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<p>Nah, I got my fill of John Belushi from “Blues Brothers” - probably because I’ve seen it about 10 times.</p>
<p>Animal House came out 2 years before Blues Brothers.</p>
<p>^ Proving you have excellent taste in Chicago movies.</p>
<p>Actually, The area Columbia is in has greatly improved over the past couple of years ( as have the rents ). </p>
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Yes, I do agree that some of these rough parts of town have great culture to them. But, that does not make them less safe!!!
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<p>yes, MizzBee, “Blues Brothers” and “Ferris Buhler” are both on my top-10 list. Didn’t care for “Untouchables” though - probably because DW’s ex-BF had a small part.</p>
<p>As a college teacher in Marketing, we hear a lot about grade inflation, but I am not sure what it means anymore. I work at the University of New Hampshire, Manchester campus. </p>
<p>As a philosophy, I NEVER grade on a curve - you know the material, or you do not. Frankly, most academic failures are due to lack of focus and study time. If you do not put in the work, why would you expect a good grade? </p>
<p>I rarely give a straight A, I would say the majority of students are B- to B+, with C+ and below often given. Grades do form pretty good predictors of job attainment success at commuter schools, as they reflect the ability to be organize and work across multiple commitments (not multi-task)</p>
<p>At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where I also teach, they have an interesting system: A, B, C or no record. A’s, again are rare, B’s more common, and so are C’s. NR’s - are they failures or withdrawals, I also see.</p>
<p>I guess the question is: what are we inflating from, what is the benchmark? In my 40 year academic experience, the average grade was never C. It was always somewhere in the B- to B+ average, basically 3.0, meaning a decent mastery of the material, but not a super star. </p>
<p>As far as employers are concerned, if you have a GPA of 3.3 or below, and have not worked a lot/had significant extracurriculars, they will question what you were up to. </p>
<p>Employers like smart, grounded, good writing and speaking students, who are self-directed and analytical. Folks who ‘joke’ their way through undergrad. will often have a deficit in one or more areas.</p>
<p>Re: grade inflation</p>
<p>[National</a> Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/]National”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/) has some information in various schools’ average grades (see links at the bottom). However, neither UNH nor WPI is listed.</p>
<p>Nrdsb4, thanks so much for that link–sooo much good stuff there. I remember that “Robin Hood” episode of Star Trek Next Gen, with Worf smashing the lute and muttering “Sorry”, and I just about died laughing at the tribute to Animal House.</p>
<p>I cannot believe that the food fight scene lasted only 3 seconds. I love the leadup to that, with Bluto shifting his eyes back and forth before slurping down a bowl of jello. Perhaps the original jello shot…</p>
<p>…and I cannot believe that given the direction that this thread has gone that no one has yet quoted Niedermeyer’s “A PLEDGE PIN!!!” line.</p>
<p>“Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests - we did. But you can’t hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn’t we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn’t this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn’t this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we’re not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!”</p>
<p>"Mr. Kroeger. 2 Cs, 2Ds, and an F. That’s a 1.2 grade average. Congratulations Kroeger, you’re at the top of your Delta pledge class. Mr. Dorfman.</p>
<p>Helloo!</p>
<p>0.2. Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son. </p>
<p>Mr. Hoover. President of Delta House. 1.6. 4 Cs and an F. A fine example you set!"</p>
<p>We periodically work these into conversations chez Pizzagirl:</p>
<p>“Do you mind if we dance with yo’ dates?” </p>
<p>“That boy is a P-I-G, pig”</p>
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<p>We said that so many times, we finally bought the DVD for the movie (actually when we bought it, I think it was VHS…).</p>
<p>And I WOULD have sent my kid to the college that Animal House was based on…</p>
<p>To all of you who don’t like funny names, what do you think of Slippery Rock University? My DD is a freshman there and loves it.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think when selecting a university I would like a name with gravitas. I don’t think Slippery Rock does it, though it is probably a wonderful school. (I wouldn’t actually use this as a criteria, though. Sweet Briar is a weak name, especially for a women’s school.</p>
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Back a gazillion yrs ago I told my parents I was going to go to Slippery rock state teachers college (as it was the called) or Ball State. There is a thread around here somewhere of schools with amusing names. Slippery Rock Ball State and Transylvania get mentioned frequently.</p>
<p>Honestly, I have a problem with the naked pillow fight scene in AH. I haven’t seen the movie since I was a kid, so maybe it’s not as offensive as I remember. As a feminist child, I was disturbed and offended. (other parts I liked)</p>
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<p>When I attended my big state flagship in the 80’s, they would announce Slippery Rock athletic scores at the football games. If Slippery Rock won, the 80,000 plus people in the stadium would all cheer like crazy. I never found out what link Slippery Rock had to my university, if it was some kind of joke, or what. I even wondered if there really WAS a school with that name!</p>
<p>Slippery Rock, Harvey Mudd, Ursinus – all colleges I have only heard about since being on CC. All unusual names that don’t sound like the name of a serious school. At least Slippery Rock evokes images of a peaceful stream in a forest.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t, however, keep a college off a to-visit list because of its name. I’ve been surprised at how many students on CC have said that they could never go to Rice because of the name!</p>
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<p>We really like “She was making me a pot.” Said tearfully. </p>
<p>And thank you, PG, for quoting the disciplinary hearing defense. Another of my favorites.</p>
<p>All of this makes me think that I wouldn’t want my kids going to a school which has never been graced by a toga party.</p>