“I posit that cheerleaders are not in fact people at all; they are vampires.” — David Tuber

“Fifty years ago, if you weren’t an atheist and you were a physicist, people thought something was wrong with you. Now we scientists in the current era are a little more humble about what we know and what we don’t know.” — Brian Odom

Dean of Students Burgie Howard “countered that Northwestern does not have a full amnesty policy because students who drink underage should be subject to the law just like anyone else.” – Natalie Marks

“The biggest problem with the current state of the freshman freeze rule is that it entirely undermines any level of personal responsibility in the freshman class. We’re told that college is supposed to be a time of adulthood and deciding things on your own, but as soon as we get here, we’re told where we [...]

“Drug policy is at the root of some of the most pressing problems of our time: poverty, inequality, gun crime and failing schools. If you want to make the world a better place, there’s no better way to start than to take up the fight against insane prohibition.” -Joel Handley, NU NORML-SSDP vice president

“People are too hung up, I think, on qualifications… You just have to look at the world intelligently and fairly and work hard and be creative about it.”
–Nate Silver, Statistician

“It’s easy to criticize a site like JuicyCampus when you’re the victim, but the truth is that many Northwestern students read and post things far worse than my genital warts scare on JuicyCampus every day.”
-Kevin Sullivan

Northwestern may be occasionally inattentive and sometimes misguided, but there is no evidence to suggest that race has motivated any of its shortcomings.
– Lara Kattan

“This blogger apologizes to the Shepard residents who painted Sunday’s Rock for the lack of post. Apparently they think Willard smells.”
- Rock On, Oct. 20

In 50 years, if this plan is adopted, this campus will change to something we may not recognize. When we can’t show our kids the Bobb bathroom we spent freshman year puking in or the spot on the Lakefill we took that special someone to, we’ll wish that we had given a damn.
– Amanda [...]

“We thought he was a good role model for LGBT and allied people because he shows you can live openly and be true to yourself as a LGBT person, be true to your interests and passions, and be very successful.”
Jessica Kaiser, co-president of the Rainbow Alliance, on Anthony Rapp of Rent, who will speak on [...]

“I also want him to be able to do a keg stand for at least a minute.”

- Weinberg sophomore Andrew Marshall, on what he wants from the next NU president

“I also want him to be able to do a keg stand for at least a minute.”
- Weinberg sophomore Andrew Marshall, on what he wants from the next NU president

“I don’t want to blame the work-study students, but ultimately U.S. mail is not something to be tampered with.”
- Kristina Wojt, RCB President