Yalies Make Penises, Swastikas, Out of Snow
Give Yalies Christmas lights or snow any vaguely ephemeral construction material and they go crazy! It’s like, so artistic of them! They make penises out of Christmas lights, penises out of snow, swastikas out of snow…
Swastikas? Yep. Following last week’s snowstorm, a gigantic snow penis as well as a snowstika appeared on campus. The culprits? No one knows. Are they somehow connected? Probably not. But could some gay neo-Nazis be behind the whole thing? Regardless, the Yale Administration didn’t mind the penis so much; the snowstika, however,is another story.
But maybe, just maybe, there’s a political point: maybe they’re comparing swastikas to penises. Or maybe they’re just insensitive, anti-Semitic jerks. By the time these master snow craftsmen graduate, they’ll be creating ice sculptures of Hitler with Himmler’s penis in his mouth! It’s so phallic!
After the jump: the Yale Hillel isn’t so amused. And a picture of the gigantic snow penis.
Via the Sam Jackson College Experience:
Dear Yale Hillel Community,
Many of you no doubt already know that several Nazi symbols were pasted in snow on Old Campus trees this past Friday evening. We condemn in the strongest possible terms both this act and the ideology it stands for. This isolated incident is not representative of any wider anti-Semitic trends or overtones within the Yale community. That said, there are also other groups at Yale who have been and continue to be hurt and marginalized both by hate speech and other types of unacceptable behavior. We are unequivocally opposed to all such acts of hatred. Students wishing to talk about these recent events or with any questions or concerns should not hesitate to contact either board or staff members.
Sincerely,
The Yale Hillel Board
The upside to a snowstika? At least this sort of hate speech is self-erasing.
And now the moment you’ve been waiting for: the GIANT SNOW PENIS.
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February 27th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Bones is clearly up to its usual anti-semitic tomfoolery again. Point to the diversity of this year’s taps all you like, but this proves Old Yale is as vibrant and elitist as ever. As for the penis… well, Mike Lehmann is the man, and as such I have nothing to say against that piece of art.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
The swastika is the ultimate symbol of intolerance and disrespects the memory of the millions of Jews, gypsies, handicapped and mentally disabled Germans, and others who were brutally and systematically killed during the Holocaust by the Nazis. Whoever did this cannot claim ignorance-they truly have no soul.
February 28th, 2008 at 12:08 am
that penis is awesome
February 28th, 2008 at 12:12 am
As a Jew at Yale, I’d like to point something out… almost everyone at Yale is a Jew at Yale. Practicing or not, a large percentage of the people I meet are in some way culturally, ethnically, or religiously Jewish. I think genuine anti-semitism would have a helluva time fostering any meaningful following here in New Haven.
So yeah… threatening? Not s’much. Disrespectful? I guess, but it’s a fucking college campus- come on. Respect is definitely not something we excel at.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:22 am
PLEASE fix your RSS feed! We’re getting no news here!
February 28th, 2008 at 8:47 am
they did it for the lulz.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am
the mudkip-loving btards have arrived.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:04 am
it was townies!
February 28th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
mike lehmann is teh man.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
why don’t the cowards who put the swastika on the tree come forward and claim responsibility? their act was that of cowards. acts of bigotry like these show that some yalies aren’t quite as open-minded and tolerant as may be thought.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Or, perhaps, that people enjoy cheap thrills by stirring the pot. Just probability-wise, it’s more likely that it was the work of bored/drunk teenagers than the work of a group of closeted neo-nazi yalies.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
the swastika that appears in that photo is not a nazi swastika (which would have to be rotated 45 degrees clockwise), but rather an ancient religious symbol. so either y’all are idiots or the person who made it is doubly so.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
the swastika that appears in that photo is not a nazi swastika (which would have to be rotated 45 degrees clockwise), but rather an ancient religious symbol. so either y’all are idiots or the person who made it is doubly so.
February 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
this talk of the angle of the swastika coming from a princetonian, historically one of the most anti-semitic schools in the ivy league. good job, bro. keepin’ the tradition of hate alive! you’re in ivy, right?
February 28th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
its a shame that the reverent swastika has been corrupted by teh nazi image. Its true that Hitler’s swastika was turned onto one of its arms, like a diamond, instead of the “square” orientation that this one on the tree is drawn. Sure, it is anti-semitic to openly herald a swastika, but this right-facing symbol placed on its side could also be an allusion to anceint buddhist and hindu practice. some smartass yalies probably know this and did it as a practical joke, masturbating his or her intellectual ego.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
if princeton is so anti-semitic, how is it possible that yale is the one with the swastika? Somehow princeton managed to avoid outright hate symbols being placed on trees.
February 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
princeton, great act being the snob that points out the actual background of the swastika
y11, great way to look like an idiot responding princeton, don’t feed the monkeys
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 am
If someone at Columbia did this we would hear about it for the next three months.
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
@truth: Why is it a shame that the “reverent swastika” has been corrupted? Who gives a shit?