<p>A pretty funny article:
<a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/11/29/opinion/13946.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/11/29/opinion/13946.shtml</a></p>
<p>"So let's not go the route of Emory by challenging Penn to be our rivals. That would be like Ken Jennings challenging Paris Hilton to a game of Trivial Pursuit."</p>
<p>Lol that was funny.....I loved that quote about Ken Jennings and Paris Hilton... rofl.</p>
<p>Ouch......are you likening The Quaker to Paris Hilton?</p>
<p>hahaha that was an awesome article</p>
<p>witty writing, typical Princeton. A great article.</p>
<p>"where we don't play second fiddle to graduate students and where we can leave the campus without getting stabbed to death."</p>
<p>That's a burn!</p>
<p>Kind of a classicly peevish rationalization, wasn't it?</p>
<p>"If Harvard and Yale don't want us at their party, well then, ahhh, we don't want to go! And furthermore, we don't even LIKE them. Naaayh Naaayh!"</p>
<p>A week earlier, The Princetonian editorially urged the school to importune Penn to start a "rivalry".</p>
<p>The editorial elicited this amusing response letter:</p>
<p>Ending the three-way</p>
<p>Regarding 'Rethinking the game of the year' (Thursday, Nov. 17):</p>
<pre><code>"Thank you, for finally being the one to step up and publicly express the utter absurdity of our pathetic attempt to squirm our way into a Harvard-Yale rivalry that we really don't belong in. Big Three? More like a big mistake; everyone knows there's no emotional fulfillment in a three-way.
Harvard and Yale are the married couple, and Princeton is just that lonely, slutty girl they meet in a bar and bring home every now and then when they're bored with each other. Sure, we can pretend like they want us, but in reality, they'll use us if it amuses them, and beyond that, we're left yearning for anything more: a note, a phone call ... even awkward eye contact. The University of Pennsylvania, on the other hand, has a burning desire to be our committed rival. They'll do everything they possibly can to remind us of their presence, at the same time making outlandish and unfounded claims of superiority for us to laughably repudiate with ease. It's definitely time for us to change our ways and settle down with the school we belong with, allowing us to finally experience all the highs and lows (and chaotic fun) of a real college rivalry."
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<p>byerly seems a little hurt by the freshman's article!
Don't take this years Harvard dissapointments out on a harmless Princetonian humor column; your kind of response is why Princeton has so much fun with Harvard.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I posted this article on "another site" well before it was posted here.</p>
<p>In my view, Princeton would be better off accepting Columbia's editorial invitation to gin up a "rivalry." </p>
<p>A major advantage is that Princeton could generally count on victory in the "Big Game", whereas a Penn "rivalry" would be far more likely to result in an unsatisfying defeat at season's end.</p>
<p>Calm down, kiddos.</p>
<p>Byerly, I just put that link there as a little humor. You know, that thing we try to have to get us through college decision season?</p>
<p>... which is exactly why I posted the amusing response letter from the Princetonian.</p>
<p>I think Princeton would stand a good chance of winning games with Harvard. They already won in undergraduate educational excellence.</p>
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<p>um... first of all, that all lends to street cred...</p>
<p>the first article was funny, but a bit bitter (not to mention cruel to penn!)</p>