The Unofficial History of Comedic Writings at Luther Seminary* Part I

Once upon a time there were seminarians who thought they were funny. They thought they had funny ideas that could be written into stories or graphics that other seminarians and members of the seminary community might find funny too. In a heroic effort to decrease malaise and increase humor on this great campus The Death Mask was born. (Is it just me, or is that a strange phrase?). In the fall of 2002, the Death Mask became a humor website named after Martin Luther's death mask (housed on the 3rd floor of Gullixson). Please do not confuse this with the library blog, Behind the Library Mask, which features similar graphics and shares a namesake. A sneaky "elite" group of Luther Seminary students put together multiple on-line issues of these funny ideas, anonymously advertised the site with fliers on campus and had a rip-roaring time.

There was a problem, however. Sometimes the death people, death maskers, underground funny folk took things a little too far. Maybe some of their jokes, stories, and ideas were found offensive, mean-spirited or just too much. But no one knew who the funny death people were so what could be done?

Stay tuned for more of this thrilling "history" lesson.

*Now, I have to report this post is neither confirmed or researched. It's kind of like a less trustworthy wikipedia entry. This is a short history of comedic writings at Luther Seminary as discovered through gossip, browsing the Internet, and legend passed down from seminarians of old....or at least who've been around before me.