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Obama Wins Presidency, Sweeps Youth Vote; College Kids Rejoice

Obama Wins Presidency, Sweeps Youth Vote; College Kids Rejoice
Students react to the Obama victory in D.C.

Yes, We Did.



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Cheat Cheat if You Can't Win: Marital Infidelity Rates on the Rise According to UofC Study

Cheat Cheat if You Can't Win: Marital Infidelity Rates on the Rise According to UofC Study

Adultery. Something most college students don't experience first hand. (Unless you're an early bloomer like our friend Nate Archibold) Cheating, on the other hand, is arguably quite prevalent in the ambiguous relationship landscape of College. Infidelity always leads to drama- so what's the news?

 

According to a new study conducted by the Unive...

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How to Date a Sorority Girl

How to Date a Sorority Girl

Do you have a secret desire for Greek Girls? Strutting around campus with their lettered totes and brushed hair. They take over tables in Hutch and invade (the better) frat parties like flocks of seagulls. Their presence, boggling, getting to know them without an "in," sometimes difficult. Now some may claim that UofC sorority girls are not quit...

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OTR's Guide to a Chi-Town Halloween

OTR's Guide to a Chi-Town Halloween

It's Halloween time, Northwestern! Midterms are over and no signs of snow yet. Is there a better reason to celebrate... especially when you can dress up like a stuffy presidential candidate and still get laid?! So get your Palin glasses and take some notes, cause we've come up with the ultimate guide to your weekend festivities.

 

Now you might ...

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University of Chicago Professors Whine, Julie Peterson Shrugs

University of Chicago Professors Whine, Julie Peterson Shrugs

University of Chicago spokesperson Julie Peterson says the school can’t back out of naming its new economics institute the Milton Friedman Institute, despite the fact that Friedman was a proponent of (no, not Nazism, not sadomasochism, not Fascism) the dreaded free market economic principles. The name has gotten some faculty panties in a twist, ...

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College Town Debate Parties by a Campus Near You

College Town Debate Parties by a Campus Near You

CollegeOTR has already laid down the rules of several presidential debate drinking games (and we’re still kicking ourselves over failing to foresee the frequency with which John McCain would say “my friends” in the second debate.) Sometimes the debates get farcical, but it’s not so bad when you realize that you’re not the only one seeing the pol...

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Rating Onscreen Professors: The Good, The Bad and The Stoned

Rating Onscreen Professors: The Good, The Bad and The Stoned

Ratemyprofessors.com gives students an inside look at that guy lecturing in front of them, but what about the inspiring and not-so-inspiring teachers of Hollywood.

 

Check out the best, the worst and the most stoned of the professors on the big and small screen:

 

Most Ever Present


George Feeny, Boy Meets World

 

What can’t this guy do? In th...

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Nobel Prize in Physics Shared by U of Chicago Researcher for "Symmetry Breaking"

Nobel Prize in Physics Shared by U of Chicago Researcher for "Symmetry Breaking"

The winners of the 20008 Nobel Prize in Physics were announced today, and the honor didn’t just go to one man (or woman). Instead the prize was shared by three different researches, all collaborating on something called “symmetry breaking.” The big winners were Yoichiro Nambu at Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Makoto Kobayashi at ...

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Before Politics, Barack Was Professor Obama

Before Politics, Barack Was Professor Obama

The country knows Barack Obama: the presidential candidate.
 

But what about Barack Obama: the professor?
 

Before he was a political rockstar, Obama taught law at the University of Chicago, but he was no ordinary professor.

 

The New York Times paints a picture of Professor Obama:

The young law professor stood apart in too many ways to count. ...

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Obama Disses McCain Houses, McCain Disses Obama Head Shape

Obama Disses McCain Houses, McCain Disses Obama Head Shape

I know McCain is old, but has he already forgotten how to count?
 

In an interview yesterday, the presidential hopeful was asked how many houses he owned and McCain told the reporter he’d have to get back him on that one.
 

Poor, poor Johnny (though obviously that's not poor as in financially). Obama pounced on the slip-up today, noting that McC...

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