MBAs Behaving Badly

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 23, 2008 6:40PM

It seems that business school kids are having more fun than we thought. According to an email posted on the blog Dealbreaker, it seems that some students from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management went a little wild during a recent party at the Field Museum. Kellogg students have been rumored to favor a good time, but things got a little too crazy at their recent CIM Ball, resulting in, among other things, the Field Museum's decision to shut down the open bar. According to the email, sent from Andrea Hanson, VP of Social & Cultural of the Kellogg Student Association, the behavior included:

• Students were throwing things at a historic artifact: Sue, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which The Field Museum purchased for over $8.3 million
  
• Students were vomiting on themselves and on the Field Museum Floors
  
• Students were spitting at people
  
• Students attempted to smuggle in a substantial amount of alcohol (large trash bins full of bottles and cans and flasks)
  
• Students passed out in high-traffic areas
  
• Students arrived at an open bar event already too overserved

Now, while all inappropriate for a setting like the Field Museum, some of those don't seem too outlandish. Showing up drunk and sneaking in flasks? Typical college (or Chicagoist writer) behavior. But spitting on people? Throwing things at Sue? That does cross a line. A contact at the Field Museum said that the Museum does not comment on private events, so we'll take Andrea's word for it. Still, these kids have a long way to go to catch up to the shenanigans of the University of Wisconsin marching band.