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QUOTE(KWs OK for Me @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 01:26 PM) I am one of these "fratboys" that a lot of people here seem to hate and I completely agree with this statement. I'm at another big ten school thought, not U of I. If you rush a frat hard enough odds are that you will get into it. Fraternitities are almost always looking to take as many people as possible at the beginning and try to weed them out as time goes on through pledging. The one thing I don't understand is all the greek hate, maybe because at Wisconsin the greek system is relatively small as compared to IU and U of I. But, at least in my case, I don't think either way about people who aren't in frats, why the hell do they than think of me with such cliche stereotypes. A frat is a cheap place to live, a good way to meet friends freshman year, and a great place to have fun. It is no more or less than that in my opinion. People boast about their pride in whatever frat they are, but honestly who gives a f***? If they think that their house is something special and greater than everyone else than let them. You will always have people on both sides of this. Personally, I don't understand how people get so wrapped up in "the history and legacy of the house." Yea I know we get it in engrained into us during pledging (and trust me everyone tries their hardest to get the pledges into that, pledging was not an easy experience for me) but I never understood how someone can so blindly get attached to things like that. On the U of I admission things, what this topic originally was, I have no problem with U of I raising their admission standards, however, I think they need to change their admissions procedures. If they are going to do a rolling admission with the deadline for early action (or something like that, I remember it was around November 1) I feel that they have to get back to people, all people on a timely basis. If they are on the bubble and not decided yet they should let them know that they are deferring their decision until Feb/Mar/Apr/May or whenever it is going to be. The 1 simple reason why I am not at U of I right now instead of Wisonsin is because U of I waited too long to get back to me. It took them nearly five months to send me my acceptance, and I don't think I was really that borderline of an admittance (top 1% SAT, top 3% ACT, National Merit Scholar, Top 20% high school class). From personal experience I feel like that turnaround time is important, but with such a large application base U of I has no real reason to improve these methods. i pretty much agree with everything in this post...and wow we had the same test scores but not that great class rank. I didn't apply to u of i for silly reasons which i've mentioned before (i had no idea what i was doing when i was applying for colleges) but wisconsin waitlisted me while a kid with a 3.5 gpa, top 10% act, no sat got in right away to wisconsin so i was like f*** this i'll do journalism at mizzou and haven't really looked back (except for our lame ass halloween.)

QUOTE(Soxy @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 09:18 PM) Women, dutch or otherwise shouldn't be punished for having big boobs. If anything they should be rewarded. No, they should be equal. Sorry, this thread gave me a Ricky Gervais moment. haha, did you see the simpsons tonight? Gervais was a character it was great

those professors should be the russian presidents then.

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 26, 2006 -> 03:17 PM) why would I be jealous when I can easily join one if I wanted to? For me, I don't understand going into an organization and making friends with people with different interests. I make friends with people who have the same interest as me, not because we want "to be part of something". I'll agree that organizations like these have a good premise, it's just, at least at our school, they're filled with alot of the wrong people. Kids at our school think about the greek system as a kind of "special party system". The frats at our school are filled with "those guys", you know, the ones that everyone in your high school thought were jerks, but never told them because they were too popular. So maybe I have a skewed view of the greek system, but from my eyes, there is absolutely nothing that makes me want to join one. I'll make my friends by who I get along with and have common interests with, and not just because "they're in my house". It's definitely not about jealousy, because there isn't an inch of my self that wants to be around those kind of people. i have to say i've been to U of I a lot...and your greek system is ...seems...a lot different than ours at mizzou. Maybe its because our campus is such a dry campus (SUCH)...but your frats really did come off as the way you say it. Coming to college i never wanted to join a frat and in reality this is the only one i would have joined...due to friends who joined/lack of gay hazing ... NIU's frats were terrible too. So i guess its college to college.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 02:23 AM) For any techno headz out there check out the Fabric 27 mix by Matthew Dear. Solid. i loved nathan fakes new album... also... this ghostface is so f***in good god damn.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 26, 2006 -> 04:05 AM) Ding ding ding. We have a winnar. Not every frat/sorority member is a douchebag but most of the douchebags I've ever met belonged to one. i'm pretty much an asshole and i learned that assholes and douchebags aren't neccessarily a good mix...sometimes i rule thou.

russia owns all their media outlets. Putin is a f***ing joke piece of s*** that is gonna destroy any chance russia had at a free society.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Mar 26, 2006 -> 12:00 AM) except what if the story that we all know isnt the real story? thats the thing. especially that but i was scared of the backlash if i called it stupid factless propoganda

the ink stain was set and it was my only pair of jeans...so i'm like i know i'll sand a hole through that spot...but it didn't work well. edit: i joined because ours was new (2 years) and a bunch of my friends who were real characters joined and i have no back bone but we have fun. We will control it in two years and run it in the ground. take down the system from the inside... hey guys lets go sing to a sorority post haste!

QUOTE(THEWOOD @ Mar 25, 2006 -> 09:32 PM) A lot of hate towards people who were in a Fraternity or Sorority? Care to elaborate? I was a Sigma Chi at OSU. Also, you really still see people popping their collar? That is pretty old school nowadays. I mean I thought it was big back about 3-4 years ago. I forgot to add that I also own a NorthFace. i just joined a frat at mizzou...i realized that all the negative predispositions i had against frats were correct. but...such is life. It's not that bad but then again my frat is 2 years old and such...frats like pike all those kids who stare at their arms when they open doors...god..f***in hate them. I hate myself too so... edit...i don't wear a northface but i had a large ink stain over my pocket from a pen...so i thought to sand it out... i accidentally sanded through the pocket too...i wondered what had caused my sudden loss of intelligence...you guess...

i didn't even apply to u of i. i'm not sure why...i wish someone would've given me more advice on choosing colleges, my parents didn't go so i was just kind of wingin it...i love mizzou though.

anyone not want to see that 9/11 movie? cause i'm thinking i don't think i could see it without thinking they made money off a tragedy so soon after a tragedy that the story didn't yet need to be told

the sox fans in the comments portion did a good job defending...i would have incredulously made fun of everyone in that thread. But. Such is life.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 25, 2006 -> 08:22 PM) Have I? s***, I've had the video for nearly 8 years. Typical Troma production:Cheap effects, terrible script, odd 80's soundtrack, plenty of gore--especially the scene at the end when the Zombie's head is blown off. I recently bought "Chopper Chicks in Zombietown" from a video store in Park Ridge which was closing. Interested in watching this pile of crap. the black soldier was fantastic...he deserved the academy award not denzel

why was utah used? I'd like to see Texas vs. california...and despite that for maybe 8 years of that kids life as a conservative he may be liberal and if the lazy ass kids my age ever get up to vote then the dems still have that. I'm more worried about the implications that this really means : more larry the cable guy fans are being born than david cross fans. scaaarryyyyy. ^last part joke.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 25, 2006 -> 05:55 PM) Anyone remember an early 80's film titled 'Southern Comfort'? Same premise, military guys go messing around in the Louisiana swamp lands and piss of some crazy Cajuns. Anyone ever seen Troma's "Redneck Zombies"? that was the best lost in the southern hickville movie ever made! And zombie movie for that matter

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 25, 2006 -> 01:50 AM) The only force that can stop the momentum of this movie is its release date. IMO, August 18 is too far away. Even bmags has to admit five months of "MOTHERf***ING SNAKES!" is pushing it. If New Line Cinema would releases this movie in June it would pull in respectable box-office numbers. i agree...but ... it is right before i head back to schoo...thats a f***in treat right there

when i first saw the title i was gonna make a joke about it but then i saw it was a joke and i was almost disappointed...sad.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 01:09 PM) Now someone has to convince the Wachowski brothers not to make a sequel. this is true

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 02:35 AM) classy. no he's right, apparantly conservatives attract the irrationally sensitive folk in america these days.

might be a crackhead got messed up with the wrong limb and said go up and act like you a leprechaun boy

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 05:19 PM) You had a reason for posting this garbage. It portrayed conservatives in a less than favorable light, and that was all the reason you needed. When you can post something that is meaningful and substantial, we will give it the proper respect. When you post crap, you get no respect. So, grow a brain will ya? wow i had no idea you were that sore that one time in your life you cried and called for mommy. This was posted/discussed in a lot of places and in a lot of places people just laughed it off and moved on... but no sir YASNY HAS NEVER CRIED IN HIS LIFE EVERYONE ...and he will dick cheney anyone that claims otherwise...

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 08:26 PM) gas was the least of my worries. I was always worried about brakes, shocks, suspension, tires(both popped and just plain worn out), bad radiator, 2 stolen radios, 150 stolen cds, 1 stolen amp, and broken oil reservoir seals. Oh, and then there was the time my timing chain broke. Then the gas prices shot through the roof. Safe to say Im glad I dont do that anymore. if i wanted to hear someone whine i'd go talk to a conservative

that sucks...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) We always smoked the pizza guy up, and let him chill for awhile as well. Delivering pizza sucks, I did it for a week and I ended up losing money. yeah i can't imagine with these gas prices anyone making money.