Streakers get caught purple-handed
Photo courtesy of Brenda Chang.
While she was walking on the bridge between Tech and the Seeley G. Mudd Library on Friday afternoon, Weinberg freshman and North by Northwestern contributor Brenda Chang spotted a group of streakers getting caught displaying a little too much purple pride.
“They kind of looked confused and scattered a bit,” Chang says, “but didn’t resist the police and were very compliant.” According to Chang, the streakers were handcuffed and moved to a docking zone where she couldn’t see them.
The only thing not being revealed was the identity of the ‘Cat fans.
“I couldn’t see their faces and I was too high up,” Chang says. “I was laughing too hard.”
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the spirit of northwestern is still alive!
yes!!
October 25, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Keep livin’ the dream boys! The arrest of these respectable young men goes against everything I believe in. To live in a society where freedom public of nakedness is oppressed is to not live at all. These strapping young men embody the spirit of freedom and rebellion from oppression. I urge everyone to keep the streak alive! GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!!!
Maverick
October 26, 2009 at 12:53 am
Free the Purple Streakers! Don’t punish Purple Pride!
We must demand that the university throw out all charges against them!
http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2009/04/35274/northwestern-lured-me-with-its-passionate-students-and-naked-people/
Anonymous
October 26, 2009 at 11:13 am
Screw the police. NU is turning more and more into a police state every year!
F the Police
October 27, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Give me nudity or give me death!
save ferris!
October 27, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I agree with F the Police. Is this a joke?!?!? We have had purple streakers for years. It’s a fraternity ritual. I’ve never been a fan of campus police, but this is crazy. Let the kids have fun, that’s what college is all about!!!!!
Adam
October 30, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Follow-up, 1974 article in Time magazine. Time to take a lesson from our past:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911123-2,00.html
Adult reaction to the unclad fad has generally been mild and good humored. “We’d like to leave it alone,” said a Northwestern University official. “After all, it’s springtime.”
Adam
October 30, 2009 at 5:41 pm
WOOOO GO NORTHWESTERN!!! SCREW THE POLICE.
ridonkucrunkulous
November 5, 2009 at 11:14 pm