APRIL FOOLS, College Style: The Good, The Bad And The OUTRAGEOUS (PHOTOS)

Colleges are bastions for practical jokers -- students and administrators alike -- and April 1 is the day for them to strut their stuff. Many college papers traditionally print over-the-top issues in honor of the day -- but sometimes the jokes aren't funny. Here are some campus April Fools follies and foibles.

What did your school do for April Fools? Email us a short description and picture at [e-mail]!

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Umm... LOL

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[jon-mullen]

06:32 PM on 04/20/2010

"Expertly Photoshopped?" The shadows are going opposite ways.

[SteveGG]

04:43 PM on 04/02/2010

The Campus Security department at Queen's University in Canada use to do April Fools pages as well...

- 2005: Security incident reports after Queen's acquired Hogwarts castle
(Queen's actually does 'own' a castle in the UK):
http://www.queensu.ca/security/hogwarts.html

- 2004: Additional Security staff required for Spiderman movie shoot on campus
(QU was being used as the setting for a fictional Queen's, NY campus Peter Parker attends)
* Sam Raimi's deceased father-in-law is a famous QU graduate: Lorne Greene (Gunsmoke / Battlestar Galactica)
http://www.queensu.ca/security/employment-april.html

- 2003: Computer bugs infecting PCs on campus
http://www.queensu.ca/security/archive/themes/april1/2003/april1.html

Fun stuff. :-)

[veritas88]

03:06 AM on 04/02/2010

Johns Hopkins!! yea, my alma mater....

[Chlowina]

11:59 PM on 04/02/2010

Cool. I worked there for 10 years and my son is a music major at Peabody.

[tcordier]

12:39 AM on 04/02/2010

Anyone who cares about proper humor should check out UCSD's Koala.

[trustlwustl]

02:54 PM on 04/01/2010

That isn't Chancellor Wrighton - It's former professor Jeff Smith.

[blackstarpictures]

02:36 PM on 04/01/2010

If you don't want people making fun of the way you speak, learn English!!!!!!!!

[mukTech]

02:53 PM on 04/01/2010

What are you talking about??

[goddessNdiva]

06:26 PM on 04/01/2010

EXACTLY...so how about you stop bastardizing the English language with your American version.

[Mahi Joe]

10:17 PM on 04/01/2010

Dognabbit, you betcha.