Trail Mix

*Foam-sword-wielding warriors swarmed a University of Texas intersection to "metaphorically respond to some 'intense issues,' such as the privatization for corporate war profiteers," the Daily Texan writes. Hmm. Can't say I see the connection.

*There's no better way to celebrate Hanukkah than to set the world record in simultaneous dreidel spinning. Better luck next year, Indiana University Hillel Center!

*University of Maryland students worry that a university police recruitment video—which features officers in full-body gear at the 2005 riot after the men's basketball team beat Duke—casts the student body in a negative light, the Diamondback reports. Here's one way to preserve your reputation: Don't riot.

*The Daily Gamecock writes about an idea that could come only from a South Carolina student who was in the "right state of mind": the Bookah Bear, a "fully lovable two-hosed hookah that is entirely concealed within a teddy." Says one of its creators: "It's classy, the perfect gift for your everyday adult."

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