Primal scream - Revision history

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Spring 2024 primal scream at president's house

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Absentminded at 21:17, 11 March 2009

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 [[Image:TheScream.jpg|thumb|150px|''The'' Scream]]
-'''Primal scream''' is an end-of-semester tradition, not to be confused with the [[w:Primal Scream|Scottish alternative rock group of the same name]].  It takes place at midnight on the last Sunday night of the semester, after the first Friday of exams and before the last week of [[finals|final exams]]. Students come out of their studying holes, open their room windows, and release their stress with howls of anguish and frustration. The screaming lasts up to 5 minutes and can be heard throughout the [[Morningside Heights campus|campus]]. Primal screams are not unique to Columbia and are known to exist at [[w:Dead week|other colleges]].
+'''Primal scream''' is an end-of-semester tradition, not to be confused with the [[w:Primal Scream|Scottish alternative rock group of the same name]].  It takes place before the first Friday of exams and before the last week of [[finals|final exams]]. Students come out of their studying holes, open their room windows, and release their stress with howls of anguish and frustration. The screaming lasts up to 5 minutes and can be heard throughout the [[Morningside Heights campus|campus]]. Primal screams are not unique to Columbia and are known to exist at [[w:Dead week|other colleges]].
 The origins of the scream are unknown, but has been confirmed by neighborhood residents to date back at least to 1872 (edit: this is assuming it took a random hiatus between fall 1983 and spring 1987, since it did not in fact happen those years...)

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 In 2005, [[NPR]]'s [[Soterios Johnson]] CC '90 presented a brief piece on the event, including a recording of the screaming.[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648537]
 During Fall 2010 to Spring 2014, the Primal Scream was actually a piece composed by [[Solomon Hoffman]] in which he successfully created a 5000 part harmony.
 == External links ==

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	In 2005, [[NPR]]'s [[Soterios Johnson]] CC '90 presented a brief piece on the event, including a recording of the screaming.[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648537]		In 2005, [[NPR]]'s [[Soterios Johnson]] CC '90 presented a brief piece on the event, including a recording of the screaming.[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648537]
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		+	During Fall 2010 to Spring 2014, the Primal Scream was actually a piece composed by [[Solomon Hoffman]] in which he successfully created a 5000 part harmony.

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 *Johnson, Soterios (May 11, 2005). [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648537 Spring Scream at Columbia] (Real Audio, Windows Media Player). [[w:All Things Considered|All Things Considered]]. [[National Public Radio]].
 * Bwog posts about primal screams:
 :* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3629 Spring 2007]
 :* [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=4827 Fall 2007], [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=4828 Fall 2007]
 :* [http://www.bwog.net/articles/reminder_pillow_fight Spring 2008]
 * [http://eternalmiserablesuffering.blogspot.com/2007/05/primal-scream-is-retarded.html  Eternal, Miserable Suffering: "Primal Scream" Is Retarded]
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 '''Primal scream''' is an end-of-semester tradition, not to be confused with the [[w:Primal Scream|Scottish alternative rock group of the same name]].  It takes place at midnight on the last Sunday night of the semester, after the first Friday of exams and before the last week of [[finals|final exams]]. Students come out of their studying holes, open their room windows, and release their stress with howls of anguish and frustration. The screaming lasts up to 5 minutes and can be heard throughout the [[Morningside Heights campus|campus]]. Primal screams are not unique to Columbia and are known to exist at [[w:Dead week|other colleges]].
-The origins of the scream are unknown, but has been confirmed by neighborhood residents to date back at least to 1872.
+The origins of the scream are unknown, but has been confirmed by neighborhood residents to date back at least to 1872 (edit: this is assuming it took a random hiatus between fall 1983 and spring 1987, since it did not in fact happen those years...)
 Since [[2006]], the spring-semester primal scream has coincided with and signaled the beginning of the [[Spring Pillow Fight]].

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 Since [[2006]], the spring semester primal scream has coincided with and signaled the beginning of the [[Spring Pillow Fight]].
-In 2005, [[NPR]]'s Soterios Johnson CC '90 presented a brief piece on the event, including a recording of the screaming.[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648537]
+In 2005, [[NPR]]'s [[Soterios Johnson]] CC '90 presented a brief piece on the event, including a recording of the screaming.[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648537]
 == External links ==