My dad was an MIT alum and I know a lot of his fraternity brothers. This sort of thing, and much much worse, goes way way back. If the campus police don't have a sense of humor they find their car on top of the MIT dome, complete with dumbies with a box of donuts, and a freshly made out parking ticket (True story)>
Next time you see a tape of an F-22 standing on its tail 15 ft off the ground, think about where all of the people who make that stuff happen come from. This is the spirit of invention that made our country (well ok the fashion statement is a bit corny). Lose it and we will be like many third rate countries in the world -though I guess we will FEEL safe and orderly with all the sheep mozzying along contentendly.
The sneering here about how smart people behave comes from a lot of folks who don't even begin to know.
Let me guess. You used to write for or draw cartoons for MIT's student paper "The Thistle"?