I’m sure these two news items are not related.
Also, I just fell off of a turnip truck:
And they tell me it’s swell in Miami
Spell Miami and then
Ask me why, am I
Whoa, M-I-A-am I
Feelin’ bad oh man, I can’t believe it
The fun I’vе had and I’m gonna have to leave it
I’ll go back up to Tarrytown and tеll the bagel ranch
I’ve found a good location for another branch
It’s right inside a hotel
In Miami
Spell Miami and then
Ask me why, am I
M-I-A-am I
In heaven, or am I in Miami?
For those of you not following the story: For more than 100 years, a split-rail fence on the Carnegie Mellon University campus has been used by students to share promotional messages. Fraternities and sororities paint it during rush week; student organizations promote events; individual students share opinions.
Because it’s CMU, an entire arcane and byzantine set of rules governs when and how the Fence may be painted.
Ahead of a visit by President Trump, students painted the fence to say “No Rapists on Our Campus” and “Shame on You.”
CMU’s president, Farnam Jahanian, ordered university employees to go out and paint over the message.
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