PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agoInitiation at Waterloo College, Canada, 1947media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down12
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minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoAnd down the road at the University of Waterloo (founded in 1957, I think), incoming math students were still doing the Frosh Wash until maybe 2001. Once students started carrying cell phones on a regular basis, it became a lot harder to dump water on them without financial liability.
minus-squareLuci@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoCellphones are more water resistant nowadays, let’s bring it back It’s been a while since I’ve been banned from campus!
And down the road at the University of Waterloo (founded in 1957, I think), incoming math students were still doing the Frosh Wash until maybe 2001.
Once students started carrying cell phones on a regular basis, it became a lot harder to dump water on them without financial liability.
Cellphones are more water resistant nowadays, let’s bring it back
It’s been a while since I’ve been banned from campus!