Caltech 6, MIT 1

I went to Caltech (for God’s sake, not “CalTech”) as an undergrad to be a prankster. Seriously. Along the way, I may have also learned a thing or two. For many Techers during my stay at Caltech, the ever increasing threats of litigation against us merry pranksters and the lack of the administration being supportive of our dangerous acts of creativity were quite a dissapointment. So it’s great to see that the pranking days of Caltech are far from over. This last week was MIT’s prefrosh weekend. MIT, of course, is that other Tech school, who seems to think they are in some way superiour to the paradise known as Caltech. Seeing as how such clearly misguided arrogance should never be allowed to stand, some Caltech students decided to set the record straight with a series of pranks (which MIT students, in some blatant neural misfunction, label “hacks”.) The Techers distributed shirts to the MIT prefrosh which read “Because not everybody can go to Caltech.” They turned a large “MASSACHVSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY” sign (which, by the way, clearly shows signs that at MIT you don’t need to know how to spell to get into the school) into a “THAT OTHER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.” They also used a laser display to display the letters “C-A-L-T-E-C-H” on the top of a building. Pictures are here.
Is this the beginning of a renewed rivalry between these two elite schools? Will students again start flaming (that’s Tech speak for failing out) because of hours spent planning revenge? We can only hope so.