The woman inside Stanford University's tree mascot was relieved of her peppy duties after campus police spotted her tippling during a basketball game. "She was taking drinks inside the tree," said Kevin Klintworth, assistant athletic director at the University of California at Berkeley. "The officers could see the flask through the costume." Fifth-year undergraduate Erin Lashnits, 23, apologized and admitted being intoxicated, but denied she was drinking on the job. Stanford band spokesman Sam Urmy said the tipsy tree was just helping the band complete its "core mission of rocking out and bringing funk to the funkless." Far from being offensive, "She was just jumping and dancing," Urmy told the San Francisco Chronicle. "The tree's movement is usually consistent with that of someone who's had something to drink."
Nipped in the Bud
The woman inside Stanford University’s tree mascot was relieved of her peppy duties after campus police spotted her tippling during a basketball game. “She was taking drinks inside the tree,” said Kevin Klintworth, assistant athletic director at the University of California at Berkeley. “The officers could see the flask through the costume.” Fifth-year undergraduate Erin […]
