I write about the Geek Prom, next Saturday's adult dance for the dorky, nerdy and proudly not-cool, in the Sunday Pioneer Press.
One enduring and amusing Geek Prom tradition is the so-called Geek Streak, which I describe in my piece as "the sudden but no-longer-surprising appearance of a nude nerd pack hollering and scurrying through the crowd."
Not surprisingly, prom organizers and their host, the St. Paul-based Science Museum of Minnesota, don't precisely see eye-to-eye on the Geek Streak.
Here's prom founder Paul Lundgren on the topic:
It's not something that's officially planned. Either naked nerds come sprinting through the room at some point, or they don't. There are no efforts underway, that I am aware of, to encourage or prevent such activity.
And here's a museum spokeswoman on the subject:
We're aware of the Geek Streak tradition, and we understand that geeks will be geeks. However, the Science Museum has never been a clothing-optional setting, so we expect that attire will remain in place throughout the evening.
The museum is apparently not the only local organization with raised eyebrows over this...
