This is one of the Rice-iest pictures I’ve seen in quite a while. It’s a Philosophy Club image from c1982.
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The plastic container he’s standing on is a nice classical touch.
That’s how they did it back in Athens.
My roommate was in the Philosophy Club around then. I don’t remember any such hijinks, but there well may have been.
Is that Colin Firth in the middle?! (I know, I know, it’s not, but I can pretend.)
Somehow, I doubt Greek philosophers would be wearing something with prints of a cat handing a rose to another cats. However, maybe LOLcats started earlier than I realized.