Wednesday, December 20, 2006
More university propaganda -- submit your alma mater's flash movie here!
Yesterday I wrote about the University of Michigan Law School's holiday flash movie for alumni, which I consider to be the "lamest university propaganda in the history of the universe." This morning, Princeton sent me the link to its holiday alumni movie (broadband only), which celebrates the tragically rare "bonfire" celebrating the Tigers' gridiron victories over Harvard and Yale. Recognizing that the point is to get alumni to contribute, Princeton is obviously far more adept at it than the University of Michigan (which, bizarrely, squandered an opportunity to blast "Hail to the Victors" through thousands of law firm computers throughout the land, not to mention Hugh Hewitt's laptop). There is no comparison.
Let's have some fun with this. Please submit the flash movie from your own alma mater in the comments. Assuming that your school knows where you live, I guarantee that if you root around in your "inbox" you will find the link.
MORE: I did some hunting around and came up with some more videos. They are actually easier to find on YouTube than on university web sites, which says something, I suppose, about the power of YouTube.
The University of Iowa Alumni Association appreciation video (it is incredibly "Iowa," which you will only appreciate if you have lived there). I don't think this is an official propaganda film, though.
This, on the other hand, is a great reason to go to Iowa. This is pretty good, too, at least if you're a Hawkeye jazz lover...
The University of Virginia puts up regular "week in photos" and an annual "year in photos" slideshow. It is a great way to remember that campus, which is surely one of the most beautiful universities in the world.
Notre Dame University (nice, probably amateur production on YouTube).
The University of Dallas promo video is pretty good.
Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Any claim that it is "easy Rider" is totally unfair.
Appalachian State University's "hot hot hot" video is jaunty, but entirely implausible.
John Paul the Great Catholic University (in San Diego) has a very slick promotional video.
Are you a Purdue Boilermaker?
Oklahoma Wesleyan ("a university where Jesus is Lord").
The Arizona State University basketball promo is pretty good.
Eureka College, including some footage of its most famous alumnus.
And something of a spoof of college promo videos, featuring Clemson. Heh.
8 Comments:
By 
, at
Wed Dec 20, 02:17:00 PM:
Do NOT, EVER, expect to hear "HAIL TO THE VICTORS" via Hugh's laptop....it would disintegrate in a puff of Scarlet and Gray smoke!
By 
TigerHawk, at
Wed Dec 20, 03:06:00 PM:
All the more reason why Michigan should have shipped Hugh -- a Michigan Law School alumnus -- an exciting propaganda film!
By , at
Wed Dec 20, 03:38:00 PM:
Here is link to flash movie from fund raisers at UNC-Chapel Hill
By TigerHawk, at
Wed Dec 20, 04:09:00 PM:
By , at
Wed Dec 20, 04:52:00 PM:
Clemson has a very unofficial promo video. Available here.
By Freeman Hunt, at
Wed Dec 20, 05:14:00 PM:
Maharishi University of Management
By Steve, at
Wed Dec 20, 05:23:00 PM:
here is the promo for the University of Montana football. A little shorter than the one they show at the game, but pretty cool nonetheless.
http://www.go-synthetic.com/Griz%20Country-med.mov
By B. Durbin, at
Wed Dec 20, 09:42:00 PM:
I can't find a video for Gonzaga online (though I do have a video copy from 2000, which almost exclusively featured members of the Honors Program— all friends of mine), so you will have to be happy with Gonzaga Love by Barats and Bereta. (IIRC, it's NSFW.)
