Princeton Class of 2004 To Plead the Fifth, Only 36 Days to Go!
Graduation season is mostly fun because it includes reunion season and the chance to gawk at what you've become. This year Princeton '04 will celebrate becoming criminals. Or so their reunion costumes seem to suggest. Since the class is advertising the black and orange striped inmate jersey (and tennis dress for the LAYDEES!), we're pretty sure this is not a hoax.
The poor-taste poke at Ivy Leaguers' role in the current swarm of coniving does sort of sound like something Princeton kids would do, though. (Although one grad blog did call the class's "We plead the 5th" theme perverse.) With the recent online bigotry, consistent corruption scandals, and vintage elitism, the costumes actually seem kind of eerily self aware. It would be awesome as such if there weren't so many starving children in Tennessee--though the Frist kids are probably fine.
Speaking of Harrison Frist, we're dying to see if he might shed some light on the Kimberly Taggart, an '04 panelist representing Goldman Sachs at the reunion, since Frist used to work there. Even deeper, we're curious if she's the same Kim Taggart that models for Victoria's Secret. (We're skipping the giggly blow-job joke for legal reasons.)
If this indeed all true, we want pictures. In my Walker Evans fantasy, there will be a white-collar convict party, a dustbowl filled with cocaine, and a George Clooney look-alike singing bluegrass songs about strip clubs.
More pictures after the jump.
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April 22nd, 2009 at 12:15 am
Are you kidding me? How does this warrant a blog post? There’s nothing in “poor taste” or “perverse” about the theme. It’s a joke. Get some real content, OK?
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:59 am
feel free to remove before ragtime:
http://thedartmouth.com/2009/04/22/news/wild/
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:09 am
kim taggart ‘09 is not a victoria’s secret model. In fact, VS has nothing to do with the whole thing except for the fact that both people have the same name. i understand that there’s nothing happening in the ivy league, but get something better to post about.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 am
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/21/accepting_rejection
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 am
HA!
Looks more like a tiger uniform!
Could this be Kudzu envy?
Geaux Tigers!
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 am
post yale society taps
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
This post is idiotic. As JM said, there is absolutely nothing in poor taste about this costume choice. With a different theme needed for each of the major reunion classes each year, almost every conceivable theme will eventually come up. This has nothing to do with any sort of real-world criminality; it is a party theme. Is there really nothing more news-worthy happening at any of the Ivies?
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:41 am
not to mention that prep for major-year classes begins very soon after their previous major-year reunion. ‘04 probably planned this theme starting in ‘05.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
The least they could do with that shirt is get the apostrophe to face the right way.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
I agree, the costume is in poor taste — and that makes this costume awesome. Princeton’s reunions is a party, a time to get toghether with friends, make new ones, and remember what it was like to be at a great school with great folks.
What a sad life to live to look at every party and every opportunity to have some fun through the lens of starving children in Tennesee. I’m sure, like me, alums give significant time and money to their favorite charities and causes. Who is this guy to begrudge us a bit of fun?
April 30th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
“Pleading the fifth” is hilarious given that the Fifth Reunion tent is the drunkest, open the latest, partying the hardest. Last year’s “What happens at the fifth stays at the fifth” Vegas theme was great for the same reason.
Unfortunately, it’s a bad year for it. It’s not inherently in poor taste, but it’ll surely be fodder for anyone looking to rail against Wall Street and its smug Ivy Leaguers.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
“Pleading the fifth” is hilarious given that the Fifth Reunion tent is the drunkest, open the latest, partying the hardest. Last year’s “What happens at the fifth stays at the fifth” Vegas theme was great for the same reason.
Unfortunately, it’s a bad year for it. It’s not inherently in poor taste, but it’ll surely be fodder for anyone looking to rail against Wall Street and its smug Ivy Leaguers.