I've loved writing for The Daily this quarter. The flattering and hateful e-mails, letters to the editor and online comments always spice up my day. With that said, there are still a few final thoughts I'd like to share regarding this fine institution and its inhabitants.
First, I'd like to see Northwestern follow in the path of Brown and Georgetown by adding a picture to its application. Beyond the fact that my frat brothers and I would appreciate seeing some cute freshmen next year, there actually may be a benefit to seeking out attractive applicants for the school. Because I don't want to sound shallow, I'll let my roommate's Intro to Psych textbook do the talking, "Physical beauty is important in just about every interpersonal context. Beautiful people have more friends, more dates, more sex, and more fun than the rest of us do, and they can even expect to earn 10 percent more money over the courses of their lives." With all else equal in two applicants, why not let looks be the decider; they tend to be in the real world anyway.
I'd also like to be able to find whole milk on this campus. Whether in my tea, cereal or with cookies, I find whole milk to be irreplaceably delicious and coincidentally impossible to locate at any NU cuisine location. It can't be a demand issue. The dining halls are filled with strange assortments of vegan pseudo-meat that I'm convinced no one ever eats. While in the dining hall, I've asked my friends why there is no whole milk and they sip their high-fructose-corn-syrup-concentrated sodas, bite into their pizzas and french fries, and tell me that whole milk is unhealthy. I'm 18, thus I know everything. So please NU, let me make my own decisions regarding my milk intake.
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Your paragraph on including looks in Northwestern's application is the dumbest, most ridiculous thing I've ever read in the Daily. It makes me sick that there are people on this campus that think that way. (Continued…)
with two not-so-simple words (i'm guessing i wasn't the only one who had to look up "gaudeamus igitur"), your completely mediocre career as a daily columnist comes to a witty and surprisingly self-aware end. (Continued…)
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Rich
posted 3/07/08 @ 12:04 PM CST
Your paragraph on including looks in Northwestern's application is the dumbest, most ridiculous thing I've ever read in the Daily. It makes me sick that there are people on this campus that think that way. (Continued…)
hahah
posted 3/07/08 @ 12:57 PM CST
with two not-so-simple words (i'm guessing i wasn't the only one who had to look up "gaudeamus igitur"), your completely mediocre career as a daily columnist comes to a witty and surprisingly self-aware end. (Continued…)
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