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Campus traditions : folklore from the old-time college to the modern mega-university / Simon J. Bronner.

Title
Campus traditions : folklore from the old-time college to the modern mega-university / Simon J. Bronner.
Author
Bronner, Simon J.
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.

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Description
xx, 475 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
  • Project Muse UPCC books
  • ebrary.
Subject
  • College students > United States
  • College students > United States > Social life and customs
  • College environment > United States
  • Folklore > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue: "Here's the syllabus" -- Getting in : orientation -- The stress of grades : tests and papers -- Professors, coaches, jocks, geeks, and other strange characters -- Rushes, pranks, and dinks : the rough-and-tumble campus -- College spirit : expressing loyalty and rivalry -- Campus events : holidays, games, and sports -- Greek life -- Legendary locations, laughs, and horrors -- Sex and the single student -- Getting out : graduation.
ISBN
  • 9781617036156 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1617036153 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781617036163 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1617036161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781617036170 (ebook)
  • 161703617X (ebook)
LCCN
^^2012009070
OCLC
784708295
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Harvard Library