Nerd Auction
Posted on October 19th, 2007
Would you bid on a nerd? A computer geek?
The Linux Users Group, the largest computer club at Washington State University, has teamed up with some campus sororities for an event they're calling "Nerdy and the Greek." The sorority girls will give a make over to seven of the computer club members who will them be auctioned off to raise money for a new scholarship - a computer science scholarship for girls.
"You can buy a nerd and he'll fix your computer, help you with stats homework, or if you're really adventurous, take you to dinner!" club president Ben Ford said on the group's website. Several news sources have picked up the story, including Seattle Times and CNN. Less than five percent of computer science students at Washington State are female. That reflects a national trend.
Not everyone is happy about the event. "This is offensively stereotypical and outrageously insensitive," was one of many anonymous comments. But the university doesn't seem to agree.
The auction is scheduled for October 26th.
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