A Phi keeps helping girls get dirty
The only time of the year when it’s acceptable to be traipsing around in mud, Saturday was Alpha Phi’s annual Mud Olympics, complete with aptly named “Shoot the Sheriff,” “Tumbleweed Toss,” and more dirty games. The sorority’s desecration of the Norris East Lawn was for more than just good fun—each group’s $20 benefited Women’s Heart Health through the Alpha Phi Foundation. Although the dark clouds rolling in were not ideal, even frat boys heard groaning before the festivities about being dragged there by an A Phi ended up enjoying the event, as long is it meant throwing girls into the muddy pits of newfound friendships. Besides, there’s nothing like a lip-biting, teeth-gritting victory at tug-of-war that makes you feel like a man again. And who’s not interested in locking eyes across a tarp when your left hand is on blue and your right foot is on red in an innocent game of Twister?
Why Chet should stop spamming class listservs
Hello Chester M. Hanks aka Chet Hanks aka Chet Haze,
Ok so you thought we wouldn’t catch on to this little scheme, and we almost didn’t, but then we did. Find out more, after the jump. more 
Slivka makes a lipdub video in an attempt to recruit incoming freshmen
Last week Slivkans created a lipdub to the song, Are You Gonna Be My Girl, in an effort to entice the class of 2016 to go Slivka. Hold up – engineers can sing and dance? In an effort to shed their studious reputation, Slivkans took a study break from EA3 and donned their most embarassing costumes (yes, you Pikachu) and paraded around the halls, proving to prospies that they are so much more than a bunch of McCormick hermits. The lipdub showcases Slivka’s wild side, but also stays true to its intellectual soul at 1:09, incorporating the famous Thinker pose. We wonder why other dorms haven’t followed Slivka’s bright idea? Maybe someday a Bobb lipdub to the song ‘Shots’ will go viral … oh wait, everyone would be passed out.
[Slivka]
Boomshaka spends $600 on drumsticks, over 4,000 hours on their spring show
Everyone’s favorite drum-beating, trashcan-slapping, booty-shaking rhythm, drum and dance crew may be finished for the year after their show Breaking the Chain this past weekend, but you can find out more about the loudest group on campus (up to 115 decibels!) with Intel’s Boomshaka infographic. Half of the current 20 members have previous drum and dance experience, they get their drumsticks sponsored from ProMark and a typical Boomshaka piece has around 7,920 drum hits. See more interesting facts after the jump. more
Vodka Slurpees in a dorm room, Andre on a roof: Intel’s guide to outdoor and day-drinking
With the weather finally warming up, more hours of sunlight and the school year winding down, sitting around outside with your friends and drink of choice is looking a whole lot better than going to class. Finding that perfect combination of drink and location is tough, but essential to the outdoor experience. Luckily for you, we made a guide of our favorite selections so you can enjoy yourself wherever you are on campus. more
Evanston Police Department wins ‘Best Dressed’
Evanston Police Department won the North-American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors “Best Dressed Public Safety Competition.” Pushing aside the hilarious fact that a North-American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors exists (like do they confer with the South-American Association? Also why is it hyphenated…) let’s take a moment to congratulate our friends at the Evanston Police Department for this incredible honor. I don’t know about you, but when I toured campus I had to interrupt the blue-light system explanation to ask about how highly ranked the police department’s vests were. It’s a proud day to be a Wildcat.
Freshman wants DaVinci’s mind, would probably die on Game of Thrones
This week’s person you ought to know– A half-Brazilian, half-Filipino freshman from Florida who considers himself an island boy at heart. more
Study suggests Chinese students failing eyesight is due to studying
Chinese students are studying way more than you– so much so that they’re going blind. A new study says the reason that China has more than double the glasses-wearer rate than the US and Europe is linked to study habits. Previously researchers believed there was something genetic that was causing the 85% glasses population among students, but comparing this rate to farmers in the Chinese countryside proved otherwise. So even if Chinese students are reading a whole lot more than you they won’t be better of for it in the end. Sounds like a good enough reason to put off that reading you should be doing for a few more weeks, right?
Chet Haze tweets something offensive (yet again)
Well, Chet Haze is at it again. Twitter certainly is a haven for misguided thoughts, and Northwestern’s favorite hip hop artist/rapper/theatre major who dabbles in religion has definitely written quite a tweet. In probably the most serious sentence to start with “ayo”, Chet states that while he doesn’t “condone bullying, anyone who offs themselves cuz they got picked on is weak.” Someone needs to let young Chester know that there is a difference between the “haters” he deals with everyday and the degradation that comes from bullying. The tweet was deleted before Chet’s inbox could become too full with angry messages, after all, it would be hard for him to dismiss these haters.
[Gawker]
Harvard prof smuggles pot in underwear
Mey Akashah, a Harvard environmental health instructor, plead guilty after her arrest last week after drug-sniffing dogs alerted airport police that she had an illegal substance with her. Apparently, the professor had six grams of pot stashed in her underwear, which she claimed was prescribed after a recent operation. We don’t quite understand why she had to hide it if it was prescribed, but this story definitely shows another side of professors—one that we can definitely get on board with. Something tells us a little weed is just what some students need to really understand that econ problem set.
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