The Stag Hen

Every year, Harvey Mudd Students construct an intricate network of bridges, platforms, and waterfalls for the infamous Slippery When Wet party. The construction and engineering has typically been part of a final project for ENG 115. However, StagHen sources have recently revealed that the party was also a final project for BIO 172, a class whose semester was spent studying the spread of global pandemics.

    The classes final project, an attempt to monitor the dissemination of the H1N1 flu in an environment described by one grad student as, "a giant, disgusting petri dish" has thus far appeared to have been a success. The conditions were perfect for transmission, noted one happy Mudd student.
    
    The annual end of year rage is renowned because of its exciting setting. Gallons of tepid, human-fluid-infused water are churned about a stagnant, waist deep pond filled by hundreds of aroused college students, furiously rubbing themselves against one another.

    "It was basically perfect conditions," said Arnold Farst, Mudd '10, "I'm really excited to review the final results." There were some reservations by the researchers that perhaps some CMC students could have thrown off the results.  A number of CMCers were worried about the party and took measures to counteract the virus  by treating themselves with large doses of  antiseptic ethanols.