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<p>Er, enough to make national media? Enough to make it a subject of constant debate? Enough to make certain congressmen attempt to pull funding not just to the city, but to the university, which had absolutely nothing to do with the event in the first place?</p>
<p>Blown out of proportion.</p>
<p>Phead and Bourne, you guys take things way too seriously. </p>
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Would you wanna just go blow yourself up from all the hippies and liberal anti-Marine maniacs Berkeleys got for ya?
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Not really. The liberal tee shirts plastered across Telegraph and the homeless people there make things interesting and I haven’t seen any anti-Marine maniacs yet. Granted, watching all the Code Pink stuff on tv made me mildly hesitant to accept admission to Berkeley, but I wasn’t going to turn the school down just because I don’t agree with some people in the area.</p>
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Plus, with all the opportunities Stanford offers me—research, internships, great work-study jobs, etc. (not to mention organizations, sports, and the like)—it’s hard to be bored. Not that any student going to Berkeley would get to experience what those are like.
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ahh, but we have Blondie’s and Cheeseboard pizza.</p>
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ahh, but we have Blondie’s and Cheeseboard pizza.
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<p>You cut me real deep. ;)</p>
<p>(I will say, though, that I'm more likely to go to Naan N Curry or Top Dog. :))</p>
<p>Why doesn't anyone say Binghamton or Geneseo? These are the best public schools in NY. Aside from NY, I would say UCLA and UT-Austin. I'm applying to those two.</p>
<p>There are many great ones, but UVA is unquestionably my favorite.</p>
<p>Not including UCs Binghamton is the best.</p>
<p>especially the honors program</p>
<p>UVA UCB UNC UCLA UCSD UMich etc.</p>
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Er, enough to make national media?
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Sure. Again, when a local city council is complicit with a leftist militant organization that even "mainstream" liberals cringe at, it will (and should) make national media. On the other end of the political spectrum, if some municipality in podunk Alabama were to pass some resolution that supported the actions of the church of Reverend Phelps, I'd sure as hell like to hear about it too.
At the very least, as a circular file item, it's certainly outrageous enough.</p>
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Enough to make it a subject of constant debate?
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It was only for about a week. And why not? People enjoy debating totally outrageous topics -- and I'd argue that steady debating an item does not constitute blowing it out of proportion.</p>
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Enough to make certain congressmen attempt to pull funding not just to the city, but to the university, which had absolutely nothing to do with the event in the first place?
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Simply a page out of Strategy 101 -- make a move that bifurcates the opposing alliance by putting them in an untenable position :)</p>
<p>Lol. I'm not offended. </p>
<p>Don't take me seriously. </p>
<p>Just met a UMCP-Smith grad at Exxon Mobil heading a part of their LNG division. He considers it on par with Ross.</p>
<p>Actually, new rankings</p>
<p>1 - UCLA - Proximity to everything in L.A.
2 - UCSD - Best weather, minutes to anything in S.D.
3 - UCSB - Has it's own beach on campus, one of a kind
4 - UCI - You have Huntington Beach SW, Newport Beach S, and Laguna Beach SE
5 - UCSC - Close to Santa Cruz Beach, has amazing outdoor activities and great surf</p>
<p>Tier 2</p>
<p>Michigan - Cold winters
Wisconsin - Even colder winters
Illinois - UM and UW with all in-state students and in the middle of farmland
Virginia - Not much of an improvement in climate
North Carolina - See Virginia
Berkeley - Richmond is to your west and Oakland is to your south
Texas - The city of Austin is great. The 95% Texas enrollment isn't</p>
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Again, when a local city council is complicit with a leftist militant organization that even "mainstream" liberals cringe at, it will (and should) make national media.
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<p>The national media cover, to the extent that it occurred, was ridiculous for such a small-scale affair.</p>
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t was only for about a week.
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<p>Uh, it went on for more than a week. Not just on CC. All over UC forums, Berkeley forums, etc. People would not shut up about it, even after it had been argued about ad nauseum.</p>
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that steady debating an item does not constitute blowing it out of proportion.
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<p>I didn't say it was. The "blowing it out of proportion" bit happens more often when people go on to use it when it isn't relevant in discussions and debates, when people call for drastic measures re: the whole event, etc.</p>
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It's interesting that you listed Ohio University(Athens) but not Miami U of Ohio(Oxford), one of the original public Ivy. Do you believe Ohio U is a better school?
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<p>I'll take the bait! Miami has been falling in ranking lately, though, right? Though I'm sure it's still more highly ranked than OU, I bet most people choose between them based on atmosphere and strength of chosen major program rather than rank or 'public ivy' status, since they're so different.</p>
<p>(neither of you mentioned OSU, I'm so offended, haha. Ohio has a great range of nice public schools imo anyway.)</p>
<p>To A2Wolves:</p>
<p>I don't have the exact statistics, but what percentage of the UCs do you think is California residents? I'm sure it's ridiculously high.</p>
<p>Over 90%.</p>
<p>one two three four five six seven eight nine ten characters.</p>
<p>Right. I would heartily contend that a 95% Texas student population is far more enjoyable and bearable than a 90%+ California student population. Don't flame me, but I've met way too many Californians that have that "air" about them....</p>
<p>UC doesn't have geographic diversity, but it's California. You've got the beaches. </p>
<p>Well, except for Berkeley, Davis, and Riverside, none of whom made the first tier.</p>
<p>BTW - I don't live in CA. No where close to CA.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley</p>
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I would heartily contend that a 95% Texas student population is far more enjoyable and bearable than a 90%+ California student population. Don't flame me, but I've met way too many Californians that have that "air" about them
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<p>I couldn't stand being around that many southerners...</p>
<p>See what I mean? :)</p>
<p>William & Mary- class by itself</p>
<p>UVirginia
Cal
Michigan
UNorth carolina
UCLA</p>
<p>Texas
Ga Tech
Wisconsin
Washington
Illinois</p>
<p>Also, honorable mention to New College in Florida.</p>