Money and Liberal Arts

Most kids love to rag on Northwestern. It's a bonding activity here - we all take out our teenaged angst by saying that our school sucks at everything. We're not as smart as Harvard. We're not as fun or as athletic as Ohio State. Apparently the only thing we have going for us is that we're not BYU.

Well, Mr. "$40,000 a year is not {insert pithy comment here}", you're a fucking wanker. Shut up. Of course NU isn't worth the price you pay, 'cause you can't be drawn from the latest episode of 'The Fabulous Life Of...' on VH1 to do anything worthwhile. This person grudgingly goes to class. Perhaps they even participate in discussion, whether or not they have any clue what they are talking about (and it's shocking to find someone who does). That last comment was directed at practically everyone in the History of the Holocaust; where people can feign taking shit seriously, but can't quite figure out that no, Communist parties are not allowed in reactionary right-wing states.

But I digress. The point is that you can say that we pay 'x' amount of dollars for each credit we take here and evaluate our classes based on whether or not they lived up to this monetary standard. That's not college, though. We bring tons of great speakers to campus every year. Getting involved with on-campus groups can give you access to resources that seem absurdly far out of reach otherwise. Tomorow, I'm going to have a steak dinner with one of America's leading intellectuals, David Horowitz. What did I do to deserve this privilege? Sent an e-mail to the president of a club offering to help out with flyering. I never had to actually flyer, but I'm going to get a chance to dine with one of the world's elite. Opportunity is all over the place around here. So is NU worth it? Yes. If you do something other than go to class.


PS Everyone should go to David Horowitz today, THURSDAY May 5th @ 7:30 in Fisk 217. He's the guy who wrote that ASG bill that the Liberals were whining about.