<p>How many Univ of Chicagoers does it take to change a lightbulb?
ten.
one to run out to obtain a more distinctive and quirky lightbulb.
one to do an offbeat economic analysis of whether the cost of increased lumens equals the inreased brilliance of the illuminated students.
one to research the history of pressed siica and sand in ancient Persia and its development into contemporary glass.
one to make a speech at the american enterprise institute on how the need for electric illumination has diminished intellectual rigor in the academy.
one to score a million dollar DOD grant to study the speed and track of particles in the light bulb to discern their potential for innovative government “devices”.
one to write the next great american novel about a former grad student and a retired hyde park professor musing on the nature of lightness and the meaning of life while arguing on EL platforms
two to start an annual debate on the preference for GE softlites or Phillips Lifelight.
one Collegiate Scholar from the neighborhood who stuck the bulb in and got the job done.
and one other stressed freshman who didn’t notice what was going on…</p>