<p>I've heard so many stories on here, and elsewhere, and it makes me curious. Do you know any urban legends or anything interesting about Reed's History.I heard it was the start of the beat movement, which is SO cool. I could be wrong though.</p>
<p>Oh and did anyone witness Obama's speech in late march?!? It was incredible!!</p>
<p>You should talk to Pancho Savery
Reed</a> College | Earliest-Known Recording of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" Found in Reed College Archives</p>
<p>MG under the library?
like that?</p>
<p>Two urban legends from my time. They may be true or false, but they were widely believed.</p>
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<li><p>Reed's administration was known to be very tolerant of the eccentricities of students. As long as you followed the Honor Principle, (and, of course, if you didn't screw up badly in your studies) you could pretty much do what you wanted. But there was a story that one Reedie in the past had been kicked out of school for peeing on a dean. I don't know what it was about. I was told by some "old Reedie," however, that the student actually had only peed on the dean's desk, not the dean. Now that makes more sense. </p></li>
<li><p>One Reedie was arrested for loitering in downtown Portland at 2 in the morning. He was apparently standing on a street corner doing nothing but reading Chaucer (or some such heady literature). Why was he standing on the corner reading Chaucer in downtown Portland at 2 AM? Because that's where the street lamp was.</p></li>
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<p>It wasn't a mere legend that there's a Chinese restaurant in Portland named Hung Far Low. One of its great values when I attended was that when a bunch of us got the "mad eaties" in the middle of the night (well, before 2 AM) and if one of us had a car or could roust somebody out to take us, we could go to this place: Hung</a> Far Low</p>
<p>Alas, HungFarLow has left downtown and moved out to another seedy location. Here's an article about it: Venerable</a> Chinatown landmark Hung Far Low hangs it up</p>
<p>Aw, that's sad they closed it down.. but it's reopening?</p>
<p>much better Asian food elsewhere
try Pho Van on Hawthorne or on 82nd.
:)</p>