another what the lyrics mean, and he gives a standard English translation of the first verse. A sped-up orchestral version of the song plays shortly during a scene of the characters chasing a pet pig in the 2013 film Monsters University. In the 2013 Dutch film , the song is sung to uplift spirits, after a party of the fictional student society HSV Mercurius is shut down by riot police. Singing the song makes them feel proud to be students, as they stand their ground against the riot police. Yale University alumna Jodie Foster included a slightly sped-up version of the Yale Glee Club's 1991 a cappella recording of the song, arranged and conducted by legendary YGC Director Fenno Heath, in her 1991 film Little Man Tate. She wished to express "the grandeur of the college experience" on exceptionally-gifted-child character Fred Tate's first day at university. The song's title is featured in several section headings in Infinite Jest. This song is sung at Smith College's convocation ceremony in Northampton, Massachusetts at the start of every academic year. It is known as Smith's anthem. "Gaudeamus Igitur" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that appears in 2015 posthumously published collection titled Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writing. The song was often heard in Tiny Toon Adventures in establishing shots of Acme Looniversity. Recordings This song is referenced in satirist Tom Lehrer's song "Bright College Days" in his 1959 self-published album More of Tom Lehrer and in his more-recent album An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, in the line "Turn on the spigot, pour the beer and swig it, and gaudeamus ig-it-[hic!]-itur", the interruption being an intoxicated hiccup. In the middle section of the Allan Sherman song "Dropouts March" (on the album Allan in Wonderland (1964)), an Alma Mater Chorus sings the following humorous line set to the melody: "Ignoramus there you are; Sitting in your hopped-up car; And your brains ain't up to par; And your ears stick out too far". This song is on the full version of Melanie's "Stop I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" from 1971. The song is referenced in the Godley & Creme song "Punchbag" from their L album. A performance of the first, most characteristic strophe was recorded in the mid-20th century by the Italian-American tenor Mario Lanza, and is still available under the title "Gaudeamus Igitur". A doo wop