Some Harvard students relieve exam period stress by streaking during Primal Scream, others never quite make it out of the library, and some… do a little bit of both.

According to The Harvard Voice, an unidentified girl began:

taking off article of clothing by article of clothing while studying [in the first floor reading room of Lamont Library]. This has taken place over more than a half hour. She is now down to literally just her underwear.

The Voice reports that, even in the face of a library strip invasion, most unintentional voyeurs maintained their Cambridge cool:

Nobody… reacted. I actually don’t think many people have noticed. Oh, wait… there are multiple girls doing it. I think, at least five. This girl across from me is the least afraid and got down to bra and panties first. But another one just took her shirt off and three more are definitely on their way.

Then all of a sudden:

The one that started it just got up to go to the cafe or bathroom or something… in an effing thong. Okay, I’m no longer the only one noticing. Finally the shocked reactions you’d expect.

Though HUPD overlooks nudity in the Yard during Primal Scream, they came down hard and fast on exposed exam study:

Cops here…clothes on. HUPD asking the girls for ID’s. I know there are at least six girls involved. By now, everyone knows and finds it hilarious.

And then:

A scream: ‘Yeah, Co-op!’ And a round of applause from the first and second floors of Lamont. The awkward silence of everyone pretending not to notice is broken. Loud whispers from all around. Seven or eight girls total. Possibly one guy as well.

In the end, the girls (and guy!) didn’t have to hand over their IDs, but were instructed to leave Lamont for the night. The Voice speculates that the uncovered undergraduates were residents of the Dudley Co-op – an “alternative housing” arrangement for Harvard undergraduates that has made naked studying in Lamont a bit of an exam period tradition.

Who says Cantabs don’t have any fun?