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A bunch of you have sent us this Jezebel-by-way-of-other-blog post about how old-timey folks conducted surveys that assumed Barnard was full of hussies — just like you kids today joke about!
The newspaper clipping tells the story of how one time, probably in the 20s, the Jester published a “Purity Survey”, in which the gals of Barnard were asked sordid, old-timey things like if they’ve “soul kissed” and “Have you ever been tight?” With respect to that latter question, there were 38 nays and 32 yeas, and “of those answering in the affirmative, 14 said they had been tight once, 14 said they had been tight often, and four said that they were ‘usually tight.'”
Eww. Wait, what?
Anyway, it was apparently “too hot to print” and was banned and then unbanned, and afterwards no one ever implied anything about the promiscuity of Barnard students ever again.
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@bwog http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/fashion/weddings/13ellis.html
@jester you already know that, pimpin
@fjsdlk Anyone else notice how, in Barack’s latest TV ad, it says he “worked his way through college and Harvard Law”? Columbia swept under the rug yet again.
@Anonymous Ugh, that makes me feel slighted.
@one day if we hope for change strongly enough, one day the phrase will become “worked his way through Columbia and law school”
@fact check And apparently, “worked his way through college” means two summer jobs.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/144336
@... i dunno… i consider taking out loans and paying them off yourself as “working through college.” if he received family money, then i’d say your “fact check” actually adds something to the discussion.
…and god knows columbia prolly stiffed him on FA. it was an era when FA was already weak and on top of that he was a transfer student.
michelle obama is on the record bitching about paying off student loans.
@duh It’s because we suck. Even Cornell treats their transfers better.
@hey I want to know the ways the Jester loosens up these Barnard girls. I’d imagine it would use a bottle of Surge.
@hmm it’s a tipply tit nipply in here!
@fact Barnard girls are only tight for the first two days of NSOP =(.
@a friend told me that the next issue is going to be about women. I hope you’re ready for the bitches on jezebel to pounce again.
@The King of Spain I don’t know where you heard that.
@a jezebel tight = drunk
@questioner thanks for explaining the meaning of “tight”… but what the hell is “soul kissing?” sounds really intense.
@answerer “french kissing”, apparently