•There should be a vote to determine whether the majority of AU (including students, faculty, staff, associates, ect) supports the Wonk ad campaign. If, as I suspect, there is not a majority, Wonk should die. What's wrong with Eagles? Isn't our mascot an eagle? Since we're AMERICAN University, it would make sense to associate ourselves with AMERICA'S national bird and not some derogatory sounding phrase... Just saying.
•Who actually watches the NBA channel? Who actually watches the NBA, period? AU, why don't we have Versus--ahem, NBC Sports Network? I don't want to have to illegally stream hockey games anymore. Further, why don't we have NHL Network? It would probably get way higher viewership than the NBA channel, which currently only has slightly higher viewership than ATV. GET IT DONE AU
•to the student considering transferring out of AU Law to be closer to their bf. I've been there, so my advice: Do what's best for your future. He may not always be a part of your future, but a law degree from a high ranked law school will be. Focus on you.
•@Disney Channel Ranter: I know exactly what you mean. I babysit my little cousins who watch Disney all the time. I've noticed that they replay the same teen-wannabe-pop-star shows all day, every day. It's ridiculous!
•I just almost threw up my lunch reading the rant someone wrote to Grandma asking her to die so they can get some trust fund money. Sorry, but prefacing your sentence with "not to be selfish" doesn't protect you from being a really horrible (and still selfish) human being.
•Recruitment would be better if the singing in the streets part turned into a dance-off between the new pledge classes.
•@my brain is working at half the speed, THIS. I've been feeling the exact same way ever since coming here )': Feeling stupid day after day in class when I'm unable to speak up or keep up with these fast-talking people has nottttt been great for my self-esteem. And I was one of the best students in my high school.
•How do they know who is a commuter or not in the new commuter lounges? I'm not against other students using it but it seems counter productive to have a commuter lounge that is full of on campus residents. P.S. Would we be allowed to nap in said lounge? I miss naps between classes.
•I agree with all the picnic table ranters! There is plenty of space on campus and I would enjoy eating/working outside on nice days.
•TEAM PICNIC TABLES.
•Loving all the love for the great BBC series Sherlock going around campus!! It totally deserves it!!
•@ Trust Fund Grandma: Holy Hell talk about culture of entitlement!
•Why is the Health Center always on fire? This is the second time now that I have seen billowing smoke coming from it. Can someone please clear this up for me?
•@Trust fund gramdma-killer: as a non- trustfund person, I would like to say "I hate you." My grandma is a very mean person, and I certainly don't wish death upon her. I am hoping that rant was a joke. If it wasn't, you are a very cruel and selfish person.
•I have been waiting and praying for someone who loves watching the show Archer as much as I do. Anyone out there?
•There's a fire!!!!! What do I do?
•All of you complaining about giving Bill Clinton "Wonk of the Year," remember that it was he who made wonk a mainstream term.
•Occupy WONK Street. This Friday. We are the 99% who think it's time for the 1% (the administration) to stop making all 100% of us look like pompous jerks with this stupid brand campaign.
•You know that college is back in the swing of things when one guy greets another guy by saying, "Hey! I thought you were in the hospital?!"
•To the person who wants to exile his colleague to Siberia, your rant is a work of art that raises the recently terrible quality of eagle rants to a beautiful level of hatred. I applaud you.
•@"Are there any other gay girls on this campus?" Would you settle for a really curious girl? I've been thinking about this for a while but I just don't know how to put myself out there.
•I like it when you take everything I give to you away from me. You completely engulf everything I have to offer and it leaves me with nothing but a quivering sigh of relief.
•You're back and I think you're interested in me again. Sorry, I really just want to be friends now...
•Of course, Bill Clinton would come to American University the week sororities give bids. I love cigar wonks.
•Will you go to Founder's Day with me?
•Your arms hurt from opening the doors on campus? I'd recommend the health center...
•Seeing Jeff Mangum on Friday > Seeing Bill Clinton
•I don't know who Nick Rangos is, but I hope he knows that his fans are creepy and annoying.
•I just realized that eagle rants haven't run away. They are just in a different location. Eagle workers, can you please fix the messed up formatting on the website? [Editor’s note: We’re not really sure what’s going on. On some computers, the layout is great; on others, it’s messed up.]
•Kid with the accordion sitting outside Katzen. Props, you made me smile. More people need to do this kind of thing.
•I'm counting the number of one-word texts that I can send someone and still have them respond. We're up to three right now, about to send the fourth. Take a friggin' hint people.
•@"Where are all the other people at who didn't get into the sorority they wanted? Can't someone complain so I'm not the only one?" - if you don't like what you got, then stop complaining and drop it.
•I WANT A BOY TO MAKE LOVE WITH DAILY. Y CAN I NOT FIND ONE!? #sexuallyfrustrated #ineedameeting #augirlproblems
•I have no clue what I want to do with my life anymore.
•Why are the Subway workers so rude?
•You literally make me so angry. I'll be vague because Eagle Rants are your crack but please make up your damn mind whether you want to see me or not, moron.
•My roommate's addicted to Lysol...
•Sometimes I like to just sit in my bed all day doing nothing of consequence. Don't judge me:|
•I didn't think I would be dying to see you as much as I am. I miss you. Love from abroad.
•The only reason I thought an anonymous column would be a good idea would be to allow for more honesty. If nobody knows who I am, and nobody knows who they are what does anybody have to be afraid of by asking a simple question? I am seriously considering marching into the eagle rants office and asking to just write it already to cut all the crap. . . [Editor’s note: Do it!]
•don't even go to AU yet and these make my day (two months...eagle ranting will be the first thing i do after i get my decision letter)
•There should be a way to filter rants by category. Or maybe I'm asking too much.
•@"A sex column would be completely inappropriate" YOUR post was even more rude so I figure I'd give you a taste of YOUR own BS. Saying that a college newspaper is no place for a sex advice column displays naivety that astounds me. YOU may not have noticed, but sex and relationships play a big part in many social aspects of the university experience. How do you know how educated someone is about sex? So what if they are 19? And what are you implying with the "except when it comes to stuffing your mouth i guess" statement?
•I'm so passionate about my LDR. I wish I could just put my name out there so people could have me to confide in. Even if it was via e-mail or something. I know how lonely and confusing it can get. :(
•just had a cupcake, see you at the gym later! #sororityrecruitmentproblems
•The music you play constantly is unbelievably annoying. Why must you have constant sound- even while you're sleeping and I'm awake?
•@"[Editor’s note: Cosmo, Seventen, GQ and a variety of other magazines offer great sex columns. Why not turn to them to get your sex questions answered?]" Seriously? Um Reason 1) because I don't mass produced advice that is geared toward an audience of average IQ and questionable morals (see studies that show cosmo readers report astronomically higher rates of cheating than the population at large).
•Reason 2) All of those magazines pop magazines have millions of readers and the likelihood of them answering the questions of a given reader is slim. At AU, the population is smaller and the likelihood higher (or certain) that all questions submitted will be answered).
•Reason 3) Because I want advice from fellow intelligent, compassionate, open-minded AU students, not from “single girl from New York” as cosmo tends to citation.
•@"let's be honest, your probably 19 years old. Claiming that you or other students like you are capable of providing helpful sexual advice is probably not true" Actually AU has thousands of graduate students in their late 20s and 30s, many of whom have lots of great sexual advice. I'm sure there would be plenty of volunteers if the eagle would change their outdated and outrageous policy.
•All I want for my birthday is for the annoying girls next door to stop obnoxiously giggling and singing horribly to loud music. Just for one night. Please.
•@"this is a university, not an issue of cosmopolitan magazine" Actually many if not most universities have sex columns. I think it is irresponsible not to, as most college students are starting to explore their sexual selves and need guidance. And AU had an anonymous sex advice column years ago, but the person graduated.
•@"How do you know that Pumped up Kicks is about Columbine? I can see it in some of the lyrics, but in the beginning it says "Robert's got a quick hand" and the two guys were named Eric and Dylan" TOUCHE!
•I really enjoy hugging you, but just kiss me already. Please.
•But seriously. Now that sidereel is down, how am I supposed to watch Big Bang Theory? It's not on hulu. HELP!
•@person disappointed at lack of current Disney cartoons tv series options: I totally agree. I loved Timon and Pumba the series, Little Mermaid the series, 101 Dalmations the Series, and Hercules the series. But now Disney Channel seems to be giving kids the message that the only acceptable option in life is to be a superstar. So sad.
•I hate how my psyc professor who has a PhD from Stanford and who studied under the greatest minds in modern psychology dumbs down his lectures in order to try and relate to us with dumb sports cliches. Stop undermining my intelligence!
•Oh my god. I just realized I'm the one that was using the other person. 0.0
•The worst thing about college: Not being able to take my good sweet time/enjoy a book while taking a crap!
•I hope the Chinese New Year celebration ends soon. My body can only handle so much drinking.
•What is the source of the random banging sound I can hear at all hours of the day and night on Anderson 6?!
•Is anyone interested in starting a chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at AU?
•To the rant about the cleaning lady not loading the dishwasher: What kind of college student can afford a cleaning lady?
•Dear Hughes, If you were that upset about the goldfish... why didn't YOU take care of them instead of just watching them die?
•@Looking for gay girls: would you take a bisexual girl?
•Biddie of the Year Award will be given this Friday to the next Monica Lewinsky. May the best Biddie win.
•@LDR student “drowning in sorrow”: One thing I do to ease LDR loneliness is listen to songs that relate to LDR relationships and missing one another. I recommend Missing You (Jem), Far Away (Nickelback), Here Without You (3 Doors Down), Counting Down the Days (Natalie Imbruglia), Distant Lover (Marvin Gaye), and I Need a Doctor (Eminem). What do other long distancers listen to in order to ease the pain?
•How do Harvard and Yale rank higher than AU for undergraduate international relations programs? They don't even have international relations/affairs as a major. Just political science. Total BS.
•Editor: Can you tell us what time each day to expect the rants? I need some consistency in my life. And I don't like being disappointed when I check the website 100 times only to not find them there. [Editor’s note: Nope! Rants are posted each day whenever this editor has a few free minutes. There’s no rhyme or reason.]
•@"I'm really sick of waiting for my trust fund." I cannot believe you wrote that! You do realize you basically just said you wanted your grandmother to DIE right? All of my grandparents died when I was young and I would give anything to have even a chance to talk to or even just spend time with one of them. I'm slightly ashamed of going to a school with someone like you.
•Nick Rangos is going Greek? Hopefully he dresses like the Greek gods so I can sneak a peak at his abs :)
•so, I really didn't meant to tell you that much about my life. um. yeah, let's pretend that just didn't happen.
•everyone seems to be complaining about how, since the rants are now every day, they are not as quality. shut up and enjoy the rants, whiners.
•If you're going back to posting rants only weekly, I will cry. [Editor’s note: Rants are still every day and will be every day for the foreseeable future.]
•How is it with a student body of about 10,000 I can't walk around campus without seeing someone I recognize? I'm a introvert-- that just feels wrong.
•I hate having to smooth out the short sleeves underneath a sweater.
•I don't know what I want. Stay in a LDR with a guy who's not in college or end it and see what develops with someone here...HELP ME.
•I miss when eagle rants were posted earlier in the day. It was a break in my day...please start this again? (:
•Is there a photography club on campus?
•@@AEPI PI is not a Greek letter. ? is.
•@hook up with co worker? No. I mean, there's the possibility of awkwardness, but if you like the person, it's worth the risk, right? Also, it might be somewhat inevitable in life to avoid hooking up with anyone you come into contact with often, so perhaps this'll be a good learning experience. Besides, it's college - have fun! I think I have an attachment disorder due to not having love as a child. :( This causes me to have an unhealthy attraction to teddy bears. And kitty cats.
•Dear neighbor guy, I can hear you masturbating. I can hear everything you say to yourself. Guys are so gross with the things they say. I wonder if there are any romantic masturbaters?
•The eleven days I've been back at school already have been the longest of my life. Get me out.
•People complaining about how hard classes are: I wish I were you. My classes are so easy that I end up doing worse
•Dear... Awesome person, I see you once in a blue moon but every time we see each other you always say hi. Generally, if we possibly can, we have conversations. I love those conversations, they make my day. We saw each other tonight and I'm now super giddy and a have a huge grin on my face... we need to hang out more. You're like an automatic dopamine shot... So please text me back ;__;. -A person from your orientation group.
•AU is spending $90,000 on the Founder's Day Ball... there goes mine and my roommate's tuition.
•If you have a problem with me say it to my face. Don't whisper it behind my back
•@gay girls. You must be kidding. There's ones at the gym all da time. And just smile. if the flirtily smile back- all's good :)
•@People who are stating that internships are less important than they're made out to be: Take it from someone who spent a year doing restaurant work after receiving a B.S. in a hard science- The job market is even more competitive than you think. Undergrad degrees are the new equivalent of high-school degrees. Internships are the only way out of the catch-22 of needing experience for entry level jobs.
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