Having spent years at the University of Chicago, I can confirm this University of Rochester student’s observation. Chicago’s lack of serious sports teams means a lack of school spirit, which means, well, dudsville.
Pretty much the only thing Ada Yonath, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Gary Becker, Saul Bellow, and eighty or so other Chicago faculty and alumni have been able to rouse themselves to do over the last few decades is win Nobel prizes.
December 7th, 2012 at 11:03AM
Well, to be fair, we also rouse ourselves to win national and international fellowships, publish interesting and important books, teach our subjects in universities across the world….
Then there’s the Scavenger Hunt.
December 7th, 2012 at 12:07PM
Brian: And the Latke-Hamantash Debate.
December 8th, 2012 at 10:39AM
And the late, lamented Lascivious Costume Ball.
December 8th, 2012 at 10:48AM
tony: I was going to mention that. I feel privileged to have been able to attend.