We don’t know about you, but there is nothing like seeing some way more than half naked men running around campus to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Were they even Irish? We don’t know.

We all grew up watching movies like Animal House, P.C.U. and Revenge of the Nerds believing that when we got to college our life would consist of the illustrated zaniness in these movies.

But then there are the tests and the monotony of trying to balance a job, school and extracurricular activities and we are left with no time for the belching contests and pool parties.

On Friday afternoon a group of young men showed us that “No we aren’t a lame school” and “We can do the crazy things we see in our favorite movies” and they did it by donning G-strings and slapping some paint on their behinds. They risked humiliation to show the rest of us that we can have some good clean fun while being as close to completely naked as we can get without showing our respective male and female packages.

We’re not trying to say that campus is completely lame or puritanical. If anyone goes to Tucker Beach during a hot spring day they can easily find some tanning skin — both male and female — that makes us reminiscent of the outrageous “college lifestyle” movies.

But it’s good to see some people going that extra mile to get people talking and crack a smile as big as the crack that was so eloquently separated by their skimpy underwear.

So here’s to you, St. Patrick’s Day streakers — thank you for waking us up from the drudgery of a day that is supposed to be fun and a time for fellowship with friends.

Thank you for showing us that shame is only a problem when you have some.

Thank you for proving that G-Strings aren’t just for the ladies — they are for everyone.

Thank you for being innovators and we hope to see more people like you tossing the books aside for a day to make complete fools out of yourselves, but all in good fun.