Masked Streakers Interrupt Economics 101 Course At UNC
When you’re in a lecture hall setting, the chances of a ne’er-do-well troublemaker coming in and causing a commotion are pretty good. We’ve seen it with saxophone players, dudes in full body spandex suits, and of course, streakers. Streakers were the problem du jour for Professor Rita Balaban (who I can only assume is Bob’s daughter) while she was teaching a lower-level economics class at UNC Thursday.
The story goes that three masked men ran in, johnsons a-flyin’, and proceeded to wreak havoc. Not really sure what that entails. Doesn’t mention them tossing books or anything, it kind of just sounds like they ran in, did a little jig, and tried to run out. Not very original, are they? But my girl Rita was having none of it. Apparently she’s a doomsday prepper, because she was all sorts of ready for these kinds of shenanigans. She managed to unmask two of the dudes, because they clearly didn’t hit the circle button quickly enough to pull off their spin move.
In addition, according to the Daily Tar Heel, “Balaban said she didn’t get a good look at the streakers’ faces but she wasn’t impressed with the other anatomical features they had to offer.” So the professor manages to rip off your mask AND successfully burn you in the paper afterward? Streakers, I think y’all lost this one.
The perps are at large, but given the humiliation they’ve suffered at the hands of my new favorite professor, I don’t think any further punishment will be necessary..
[via Daily Tar Heel]
Photo by Courtesy of Adam Sheinhaus
Unimpressive anatomical features. TFM
11 years ago at 12:21 pmApparently they’re at small, not large.
11 years ago at 1:12 pmWhile streakers shouldn’t normally make the news, even on a slow day, this professors actions ARE worthy and this article doesn’t do it justice in the slightest.
Here’s a first person POV, I’ll let you read between the lines:
Against the back wall of a 450 person ECON 101 lecture sits me and my pledging brother in nicer chairs then the rest of the class we’ve stolen from a classroom down the hall… we can literally see more of the classroom then the professor.
Out one of the lower doors near the prof’s standing desk three nude (based on the small size of their tail, Jewish) pledge pigs run into lecture hall and disperse in between the rows of seats making weird and obnoxious noises. I personally thought they were killing it.
Now here’s the kicker. Professor Balaban isn’t not having it, her capitalist ass is ready for her cut. At the end of the day everyone just wants a little bacon, right? After they grazed the students for 20-30 seconds she successfully corners one pig near the far left door and is able to snag his mask tight enough that it was pulled off his head almost as fast as he scurried through the door. She then doubled back and caged Pig 2 in just before he could make it without a pinch through the lower right door. She grabs his mask and when he uses both hands to keeps it on, she grabs him.
They wrangle for no more then a second before she starts riding him out of the room. Rita had one hand on the mask and one hand around his gut.
Now imagine for a second, 450 kids and 10 or so TA’s standing and sitting motionless and in their seat while this healthy 50 looking professor rides an ass naked pig out of the room. I’m 90% sure her feet were off the ground for a while.
As she’s about the turn the corner out of the door she kind of gets the mask off and stats saying “take a picture! take a picture!”.
When she comes back in holding two masks over her head she gets a small ovation, puts the masks down on her table, and goes right back to teaching her lesson.
She then incorporates the masks into the lesson she’s teaching on GDP.
So yeah… I’m going to probably ask her to dinner a little after our next class meets.
11 years ago at 3:46 pmUpdate.
11 years ago at 10:26 amThis slide was released the following class:
While streakers shouldn’t normally make the news, even on a slow day, this professors actions ARE worthy and this article doesn’t do it justice in the slightest.
Here’s a first person POV, I’ll let you read between the lines:
Against the back wall of a 450 person ECON 101 lecture sits me and my pledging brother in nicer chairs then the rest of the class we’ve stolen from a classroom down the hall… we can literally see more of the classroom then the professor.
Out one of the lower doors near the prof’s standing desk three nude (based on the small size of their tail, Jewish) pledge pigs run into lecture hall and disperse in between the rows of seats making weird and obnoxious noises. I personally thought they were killing it.
Now here’s the kicker. Professor Balaban isn’t not having it, her capitalist ass is ready for her cut. At the end of the day everyone just wants a little bacon, right? After they grazed the students for 20-30 seconds she successfully corners one pig near the far left door and is able to snag his mask tight enough that it was pulled off his head almost as fast as he scurried through the nearest door. She then doubled back and caged Pig 2 in just before he could make it without a pinch through the lower right door. She grabs his mask and when he uses both hands to keeps it on, she grabs him.
They wrangle for no more then a second before she starts riding him out of the room. Rita had one hand on the mask and one hand around his gut.
Now imagine for a second, 450 kids and 10 or so TA’s standing and sitting motionless and in their seat while this healthy 50 looking professor rides an ass naked pig out of the room.
As she’s about the turn the corner out of the door she kind of gets the mask off and stats saying “take a picture! take a picture!”.
When she comes back in holding two masks over her head she gets a small ovation, puts the masks down on her table, and goes right back to teaching her lesson.
She then incorporates the masks into the lesson she’s teaching on GDP.
So yeah… I’m going to probably ask her to dinner a little after our next class meets.
11 years ago at 3:47 pmThis is one of Rita’s 7 older brothers (Bill, also a Tar hell). There is one mistake in an otherwise perfect missive – Rita turns 44 October 24, 2014. Take her to dinner on her birthday.
11 years ago at 9:26 am