Posted on 04/26/2010 10:18:38 AM PDT by markomalley
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Purdue University student's attempt to poke fun at an Iranian cleric's contention that promiscuity and immodesty is responsible for earthquakes mushroomed into a cause that went viral, taken on by thousands of women.
Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, Tehran's acting Friday prayer leader, ignited controversy last week by linking tremors to the behavior of women.
"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes," Iranian media quoted Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi as saying.
Jen McCreight, a self-described "liberal, geeky, nerdy, scientific, perverted atheist feminist trapped in Indiana," and her cause, "Boobquake," is one of the top trending topics worldwide on Twitter and has amassed a Facebook following of about 50,000 people, with hundreds of thousands pledged to help the effort.
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Well at least we have a reason to have a football field.
That said there have been two very disconcerting trends at Purdue that have shifted the political atmosphere there over the last 20 years.
1. The school of engineering is no longer the largest school in the university, the largest school is now the school of education.
2. Purdue has the largest number of foreign students of any major university.
Still the reason folks go to Purdue is because they want a job.
Which brings us to my favorite joke.
What does a Hoosier call a Boilermaker at the office?
Answer.... Boss.
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