JON CALDERA: The fun police come for CSU’s ‘Undie Run.’

Today the buzz-kills at Colorado State University are trying to snuff out the Undie Run. This prestigious collegiate tradition happens before the start of final exams as students run across campus clothed in only their underwear.

Not quite the high-brow sophistication of full-on streaking, which along with Led Zeppelin IV were the only real achievements of the 1970s, the Undie Run is a tip-of-the-hat to the public nudity of old.

CSU officials have emailed parents asking them to discourage their kids from participating.

There was a time when the range of helicopter parenting could not extend to college, which was the key ingredient in college fun.

CSU’s many nanny worries include, “After-parties where students remain in their underwear, creating a tone that breeds harmful situations for our students.”

Tone? Today’s kids are deluged with squishy, vague terms like “tone.” So, exactly what should be the tone of a college kegger?

I can barely keep pants on my kids and they still live at home.