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About the Campus Cadgers of Purdue University
How we started
We, the Campus Cadgers, are dedicated to the spread of free food,
and free stuff at Purdue University.
The definition of cadge is given below.
This group was started by several motivated (i.e. poor) grad students
as a way to share the knowledge of free food to other poor grad students.
In January, 2006, Jeff Brateman started a free
food wiki for anyone to post to.
The response was great.
Before long, most of the ECE department had heard of the website.
By February, Josh Dillon had written an awesome script
to scan the wiki for changes, and send an email out
those who so requested. Now, when someone added an
event, everyone would know within the hour.
Immediately following these initial events,
discussions were had on how to spread the website,
as more postings from around campus were needed. Grad students, by their
very nature, didn't leave their side of campus much.
yada yada yada
Campus Cadgers, its website, and the mailing lists became official September 2006. Feel free to contact us at cadgers@gmail.com.
Who we are
| Title | Name |
| President and Pontiff II | Josh Dillon |
| Vice-President and Handpuncher | Jun Yang |
| Secretary and Artist | Mike Bolen |
| Treasurer and Tester | Rajesh Kalyanam |
| Adviser and Oracle | Matt Golden |
| Nameless Power That Is | ...Uhh Nameless. |
| Groupies and Zealots | Leonardo Bachega |
| | Michelle Leung |
Who we were
cadge [kaj] verb, cadged, cadg‧ing.
–verb (used with object)
| 1. |
to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship. |
| 2. |
to borrow without intent to repay. |
| 3. |
to beg or obtain by begging. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. |
to ask, expect, or encourage another person to pay for or provide one's drinks, meals, etc. |
[Origin: 1275–1325; perh. to be identified with ME caggen to tie, of uncert. orig.]
—Related forms
cadger,
noun
"cadger." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1). Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. 01 Sep. 2006. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cadger&x=0&y=0>