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Rumors...why do we find these fictional tales so amusing? It seems gossip exists even more prevalently in law school than it did in undergrad. Ridiculous stories about thong flashing escapades with professors and secret professional stripping careers soar through the quad on a regular basis. "Who's sleeping with who" provides a topic for many conversations, not to mention debates about the sexual preferences of both students and professors. While most of the gossip somehow relates to sex, occasional banter about intelligence levels, job offers or the lack there of, family secrets, and financial means also flutter through the air. Does any of this matter? It's obviously part of human nature...at least in America. After all, supermarket tabloids, filled with fascinating accounts of superstar scandals, line magazine racks. Likewise, even our nation's political realm revolves, in large part, around the personal lives of those who choose to participate. The Clinton/Lewinsky scenario illustrates Americans' obsession with secret sex scandals. These actions aren't categorically condemned. Quite contrarily they conceivably signify hidden desires stifled through vicarious living. So why are people innately interested in gossip?
Besides, according to the grapevine, "sex deprived" doesn't properly portray a common characteristic of SMU law students and, professors' rendezvous rates remain ambivalent, barring occasional reports of student-related sexcapades transpiring behind sealed office doors. For knowledge to equal power, others must deem it: new, interesting, and reliable. The study of law requires a great deal of conjecture. Joining the tribe requires conformity. The "interesting" requirement explains the obsession with sex but when co-council finds out the big story amounts to BS, a lack of credibility negates power. The old adage, "If you throw enough mud, some of it will stick" provides a motto to those who chose this method. The primary policy underlying the evidentiary exclusion results from lack of reliability. Are they perceived as better looking, funnier, wealthier, more popular? The point remains: you believe they have something you don't have, which equals an inferiority complex! False stories designed to damage the character of your object of envy elevates you on the pole. Still, for others, rumors provide needed entertainment, breaking up the monotony of an otherwise uninteresting life. If you appear "in the know" about the goings on of law school then fellow peers might view you as powerful. People find comfort in the company of others similar in nature, rationalizing: "there is nothing wrong with me because you're the same. However, this doesn't amount to a joint endeavor aimed at enhancing the reputation of our Alma Matter.
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