• Profile logout login

#shutupcollege

Gawker

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #stalker,
  • #opencaption,
  • #internalmemos,
  • etc.

New York, 6:55 AM
Thu Dec 10
57 posts in the last 24 hours

Team

Tip Your Editors:

Tipline: 646-214-8138

Editor-in-Chief:
Gabriel Snyder |

West Coast Editor:
Richard Rushfield |

Contributing Editors:

Valleywag:
Ryan Tate |

Media:
Hamilton Nolan |

Politics:
Alex Pareene |

Investigations:
John Cook |

Entertainment:
Brian Moylan |

Nights:
Adrian Chen |
Azaria Jagger |
Ravi Somaiya |

Weekends:
Foster Kamer |

Video Editor:
Richard Blakeley |

SUBSCRIBE TO Gawker RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
4260 Subscribers
Gawker
  • posts about #shutupcollege more →

    Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email

    Court: Columbia Lies, Is Dumb

    Community College Admission Now Aspirational

    You Have a Future in Garbage

    New Teen Craze: 'Responsible Decisionmaking'

    Harvard Students Now Living How They Imagine Poor People Must Live

    College Kids Miss The Point, As Usual

    Are America's College Kids Healthy Enough to Make Several Trips to the Buffet Line?

    The Ten Types of Harvard Wannabes
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    [redacted] is secretly fapping to this letter, since he doesn't show much emotion anyways.
     Reply
    Beau Nerd was starred Beau Nerd was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    Wow, we need a Spam clean up in aisle 20. And thereafter.
     Reply
    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of BearDownCBears BearDownCBears
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    P.S. Can I get a letter of rec?
     Reply
    BearDownCBears was starred BearDownCBears was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    If that's what passes for writing at Harvard, I'm relieved the school rejected me. The anger certainly eclipses any coherent message. And wtf is the "136?"
     Reply
    BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred
    Image of Helio Helio
    12/08/09

    @BadUncle: presumably their Class/Paper year. They are probably the 136th editorial board.
     Reply
    Helio was starred Helio was unstarred
    Image of scienceschmience scienceschmience
    12/08/09

    @BadUncle: It's the 136th guard. When each new batch of editors is elected, they are called a guard. The reference here is to the business editors of the 136th guard who became editors in 2006.
     Reply
    Kaila Hale-Stern approved this comment scienceschmience was starred scienceschmience was unstarred
    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    While I am always happy
    Acrostic poems to see
    Nothing here’s poetical
    Keep trying, sayeth me
    Egregious in grammar
    Replete with malaprops, this attempt of yours at poetry’s so bad that you should
    Stop
     Reply
    RollsRoyceRevenge was starred RollsRoyceRevenge was unstarred
    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    Hey Harvard guy -

    If you're making an acrostic, the first letter shouldn't actually contain the message you're trying to spell out.

    Y eah
    A nd I
    L augh
    E very day.
     Reply
    AndPreciousLittleofThat was starred AndPreciousLittleofThat was unstarred
    Image of Helio Helio
    12/08/09

    @AndPreciousLittleofThat: That's bad enough, but the use of "anyways" has always ticked me off. Amateurs.
     Reply
    Helio was starred Helio was unstarred
    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    I said hot damn. This redefines "scorched earth" letter, as far as I'm concerned. What entertaining vitriol!
     Reply
    SybilDisobedience was starred SybilDisobedience was unstarred
    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    because no one wants to work for an organization that lacks any humanistic qualities or fun.

    I don't think "humanistic" means what you think it means.
     Reply
    Botswana Meat Commission FC was starred Botswana Meat Commission FC was unstarred
    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    The Aristocrats!
     Reply
    DennyCrane was starred DennyCrane was unstarred
    Image of Sir Winston Thriller Sir Winston Thriller
    12/08/09

    @DennyCrane: Brilliant!
     Reply
    Sir Winston Thriller was starred Sir Winston Thriller was unstarred
    Image of lobstr lobstr
    12/08/09

    @DennyCrane: The a-crosticrats!
     Reply
    lobstr was starred lobstr was unstarred
    Image of Clare Clare
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
     
     Reply
    Clare was starred Clare was unstarred
    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    12/08/09

    @Clare: You win.
     Reply
    DennyCrane was starred DennyCrane was unstarred
    Image of Sir Winston Thriller Sir Winston Thriller
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    Homophobia, misogyny, bitterness, hyperbole, self-centered venting. Go Harvard! So--the letter writers are pretty much angling for jobs at NRO or Politico, right?
     Reply
    Sir Winston Thriller was starred Sir Winston Thriller was unstarred
    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    I think they largely cut and pasted the Gourmet staff's note to Chuck Townsend.
     Reply
    TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred
    Image of lobstr lobstr
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    Interesting to note the Ivy League-scale pretense in that letter is duly countered with lots of grammar errors, improper usage of possessives and a few misspellings -- therefore, if I were the parent of said scribe, I would tear the needle off of Minuet in G on 33rpm LP and proclaim with aghast fervor "For where did my dollars doth lay betwixt?"
     Reply
    lobstr was starred lobstr was unstarred
    Image of GreyEminence GreyEminence
    12/08/09

    @lobstr: "Was it for this that I cowdled thee as a mommet?"
     Reply
    lobstr promoted this comment GreyEminence was starred GreyEminence was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    They don't seem very nice or all that promising or humanoid. I'd rather read the work of an Alexis Bledsoe-type (is there such a thing?) from a place like Yale or the Lower Catskill Community College.
     Reply
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming was starred Uncle_Billy_Slumming was unstarred
    Image of joutfit joutfit
    12/08/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: alexis bledel + tempestt bledsoe = alexis bledsoe?
     Reply
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming promoted this comment joutfit was starred joutfit was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/08/09

    @joutfit:

    Well that was an interesting peek into the behind-the-scene gears of my mind. Paging Dr. Freud.
     Reply
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming was starred Uncle_Billy_Slumming was unstarred
    Image of joutfit joutfit
    12/08/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: but how awesome would vanessa huxtable be as editor of the YDN?
     Reply
    joutfit was starred joutfit was unstarred
    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    12/08/09

    In reply to Staff Tension at Harvard Newspaper Explodes into Epic, Graphic Scorched-Earth Email
    I hear Pennysaver is hiring.
     Reply
    SarahHeartburn was starred SarahHeartburn was unstarred
    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    12/08/09

    @SarahHeartburn: I'd like to see them work for Pennywise.
     Reply
    RollsRoyceRevenge was starred RollsRoyceRevenge was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Gawker account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.