Awkward pauses in discussion sections suck.

12Aug08

So we haven’t updated in a week. I know, we’re awful people but we are also busy people and never really planned on having lots of visitors, at least so soon. Not that we don’t like you. We’ll try to be better.
Sometimes when I get bored I reminisce about the worst classes I have taken [...]

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Tags: classes, CTECs, intellectualism, internet, mistakes

A word to the irreverant.

04Aug08

Generally, I hate the Daily more than most other Northwestern-based media outlets. It’s boring, biased and embedded in a web of beaurocracy that puts the housing office to shame. So not to say that I enjoyed this article (I didn’t), but it does provide a nice backdrop for one of the bigger surprises of my [...]

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Tags: apathy, democrats, NU bubble, politics, republicans, sadness

Dear class of 2012,

03Aug08

As you wait anxiously for your dorm decisions, please listen to my words of wisdom about the dorm-ing process. I’ve read your Facebook group. I’ve been amused by your repeated attempts to contact the housing office, who are probably now just witholding the room assignments out of spite.
The summer before college, there is little more [...]

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Tags: boring life, dorms, social life, too much hype

Your Night Out: Dorm Parties

03Aug08

Drinking in the dorm is quick, easy, and a potentially huge risk, depending on where you live. Stereotypical “partying” dorm? (Bobb, Elder, Allison, Willard, etc.) You’ll probably make it out okay, but no matter where you live most in-dorm parties are marked by general paranoia and overall sketchiness following the golden rule small is better. [...]

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Tags: alcohol, dorms, freshman guide, lame, parties, partying, social life

Your Night Out: Frat Parties

01Aug08

When all other colleges have already commenced and Northwestern students linger/languish across the country waiting for school to fucking start already, the prefrosh will inevitably receive a series of irritating calls from their friends who are already at college detailing the “sick frat parties” they went to last night. By the time new student week [...]

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Tags: alcohol, frats, freshman guide, greek, greek life, parties, partying, social life