Brown Housing Lotto Contest Produces Many Amusing Videos

by Maureen O'Connor | February 29, 2008 at 11:29 am

As “Yes We Can!” parodies become a genre unto themelves, we jump on the bandwagon a little late with this charming little ditty from the Brown housing lottery contest, which awards the talented set of room-draw-ees first pick every year. It features a speech from Dean Katherine Bergeron about “loving school” and hating Wesleyan:

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Naturally, Wesleyanites are thoroughly offended, but have decided to rise above the thoroughly low blow in the most mature way possible: Calling Brown “the school whose very name is the color of shit” on Wesleyaning.

And, if we’re going to post this video, we should probably post the one that actually won, a dramatic romp with four members of the Brown swim team. Yes, they wear speedos. Yes, there are Monty Python references. And yes, in spite of our best attempts to maintain a hardened, bitter ‘tude (Team Gilles forever!) we must admit, it’s pretty damn cute. After the jump.


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8 Responses to “Brown Housing Lotto Contest Produces Many Amusing Videos”

  1. Uncle Toby Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    Thoroughly funny, Brown… both of them! I have exponentially more respect for you guys now. Loved the random Harvard bash.

  2. d10 Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    the asian girl is a cutie

    you know i would..

  3. Big Red Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 12:15 am

    From the looks of her regalia and the text of the speech, it looks like she learned to love at Cornell.

  4. Columbia '09 Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 2:21 am

    I only watched the second video’s half-naked portions.

  5. //_^\ Says:
    March 2nd, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    gotta love brown hipsters.

  6. Columbia '08 Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm

    Sweet, I wish I could have gone to Brown, too. 8 years of college!

  7. penn10 Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 pm

    You gotta love the use of a MIDI file for the Monty Python music.

  8. bruce Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 6:07 am

    best housing comedy ever:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=oyohs4ZFmU0

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