Kelly
This boy I met before I came to Reed told me that all Reedies were "ugly, stuck-up, boring" and "druggie burn-outs".
He was an idiot, obviously.
Ryan
Pink hair, tattoos, loves to debate the merits of Aristotle and Hannah Arendt over a NW microbrew, preferably in the basement of the Reed library at 3 a.m.
Morgan
-Never leave the library
-Drugs are everywhere
-Socially awkward
-Intellectually curious
-Arrogant
-We're all athiest bastards
-We're all dirty commies
Gina
We spend all our time in the library. We're dirty, dreadlock wearing, pot smoking hippies. We're insular and weird. We gossip. We're senselessly devoted to our academic disciplines. We're out of touch with the world.
Erin
Dirty, Drug using, intelligent, not athletic, Jewish, White, Wealthy, need a haircut.
Emmerson
Stoners, Alternative, Smart (VERY!)
Owen
That they are incredibly brilliant and also incredibly into drugs. basically, that Reedies study hard and party harder. They are hippies, they are the future of the intellectual elite and the future of the free drug culture. The motto 'communism atheism and free-love' can sometimes be taken literally.
Becky
Reed students are incredibly smart. Reed students smoke a ton of weed and use whatever other drug is most available. Students are socially awkward and inept. Nudity is accepted on the Reed Campus. Students exude pretention and look down on non-reedies.
Alice
That we're shy, avoid eye-contact, and always feel guilty for not doing more school work.
Celia
One person I know described Reedies as "dizzingly fun and terrifyingly bright." Stereotypes include: vehemently liberal, at times pretentious & elite, intellectually curious, socially-minded, dogmatically unreligious. Reed is unfortunately (and inaccurately, in my opinion) associated with drugs -- but I don't think the prevalence of drug use is much greater than in other places. The college tends to stress health and safety in dealing with substance abuse rather than criminalization.
Alex
That we are too academic to have any social skills are that we are too drug-addled to have any academic skills.
Marion
We're a mix of hippies and hipsters. We work hard and play harder. We're a bunch of esoteric nerds.
Alex
stereotypes? um... geeky, bad in bed, ethnically homogeneous, socially incapable, egghead-smart, liberal, communist, atheist, rich, elitist, impractical, bubble-centric, 'honor'-able
Michael
Reed will drive you crazy
Reedies use a lot of drugs
Reedies are brilliant and poetic and creative
Reed is too small
Reed has an excellent poolhall
Ryan
1) Pot-smoking hippies
2) Trustafarians
3) Ridiculous workaholics
Jeremy
Reed students are the epitome of nerd. They are brilliant, very liberal, and put a lot of pressure on themselves to do well academically.
Madison
We're all druggies, hippies, and liberals.
Lauren
That we are really intelligent but super weird and do a lot of drugs.
Janna
Lazy, rich drug fiends! Dorks.
Brett
Students: pretentious, smart, awkward, white, rich, hippie, weird, liberal, atheist, on drugs