Posted on 06/26/2009 8:36:05 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
College students find new ways to channel their inner Bluto.
When Animal House first came out just over 30 years ago, it dominated the cultural landscape. College students were nostalgic for the "raunchy, pre-1960s undergraduate ideal," says Peter Rollins, who has been studying pop-culture academically for over 30 years. Mr. Rollins, who attended Dartmouth in the 1960s, says that students back then tried to live "the fantasy" on their own campuses. Some still do, taking Bluto's counsel to heart: "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."
Take Alpha Delta, the Dartmouth College fraternity that the infamous Delta house of the movie is based on. The movie, co-written by Dartmouth graduate and Alpha Delta brother Chris Miller, still inspires some of the fraternity's traditions today.
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The actual house got demolished a long time ago. I used to know the guy who had the front Door Knob, I wonder if he still has it?
Yea, I grew up in Eugene, it was my highschool Band that marched into the wall... Churchill Lancers Highschool.
Too cool, Danae!
Have a brew. Don’t cost nothing.
May I have 10,000 marbles, please.
It’s kind of embarrassing now... lol
“Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode.”
OMG that is SO the University of Oregon! LOL It really is UofO.... I had forgotten all this!
July 1978, so it is almost 31 years
“My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.”
American Pie movies are based on my HS. Don’t be embarrassed!
Or at least for the next 4 years.
“The Negroes stole our dates!”.
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