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[edit] Model

I used Cornelliana as a model for this page. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 03:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] White and Gold

ramblinwreck.cstv.com refers to Ramblin' Wreck as a fight song of the Institute. I had thought that White and Gold had "official" fight song status, but I can't find anything on it one way or the other. Does anybody have a source for that? Since the song arose from the school colors, the colors at least need to get some coverage here. —C.Fred (talk) 07:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I was under the impression that both songs were the fight song sort of like the Wreck and Buzz are both the mascot. One of those weird twin icon ideas. - Excaliburhorn
That works. For some reason, I was thinking that somewhere (FASET?) I learned that W&G was official. (Aside #1: The school I got my papers from has two songs: one is officially the "Fight Song," and the other,"The Red and White Song," has unofficial standing.) (Aside #2: NCAA Football, at least as of the 2006 version for PS2, has both Ramblin' Wreck and W&G. What annoys me mildly is that they flip the order: Ramblin' Wreck plays right after the touchdown, and W&G plays after the PAT. Plus, I'm playing as Tech, so I've got Reggie and Calvin making them get played several times a game. ;) ) —C.Fred (talk) 18:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Swarm

Article states the Swarm was founded in 2000. I graduated in 2000 and I remember it from far earlier. I think my Freshman room mate even joined it sophmore year (1997-1998). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 167.181.12.201 (talk) 16:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Stumpy's Bear

How old and archaic do we wanna go with some of these traditions? 'Cause there's still Stumpy's Bear to explain:

“ Stumpy's Bear weighed 400 pounds and went by the name Bruin. The bear was a gift to the team after the 1929 Rose Bowl victory over California. Stumpy was a football player on the Tech football team. The bear used to wander campus, and made his winter residence under the east stands of the stadium. The bear drank beer and Coke. Dean of Students Emeritus George C. Griffin described the bear as "as smart as most Tech students with all the bad habits of modern youth. ”

That's per the Reck Club website. Interesting but about the same pertenance as Sideways. - user:Excaliburhorn Jan 4, 2007 8:00PM EST

I think that's a little too old/unknown/archaic; I doubt that many Tech students have heard of that one. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 02:04, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Upon second thought, if someone wrote up a good paragraph, I wouldn't mind including it. Shouldn't exclude him just because he's not buried next to Tech Tower. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The new T Tradition?

I'm not sure if this is correct, but when I was living on west campus last year I recall some letters being scratched off everywhere. I'm a little bit of an airhead so I never really paid attention to what letter it was. Anyone know if it was in fact t? Could someone take pictures or something? I think that's kind of neat information about tech continuing it's tradition currently in different ways. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.92.148.66 (talk) 09:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC).

I know what you're talking about, but I think a lot, if not most, students consider it annoying vandalism more than a tradition. Then again, I feel that it's a reaction by students to the administration's discouragement of the practice. So, I suppose you could say students will steal any T... and given that they/we can't have The One T... —Disavian (talk/contribs) 14:16, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Also, there's this picture from a recent football game. Perhaps we could throw that in there? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 14:16, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Find references!

To impress upon you the need to find references for our traditions, I'd like do direct your attention to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cornelliana. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Have a look at this 'Nique article I found; it's mostly about stealing the T: Presidential opinions change over time and here's a North Avenue Review article about Tech jargon: NAR: The Tech Dictionary —Disavian (talk/contribs) 00:11, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Here's a nique article on jargon: You certainly won't find these in Webster's... —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:44, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Budweiser Song

The story of the song as currently told does not correlate with what I've heard. Namely, Budweiser/AB was a sponsor of the band in the 60s, that's why the band started playing the song, and the tradition stuck. No sources, other than recollection of an alum ('69, IM...which hopefully doesn't completely discredit him :) ), but it at least means further digging is in order. —C.Fred (talk) 23:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I was wondering about that myself. I know that they play it, but I had no idea it was a substitute for Dixie. Perhaps we should ask whoever added that for their source. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 23:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
That would be this edit by Excaliburhorn. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 23:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I think there are several different reasons as to why we started playing it (I didn't put that Bud originally sponsored us 'cause that wasn't included in the info I had about the Budweiser song). I've heard a "Bud Man" conducted it when we first started playing it in the 60's. The problem originates in finding accurate sources for this stuff. The Technique (on the net) is pretty much limited to 80's-present history. Anything this old is gonna require some non-digital sources. And you'd be surprised how many goofy stories I've heard about the Budweiser Song from some non-digital sources.
The thing I've noticed about stuff like this is that people don't think it is really novel or deserving of explanation during its origination so in thirty years there's no real documentation or sourcing about it (at least so goes my experience searching old Techniques and Blueprints for info/pics). This week I'll search for some citations and accurate dates for the Bud song and other traditions (off campus at the moment).-Excaliburhorn 20:33, 3-23-07 (UTC)

[edit] Climbing

Any idea where you'd find a reference on this one? I'd never heard of it before I read it on here... —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Are you referring to climbing the Tech Tower, the Campanile, or the Coliseum? —Gintar77 09:38, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm referring to the sentence that was at the end of the "Stealing the T" section (until recently) that said:
“ Stealing the T is sometimes also called climbing. ”
While I'm thinking of it, I probably meant to ask about "Triple Play" and not "Climbing." Have you heard of that one before? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 17:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't think stealing the T is referred to as "climbing" unless that's some sort of goofy codeword. Climbing is just the weird pseudotradition that kids do all over campus. For some reason people like climbing the weird shaped engineering buildings (MRDC II, Van Leer, etc.). Excaliburhorn 15:34 3-26-07 (UTC)
I remember something vaguely familiar about achieving some combination of Tech pranks. It's been so long though, I can't remember. In any case, I couldn't find any attribution for the "Triple Play" outside of other unsourced wikis. —Gintar77 07:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Anyone object it it being deleted, then? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 14:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I take that as a no. *zaps it* —Disavian (talk/contribs) 00:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pi Mile Road Race

Should we include the Pi Mile on this page? It's been around for 35 years, so it's a pretty long-standing tradition. —Gintar77 09:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea-- I had no idea it had been around so long. There seem to be a lot of google results for it, so it should be easy to reference. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 17:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I added it to the todo list. Feel free to write something up on it. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Nicely written. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 15:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! :-) —Gintar77 15:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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