The Ugly Tree
From the archives of TiPWiki, the unofficial Duke TIP Wiki
The amazingly climbable magnolia tree outside Bassett dorm came to be known during Term II '05 as The Ugly Tree after a certain nasty piece of business on Wear a Skirt Wednesday. The Ugly Tree was frequented by members of the '05 Llama Posse and the Llama herself. In addition, there was much Oh-noetry composed in the Ugly Tree. While the so-called "tree sex" was discouraged by John Birch, John Fowler, Steve, Zach, and others, OSC Leanne, RC J-rock, and TA Meredith were all "Cool With That".
T-shirts were made at the end of the term. They're red, and feature the personnified Ugly Tree saying, "Excuse me, but STFU."
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