Washington DC―In what activist groups on campus are calling a major step forward, another one of the George Washington University anthropology department’s skeletons is finally out of the closet.

Jordan Lee, a teaching assistant and graduate student in the field of human paleobiology, is credited with helping to bring the skeleton out.

“I was in there getting supplies for a lab when I spotted the ole bag o’ bones,” he told reporters with a smile. “I thought to myself, ‘this skeleton’s as good as any other, it shouldn’t be living a lie like this.’”

Lee recalls that the skeleton was tucked away next to an old filing cabinet and behind a number of heavy boxes. Getting it out was no small task, but one that Lee thought well worthy of his patient efforts.

“He didn’t seem like the the closeted type at all,” said professor of biological-anthropology, Arron Kollere. “I really never would have guessed. It was a huge surprise!”

There was initially some concern on behalf of the department heads that, with the skeleton out of the closet, it might be difficult to find a place where it would be able to fit in. These concerns were quickly alleviated when it was announced that a space had been found for it in a lab room in Lisner Hall. Since its placement there, students have expressed an interest in the skeleton and professors have come to accept it as they would any other part of the classroom.

At press-time, Ian Chester, paleontology professor & president of the People for the Promotion of Paleolithic Lifestyles, commended the department

“The care and tactfulness with which the skeleton was brought out into the school really speaks to the progressive and accepting nature in these changing times of the anthropology faculty and their students.”