Now that Mike has convinced me never to buy food at a fast-food joint (2/18) or ballgame (2/11) again, perhaps something a bit more irreverent is in store. As it turns out, you can be "drunk as a stump," but you shouldn't drink when you're a tree: - The Stanford Tree has been felled for bad behavior.
Fifth-year senior Erin Lashnits, who dressed as the rowdy mascot for the university's irreverent band, lost her Tree privileges Thursday after her blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.157 at a basketball game against Cal. That's not only too drunk to legally drive but too high to be a responsible Tree.
To avoid possible disciplinary problems with the school's athletic department or administration, the band decided to give her the ax.