Featured, On Campus - by Nicole He on Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:23 - 24 Comments - 92 views
In the middle of my final Intermediate Microeconomics lecture this morning, three beepers went off from the front corner of the room, hidden in the stereo system and a piano. The beepers were attached to a piece of paper, undoubtedly meant to be read out loud by a curious professor. Mine was more interested in talking about game theory, so the whole thing went largely ignored, except for the sounds of exasperated “Ugh, Take Back NYU” sighs from across the room.
But it turns out that this wasn’t another TBNYU! stunt – the note was signed by “The Eucleian Society,” an NYU secret society with a literary bent. Apparently, “NYU has its secrets, too” is one of its catchphrases. It’s unclear as to what the group actually does, as well as what they were trying to accomplish with the beepers, but it’s lucky for them that we weren’t taking a final.
Full text of the message after the jump.
Fellow Classmates,
Truth is something you find outside of the classroom, outside of the walls of this university, and only from the professor in front of you insofar as he can serve as an experienced guide.
We’re not here to preach. We’re here to simply say, NYU has its secrets too.
This is your friendly wake-up call.
Regards,
The Eucleian Society
UPDATE. Here’s a tip we received from NYULocal reader Dan:
At approximately 10:00, room 806 in Silver erupted into a swarm of beeps from unknown locations. Everyone (including professor) got really nervous until somebody pointed out that had happened in a previous class of his, and that it was most likely some sort of protest related thing.
Please leave a comment if a beeper went off in your class, and tell us which class it was. We’re trying to get a sense of how many they’ve hit.
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24 Comments
Henry Chan
What I’m interested in is whether they customize the “he” or “she” based on the class.
Henry Chan
LOL. Prof just found one of the beepers that was scheduled to go off at 5:30 pm. He put it in a better hiding spot.
Josh Becker
I hate our students so much sometimes.
Jor-El Sanders
I like our diverse students.
What kind of secret society resorts to guerilla marketing?
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Chris Kennedy
Secret society members disappointed they joined a club that is secret because no one cares about it.
Nothing new here, move along…
Society Member
For the record, the protesters on the roof are not affiliated with us.
^^ Real?
In any case, this is way classier than TBNYU.
Sorry, TBNYU!
John Henley
IMO good message here. Proactive ideas for the student body: contrasts sharply with TBNYU!’s irritating disturbances.
1st rule of Fight Club doesn’t apply to all secret societies, it seems 
Where do I sign up for Project Mayhem…
Jenn Hipps
Falling fliers and feathers in Bobst sounds more poetic –and less ’90s.
Also, “Boo!” to TBNYU for ruining good-natured publicity stunts and practical jokes.
Kolby Warren
It went off during General Chemistry II lecture at around 8:45? also. I had noticed one of the beepers underneath the row in front of me when I arrived at class but thought someone had just forgotten it. It was actually quite terrifying when they first went off…and continued to go off around the room. I and some of my other classmates thought it was a bomb…but i must say, whatever the eucleian society is, they know how to get themselves noticed/talked about…
Jack A
I heard a faint beeping sound during my 2:00pm World Cultures: Russia class in Tisch UC50. It was ignored, I’m pretty sure. We were watching a film and no one brought up the sound.
Ryan Simpson
I was in 806 at 10 AM. Nobody was “nervous” rather we were just annoyed.
props to eucleian society. they seem cool. where this is going or what they’re trying to achieve, who knows, but i look forward to finding out eventually.
Rebecca Baird-Remba
yep went off in my class too! power & pol in america, around 11:30 or so. and haha, the prof did put that one scheduled to go off later in a better hiding spot
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I guess it is just another issue with the electronic digital computer age!!
Seems kind of lame to disrupt everyone what real beneift can there be to upsetting everyone.
The statement about seeing a beeper under the chair, surely the thought that some people are scared and thinking these might be bomb related is enough to stop a society using these kinds of tactics.
I would think from such an organization they would be able to come up with better ways to get their point across. But hey maybe I am wrong!
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Beeper just went off in my class.