
A satirical article in Maxim says that
Yale perpetrated “the greatest prank this side of the Mason–Dixon line since the Boston Tea Party … and caused dozens of stoic, blue-blooded Harvard men to spit port wine all over their smoking jackets.”
Sports Illustrated featured the prank with “some of the best attempts to get the other guy’s goat”.
ESPN and ESPN2 featured the prank in a 15-minute documentary on the rivalry
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Similar pranks
This prank echoes many similar stunts, most notably the Great Rose Bowl Hoax of 1961. In that Rose Bowl game, California Institute of Technology students had manipulated several of the ending card stunts led by Washington cheerleaders, the last of which caused the letters in “Caltech” to be spelled out.
See also[edit]
Great Rose Bowl Hoax
List of practical joke topics
References[edit]
^ Ruggeri, Amanda (November 29, 2004). “Elis outsmart Harvard with prank at Game”. Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
^ “Elis outsmart Harvard with prank at Game”. Yale Daily News. November 29, 2004.
^ “Photo from ‘Elis outsmart Harvard with prank at Game'”. Yale Daily News. November 29, 2004.
^ ESPN documentary on the Harvard-Yale rivalry, featuring the “We Suck” prank, December, 2005.
^ Kelly, M. Aidan (December 2, 2004). “Yale’s Brief Shining Moment”. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 10, 2007.
^ Video of the incident
^ New York Sun, December 1, 2004
^ New Haven Register
^ “From Hermes to bonsai kittens”. The Economist. December 24, 2005. pp. 82–83.
^ “Pranks for the Memories”. Sports Illustrated. December 12, 2005. p. 36.
^ “Ivy Beleaguered”. Maxim. February 2005. pp. 20–21. Retrieved September 10, 2007.
^ “Harvard Gets Pranked!”. FHM. March 2005. p. 30.
^ “Sportsmanship HARVARD SUCKS”. PCFormat. March 2005. p. 30.
External links[edit]
www.harvardsucks.org, website maintained by the pranksters
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(that was probably right up there with the ‘snow penis’)
(built right outside my ‘thayer dorm window’ freshman year by ‘fellow hooligans’)
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‘henry louis gates arrest’, and (‘larry summers’ / ‘cornell west’ square-off’ in terms of ‘negative media attention’ denigrating the good name of ‘our fair harvard’)
(after ‘cornell west’ likened then iseraeli prime minister ‘ariel sharon’ to a ‘bull’ in a ‘china shop’)
(‘ornell the professor’)
(not ‘cornell’, the ‘ivy league university’)
(in ‘new york state’?)
(i’ve never been to the campus)
(i believe the ‘divest from israel’ movement started that year)
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(come to think of it, there were many ‘strange goings’-on swirling round campus from ‘2002’ – ‘2005’)
(there was the ‘harvard groper’)
(of course)
(“wasn’t me! i swear!’)
*CRIMSON ARTICLE ON “THE HARVARD GROPER”*
www.thecrimson.com /article/2004/4/13/police-say-they-have-identified-groper/
Police Say They Have Identified Groper | News | The Harvard Crimson
Master Admissions
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Officials from the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) told the City Council last night that they have questioned a suspect they believe is the bicycle rider responsible for a series of gropings around the Harvard campus in February, but do not have enough evidence to make an arrest.
Police interrogated a man on Feb. 12 who matched the description given by the four victims, but none of the victims could provide a positive identification of the suspect, according to a police report submitted to the council.
But officials noted that no additional assaults have been reported since the man was questioned.
“At this time we consider this male as the suspect responsible for the latest ‘gropings.’ Detectives are positive he is the assailant,” CPD Commissioner Ronnie Watson wrote in the report.
The police department’s report came in response to an order from the City Council in February for an update on measures being taken to stem a string of indecent assaults on and around the Harvard campus.
Between last December and February, eight females reported being groped.
“This has been an extremely disturbing time for the city, not just Harvard,” Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio said last night.
In January, a Harvard custodian who was arrested and charged with two assaults told police he had groped about 150 women in recent months—suggesting that many of the assaults were not reported.
Superintendent Michael D. Giacoppo said last night that Geremias Cruz Ramos, referred to in the police report as an illegal alien from Colombia, will be prosecuted and may face deportation.
In the days following Ramos’ arrest, four students reported being groped by a man on a bicycle. Giacoppo said the incidents were likely copycat crimes.
According to Giacoppo, the victims were unable to provide detailed facial descriptions of the assailant on the bicycle, but the other physical characteristics they mentioned to police matched—suggesting that one person was responsible for the incidents.
On Feb. 12, CPD and Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers spotted a man whose clothing, build and type of bicycle all matched the descriptions provided, the report said.
“The suspect denied any involvement in any ‘gropings,’” Watson wrote.
Police linked the suspect to Harvard Square at the time of the reported incidents, and Watson wrote that the composite sketch was a “quality match” to the suspect.
But authorities could not arrest the suspect because none of the victims could make a positive identification.
According to Giacoppo, most of the victims had not seen their assailant face-to-face and were “reluctant” to make a positive identification.
He said police may be able to make an arrest if more evidence surfaces.
City Manager Robert W. Healy said that with the arrest of Ramos and the questioning of the second suspect, police believed there would not be further incidents.
Galluccio praised the joint work of CPD and HUPD.
“I think it’s good for us and the residents of the city to know we have cooperative expertise to solve these issues,” he said.
Councillor Marjorie C. Decker said she had noticed a “visible increase” in police patrols of the Harvard Square area since the crime wave. She also praised the increased use of escort services on the campus.
Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87 also asked the city to look into safety issues on Cambridge Common. He proposed organizing a public walk through the park for police, city officials and residents to discuss specific concerns, and Healy indicated support for the idea.
—Staff writer Michael M. Grynbaum can be reached at grynbaum@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Jessica R. Rubin-Wills can be reached at rubinwil@fas.harvard.edu.
(’13 APRIL 2004′)
(my ‘2nd crimson spring’)
(a “flaccid fiend’…)
(then there was ‘jesse jantzen’)
(our ‘2004 149-pounf 2004 NCAA wrestling champion’)
(same year ‘michael anthony’ won the ‘160-pound new jersey state championship’)
(there was that ‘magical undefeated season’ with ‘ryan fitzpatrick’ + ‘company’)
(there was ‘larry summers’ vs. the ‘femi-nazis’)
(as ‘brother rush
(‘no, russian rush!)
(‘same shit’ / ‘different day”)
(hell, even ‘busta rhymes’ made an ‘impromptu appearance’)
(2 hours too late)
i graduated from the suburban “turkey bowl” (as player)…
(to the annual ‘harvard-yale football game’…
(simultaneously ‘spectator’ + ‘half-time show entertainer’)
(and i play just play ‘the star-spangled banner’ on guitar)
(pissed i couldn’t play ‘football’ myself)
(during my final year at ‘harvard’, our ‘football team’ dominated the ‘ivy leagues’)
(this was the ‘2004 season’)
(10-0
(‘ivy league champions)
(36 and oh)
(even though i was secretly always rooting against them. not just because i wasn’t a player. but because that gave every ‘football player’ a few bonus points when the team buses arrived back to campus ‘saturday night’)
(my tactic was to block with the ‘football players’ so that i could ‘ride their victorious tide’ and ‘get with’ the hottest girl i thiugh i had a fighting chance with)
(i didn’t go out for the team because I didn’t believe I’d make the starting lineup / benchwarmer)
(a glorified spectator)
9-0
(i graduated from the suburban “turkey bowl”)
(as a bona-fide ‘player’)
to the annual harvard-yale football game…
(as ‘spectator’ + entertainer)
(pissed i couldn’t play football myself)
“apsctacular misfire…’
“up it comes…”
“down it goes…”
“i’m your ‘nuclear explosion’…”
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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📚📖|/\-*WIKI-LINK*-/\|📖📚
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“HARVARD FOOTBALL 2003”*
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*“HARVARD FOOTBALL 2005”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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👈👈👈☜*“HARVARD FOOTBALL”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥