Comments on: Tulane, a message to you, Tulane…

By: themiddle

themiddle — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:43:23 +0000

UW-Madison is a very good school. Allow me to also add that if you’re an English major, it really is irrelevant where you study as long as your grades are good since you’re going to end up in law school anyway.

Good luck on all of these momentous decision, Michael. Let’s chat by email offline sometime — ask the famous ck for my email addy.

By: Michael's Dad

Michael's Dad — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:42:58 +0000

Ofri–you’re right, UW-Mad is a very good school for the most part. It’s too bad that its reputation for drunken debauchery, obnoxious football fans, and inflated admissions standards (because of the need to reserve hundreds of freshman slots for the children of rich alums) has eclipsed its overall academic excellence.

By: ofri

ofri — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:30:57 +0000

the great things i heard about the university had nothing to do with its “merits” as a party school. i’m not much of a party girl myself. i’ve just heard that it’s a really good school. as for the drawbacks of party schooldom, they are symptomatic of campus life all over the country. sadly, alcohol poisoning and various other overdoses are par for the course here as well. and we have majors like “sports, parks, and recreation” and “event planning,” neither of which i really understand. such is life in a public university.

By: Michael's Dad

Michael's Dad — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:02:46 +0000

Ofri–

There are definite drawbacks to attending the Number One Party School, besides the fact that the streets are slush-encrusted from November through May (meaning that hunting boots are the only feasible footwear). You’ve got to step over a lot of vomit (see hunting boots again). And many undergrad classes seem to be reserved for the “beer major” offspring of rich alumni.

I once helped a guy suffering from alcohol poisoning. He was sprawled out on the sidewalk across the street from the meteorology building at eight in the morning. He had no idea how he’d gotten there or what had happened to him the night before.

By: natalie

natalie — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:46:01 +0000

ah, il mio amore, e l’amore di Jon… sempre ti amo… i’m looking at going to england over spring break.. jon & i might go to amsterdam… you definitely should come.

i wonder if travel to isreal in the summer is expensive?

i think i might go to Cassablanca in your honor (if it’s still alive…)

By: ofri

ofri — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:05:24 +0000

i’ve heard great things about your alma mater. my dad wanted me to transfer there after he moved to wisconsin, but i’ll stick with Florida winters, toda raba. my University of Florida ranked only 18, while Tulane ranked 11 on the party school list. alack.

By: Michael's Dad

Michael's Dad — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:43:20 +0000

Ofri, now you’ve (sniff) hurt my feelings.

The Highest Ranking Party School in the United States of America is my very own alma mater, the University of Wisconsin at Madison…

… which is still, by the way, trying to figure out what to do with the 150+ Tulane refugees they’ve got on campus. Having schnapps for breakfast will do that to one, I suppose.

By: ofri

ofri — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:09:38 +0000

i think as long as you’re getting a good education the ranking is not so important, unless you’re a huge snob. but of course i would say that since i go to a state university. alack, i could not resist the free ride. then again the highest rankings i ever heard of with regards to Tulane was on the party school lists.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:49:47 +0000

tulane = fuckers… i hope they all get hit by a meteor, if they go down like a sinking ship, they fucking deserve it…

By: michael

michael — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:43:48 +0000

Ofri: there’s still an English major at Tulane, I simply refuse to pay them for a semester that didn’t happen. And besides, I imagine since Tulane is going to take a huge hit in its rankings, a Tulane degree in ten years will be…well…not so impressive.

Natalie, la mia superstita bella delle nostre lezioni in italiano, while I am reluctant to say either yes or no to whether I’ll be back in the US during the summer, as I have no idea yet, you are certainly invited to come to Israel if I can’t make it to the US. You know you gotta try some real hummus.