So Newsweek voted us "Hottest for Liberal Arts."

While it sounds like the kind of ambiguous rating you get in a high school yearbook, right up there with "best dressed" and "most likely to succeed," one would think that a reputable news source like Newsweek certainly has deeper meanings (or at least a pretty good reason). Right?

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The article offers little insight into their decision. A short paragraph notes the experiences of just two students. As we can all imagine, the whole student body is naturally represented by Max Staller, who likes biology AND theatre and dance! If he doesn't do it for you, maybe Sarah Dajani, who loves the sketchy fliers we tack onto lampposts, does.

What does this have to do with liberal arts? Exactly.

The article also mentions that Princeton is one of few universities to offer grants, not loans, to students. You know, because that totally classifies us as a liberally artistic mecca.

Uh, what?

But maybe there's a silver lining to this cloudy (er...foggy? unclear? hopelessly mutilated?) article. If you REALLY read between the lines, Newsweek might be trying to give a nod to 185 Nassau, the artistic epicenter of the arts courses on campus.

Or maybe they just didn't have any better high school category to give us than "well rounded". At least we weren't labeled an outcast ("Hottest Liberal Arts School You've Never Heard Of,") or a playa ("Hottest on the Rebound,"). And we're definitely more accepting than head cheerleader ("Hottest for Rejecting You.")

Now, will you sign my facebook?