A week of Keg-pocalypse and Super Bowl preparations
We got our first big scandal of the year this week, with the closing of the Keg. We know you’re sad, but at least you can still relive the glory days. Intel also compiled some of the best reactions on social media to “Keg-pocalypse” and imagined what Northwestern’s social scene will be like without our beloved TKOE. There’s not time to get too depressed because the Super Bowl is this weekend. Wake yourself up Sunday morning and start the day off right with an Irish coffee, then follow our list of great places in Chicago to eat before the big game. Or just stay in Evanston and head to Pret a Manger, where you’ll probably end up seeing at least 20 people you know. more 
Showcase your athletic prowess with Intel’s Super Bowl drinking game
Many of you tuning in to the Super Bowl this Sunday will watch for the ads, the booze, the post-game premiere of The Voice—oh yeah and that good ole’ American pastime we call football. For the rest of you watching the Super Bowl, we feel it’s our duty to provide you with a diversion. And what better diversion than a drinking game? more
Mayor Tisdahl tries to be trendy, plans Twitter Town Hall
Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced that Evanston will hold it’s first “Twitter Town Hall” meeting this month. Ok Tisdahl, we appreciate you’re trying to stay current, but let’s cool it with Twitter, before you get yourself in a tizzy. As if the 111 alcohol-related citations issued since 2005 weren’t enough proof the Keg deserved a time-out, Tisdahl also chose to cite the Keg’s fake twitter account in the revocation order. Tizzy, before you start embracing Twitter, understand that there are such things as fake accounts (unless @ETisdahl is really you?!). Residents of Evanston can submit questions beginning Feb. 8 at twitter.com/CityofEvanston. To participate in the discussion, residents will be asked to use the hashtag #askTisdahl. Here’s to hoping that whoever is behind the hilarious @ETisdahl account decides to #askTisdahl a question.
Morty plans to create more on-campus housing
In what could be a response to the never-ending brothelgate controversy, Morty affirmed that the University is moving forward on plans to create more on-campus housing for upperclassmen. In an interview with The Daily, he discussed renovating the old frat houses into apartment style dorms with (allegedly) all the freedom of living off campus. While the article says students have been asking for more on-campus housing as upperclassmen, we think its just an attempt to calm Evanston residents’ frustration with the rowdy antics of those off-campus dwellers. Yes, we want cheaper housing options. No, we don’t want to live a mile away from campus. But the real problem with campus housing is that we just don’t want a written log of all of our drunken hookups in the hands of a CSO.
Music majors less likely to get old age diseases
Good news Bienen students: even if you don’t make money once you graduate, you’ll live longer without dementia, hearing loss, and other problems typically associated with old age. Essentially, a history of studying music correlates with quicker neural timing in elderly people. A study done at Northwestern followed 87 people from the age of 9 onward, and classified “musical training” as 3 or more years of training. While the results are exciting, they don’t necessarily apply to all forms of automatic brain responses to sound. But still, at least there’s some positive result from all those piano lessons, aside from that incredible skill demonstrated when you show off your skills with that inspired rendition of “Yankee Doodle.”
Protect yourself (and your precious iPhone) with a few tips
All of these security alerts Northwestern students have received recently are enough to make anyone nervous. Sure, nothing can be done about those people “self-gratifying” in SPAC, but what about all the thefts? Take matters into your own hands and check out our oh-so-helpful tips on how to not get robbed after the jump. more
Invite-only dating site gives nerds a chance
If you, like many NU students, are finding it hard to find a relationship on campus, never fear. There is always online dating! And for all you nerds out there, a new invite-only online dating site only allows college graduates to join. Men who join the site must have graduated from one of U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 universities, top 15 liberal arts schools or top international schools. Sparkology founder, Alex Furmansky, was inspired to start the site when he noticed that all the obnoxious, not-so-smart guys would get the most attention from girls in the bars. The new site allows the smart and reserved men who are genuinely looking for relationships to come out on top. Since Northwestern makes the cut, all you hopeless romantic engineers out there are in luck.
[Mashable]
Willard Apartments aren’t just for students anymore
We all know Evanston is infamous for being unaccommodating to Northwestern students looking to rent apartments. Apparently the city is not just unaccommodating to us. They are unaccommodating to families too! Due to a recent lawsuit, Bernsen Management, a firm that owns the Willard Apartments at 1901-1907 Sherman Ave., is being forced to drop its “student-only” requirement. The Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs claims that Bernsen Management discriminates against families looking to rent its apartments, stating that families will be unhappy if they do indeed choose to live there. It looks like these families are going to get their wish. But really, what family with young kids wants to live next to drunken college students anyway?
Senior dreams of Beyoncé at Dillo Day, wants to start wearing ski goggles around campus
This week’s person you ought to know—a senior who hopes the Mayans were right about 2012 and would save the Keg if given the power to be Morty for a day. more
Student finds cocaine nestled in Amazon textbook
We’ve all done it before, picking through the shelves at Beck’s for the book with the least amount of highlighting and inspiring notes like “LOL” scribbled in the margins. But one college junior opened a book she ordered from Amazon and behold, found a bag of cocaine gently nestled in the pages. She dutifully took the bag to police, who estimated the contents to be valued up to $400. This is probably the only instance where a $70 course packet from Quartet Copies would be justified.
[HuffPo]
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