February 8th, 2008
NOTE FROM BRANDON:
The spring semester starts soon. 18-year
olds everywhere are figuring out how to
fake ADD symptoms, score alcohol before
going back, and convince their folks
that Parents Weekend was canceled.
Here’s part one of a two-part list
detailing why they should reconsider.
olds everywhere are figuring out how to
fake ADD symptoms, score alcohol before
going back, and convince their folks
that Parents Weekend was canceled.
Here’s part one of a two-part list
detailing why they should reconsider.
The Top 9 Best Things
About Parents Weekend
(Part I)
About Parents Weekend
(Part I)
9> Mom’s nagging does not use up your cell phone minutes.
8> Everyone else calls it Parent’s Weekend. You call it Dirty Laundry Pickup Service.
7> One trip to the cafeteria and your mom vows to Fed-Ex a home-cooked dinner to you every night.
6> Mid-life-crisis hankering for the “good old days” means free booze all weekend long!
5> Lets you show off that Freshman-15 you’ve been cultivating.
4> Allows you to demand a discount from your connection or else you won’t introduce him to your “Hot Step-Mom.”
3> Parents can usually be convinced to smuggle illegal items on (or off) campus in the trunk of their car.
2> You can really tell the difference in the quality of meat being served that weekend at the cafeteria.
and the Number 1 Best Thing About Parents Weekend…
1> Nothing bonds a family like adding to the beer-a-mid.
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Credits:
Selected from 51 submissions from 16 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
John Shurniak, University of Regina — 1 (7th #1!)
Gary Reynolds, Indiana University — 2, 4
Hope Roth, Trinity College — 2
Jim Phynn, Georgetown University — 3
Michele Lord, U of NE Lincoln — 3, 8
Andrew Hackard, UT-Austin — 5
Eric A. Johnson, Kaplan University — 6
James Knowles, Cal Poly — 7
Jeff Rabinowitz, Temple University — 8
Josh Sinnett, University of Washington — 8
David J. Ludwig, CSU San Marcos — 9
Brandon Eldridge, StL College of Pharmacy — Dean of Students
