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| The Somewhat Complete History of the Rebel Gemstone Team Ever since the University of Maryland was founded in 1856, there have always been students who outshone the rest. These students tended to gravitate toward one another. As happened at every college, these students formed groups that bolstered each others intellectual processes. This served to further separate these students from the rest. As you see, the development of Gemstone dates from long before there was ever a thought of a Gemstone program. These students were their own Gemstones long ago. They didn't need special classes to know that they had something. These students can be credited with many inventions and developments that have shaped our world. The automobile, radio, television, Playboy, velcro, and shampoo all roots from these elite students. It is rumored that they also came up with the idea for Spam, but the students of Gemstone deny any responsibility. The Top Secret Gemstone Archives tell us also of some accomplishments that never became known by the general public. Gemstone students made contact with extra-terrestial life in 1892, and became the official Ambassadors of Earth to Outer Space in 1895. Gemstoners visited the moon in 1949, twenty years ahead of the first recognized mission by the United States. Students from Gemstone created an ICBM defense system in 1965, thus nulling the unacknowledged USSR attack in 1972. Gemstone students have also saved the world from total annhilation on at least two occasions. It was this concentration of brainpower that provoked a frightening thought in one exceptionally gifted student's mind. The student, referred to as "Nostradamus" in the archives, realized that this good thing couldn't go on forever. Eventually someone would figure out what was going on in private with these students, and make an effort to put it to work for themselves. The program would be formalized, the stamp of the University would be applied to it, and everything that had created the conditions necessary for the thought process of the students would be destroyed. Terrified by the prospect of the dissolution of this incredibly talented group, Nostradamus immediately proposed a group dedicated to fighting this prospect. Such a group was formed in 1903. They were known as the Rebel Gemstone Team. It is very fortunate, for at the 1925 World's Fair in Paris, a group of evil squirrels worldwide banded together in an attempt to rule the known, and most of the unknown, universe. They immediately realized that the best course of action was to turn Gemstone to their twisted purposes. The Rebel Gemstone Team successfully delayed the exploitation of their peers until 1996. The ultimate failure of the team is attributed to the treachery of a former Gemstone who came back to work for the University. As the saying or printing of his name shall immediately cause him to appear, we cannot give his name (Jimbo the Black Squirrel of Doom, disguised of course), but the Rebel Gemstone continues the struggle against his wicked power. To all Gemstoners: The Rebel Gemstone Team continues its work on behalf of all Gemstone students. We shall carry on the struggle for freedom of creative thought and for all interests of the Gemstones as a whole as long as there exists a group of students at the University of Maryland who believe in the Gemstone tradition. Submitted by Hoohoo Dilly |
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| This is a picture of one of the evil squirrel's lesser minions. He later bit through the bars of his jail, and killed 47 people while making his escape. |