Not classy: Freshmen who, nearly a month into the semester, still have not grasped the subtle difference between "Reply" and "Reply All" when responding to course-wide emails. As long as we're getting rid of Early Decision, why not add a simple email proficiency test to the admission process? Hit reply all, and we pass your application on to Brown.
Classy: Curvilinear forms. In recent weeks, it has become apparent that Frank Gehry drew inspiration for the new science library from Outback Steakhouse's Bloomin' Onion. No doubt this anticipates a trend in 21st-century architecture away from the influence of organic forms, toward the influence of appetizers from midrange casual dining chains.
Not classy: The weather for the next 36 hours will be more appropriate for a funereal dirge than a hip-hop symposium, as a mid-level low is forecast to cut off from the jet stream flow over the Mid-Atlantic this weekend, bringing abundant rain to New Jersey. For today, cold air advection, steady rain and cloudcover will result in highs trapped around 60; tomorrow, the situation will start off dour but improve by afternoon with partial clearing and an end to the rain. Also not classy was the Student Activities Board's denial of funding for the Princeton Indie-Pop Symposium, scheduled to feature former Beulah frontman Miles Kurosky.
Classy: Fortunately, Sunday's weather will prove more palatable for outdoor activities, as highs rebound to around 70. There will also be a fair amount of sunshine, which is good news if your superpowers derive from exposure to Earth's yellow sun.
Not classy: Willie Nelson, for casting his fan community into turmoil with the shocking revelation that he is an occasional user of certain Schedule-I controlled substances. While in retrospect there were certain warning signs (such as the ganja leaf featured on the cover of 2005's "Countryman"), still, for shame, Willie. To think I was going to name my firstborn son after you. Now I have to hope I have a daughter first, who will receive the very classy name of Winnie Topanga.
Classy: Mississippi. It may rank 50th in education spending, but is first in both the quantity and quality of America's Funniest Home Videos provided. Also is at the forefront of incorporating elements of Dale Earnhardt's life into traditional Christianity, such as representing the Holy Trinity with a block-letter left-biased 3. (Note: "In 100 years, Earnhardtism will be the main religion of the South." –Ryan Truchelut)
Not classy: Early fall 2006, for killer spinach, perv Congressmen, stingray apologists and anti-Plutonian discrimination. On the plus side, MADtv has been cancelled. Scratch that... October, you're one classy broad!
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Effort to restore chapel’s pews slowly progresses
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