A pink academic bikini - Legon girls

Before gaining admission to University of Ghana, some of us were given

the impression that although God Almighty is Omnipresent, the only place

he is absent from is Legon Campus and that it is so because all LEGON

GIRLS were morally disgusting. Their counterparts in UCC, TECH, UDS and

some of the recently mushrooming University Colleges in obscure parts of

Ghana all have "big" mouths to speak in condemnation of the Legon

girl's morality. Even Makola Market women most of whom don't know where

Legon Campus is located "mpo" will flamboyantly narrate how Legon girls

snatch their husbands-- as if sexual promiscuity is an Undergraduate

course here in UG. It has also become an acceptable traditional rumour

or if you like an unspoken truth, that any Legon girl who drives a

porsche car on campus is necessarily guilty of prosecution (please note:

I didn't say prostitution) of an immoral agenda with some "bigman" in

government or the corporate world. While the aim of this article is not

to say ALL Legon girls are literally like The Holy Virgin Mary, I write

in condemnation of that jaundiced prejudice otherwise called Hasty

Generalization (refer to your Level 100 UGRC 150 notes), that most if

not all those speculations out there are not entirely true of all Legon

ladies. Many of us heard very dangerous stories of how Legon life was

and that we will be safer going to Tech (KNUST) or even far-away UDS

than coming here. Some students had to CONVINCE their mums and dads with

illustrative statistical explanations before being allowed to come to

LEGON! Girls who are are eventually allowed to report to Legon are taken

through a family counseling as if their daughter is going to the

proverbial "EVIL FOREST". The guys are also taken through a similar

ritual. Personally, I heard incredible stories of how Legon girls

offered their "bearded meat" on request anytime Black Stars won matches!

Come to think of it, this can pass for an Adwoa Tampico or "kyekyekule"

joke !

But being in UG, I have come to see the untold positive

stories of the institution; including the story of its beautiful girls

and handsome gentlemen, who are subjected to the judgement of salt and

pepper eating mouths nation-wide. Nobody tells the story of a certain

place called SARBAH FIELD where the same Legon Ladies congregate to soak

themselves in the Grace of God and where University Security has had to

disperse throngs of prayer warriors who are neck-deep in the pursuit of

God; nobody tells of the persistent dawn Evangelism and door to door

preaching that takes place on this Campus with girls and guys alike. The

Muslim Ladies Commission is never mentioned and their believe in Allah

is silenced. The not so "Godly" ones are also obsessed with a marathon

to beat Prof Aryeetey's "80% for A" grading system in order not to

disappoint family with E's or F's are left out of the discussions, a

feat to be blamed purely on the draconian grading system. (There is no

chilling in Legon ooo!!!) Ok, let me put it better, add "not anymore" to

the bracketed sentence. You see what I mean? As I write, 120 students

have been silently sent home on very poor academic output! On the

fashionable beauties, they serve their purpose at Beauty Pageant shows

and they are NOT as "baaaaaad" as is put out there. Few are worse

though. Finally, I must admit there are bad nuts not just here in UG,

but everywhere including but not limited to Tech, UCC, UDS, UEW, UPSA

etc etc. However, until the Marys, the Ruths and the Marthas have had

their stories told with pomp and cheer, the stories of LEGON will

continue to glorify sexy bikinis. Let those "girls" who by their actions

and inactions bring disrepute to Legon Ladies' names keep in mind that

until the "Children of God" have had their historians, the story of

Legon will justifiably be aluguntugui! Gui! MEDAAAASE! What a way to

end an article?

MIKDAD MOHAMMED