Introduction to the special issue on university life / Jodi McDavid -- Einstein's pants and Dr. X's comps: straddling the line between legend and rumour / IanBrodie -- Stitch & bitch: the occupational folklife of costume studies students / Carley Williams -- Soiling the post office: the capping stunts of New Zealand university students / Moira Smith -- Within these hallowed (and haunted) walls and halls: a case study of legends about the St. John's campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland / Rhiannon McKechnie -- "I knew it would be a real bonding experience": Utah State University's English department pig party as an annual rite of passage / Lynne S. McNeill -- Theoretical perspectives for the study of student folklore / Jodi McDavid ...