Stories of secret late night campus constructive vandalism

November 26, 2002 6:49 AM

When you take a good storyteller with keys to much of campus, a desire to get into everyplace else, and a need to bring about change through "constructive vandalism" and then wait for the statute of limitations to pass, you wind up with the published stories of Stealth Force Beta. Those folks who never had fun in college didn't get isolated in the middle of the desert with a bunch of nerds.
posted by ewagoner (6 comments total)

That was fun to read. Thanks.
posted by mcwetboy at 7:35 AM on November 26, 2002

I guess we're all really lucky that the Brute Force Committee does not exist.
posted by maudlin at 8:19 AM on November 26, 2002

For more well-told stories from the same school (this time set in the 1960's), visit John Shipman's pages, where he also tells of his quest for the perfect pocket protector.
posted by ewagoner at 8:23 AM on November 26, 2002

Those folks who never had fun in college didn't get isolated in the middle of the desert with a bunch of nerds.

Are you calling these guys a bunch of nerds? No way!

(by the way, great link ewagoner -- I think this is just the kind of thing MetaFilter does best.)
posted by pardonyou? at 8:32 AM on November 26, 2002

Gee, now I wish I'd been able to go to college.

Actually, the story about being trapped at the bottom of an elevator shaft was pretty awesome.
posted by RJ Reynolds at 12:49 PM on November 26, 2002

I have come to realize that there are two fundamental rules of covert operations:
1. You can get away with almost anything if you have enough lookouts.
2. At least one major thing will go wrong. Contingency plans--and the ability to communicate those plans to everyone--are essential.
We were ready on both counts. Our plan included four lookouts.

hee hee. . .
:)
posted by croutonsupafreak at 11:07 PM on November 26, 2002