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Title: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Ben Rocky '04 on April 13, 2006, 06:01:13 PM
I mean he is a yalie, so this isn't a shock.  But its funny nonetheless.  [http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/]

Cornell is mentioned in the previous days strip.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: RichH on April 13, 2006, 08:14:52 PM
What's Rensselaer?  ;-)
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: jaybert on April 14, 2006, 06:17:36 PM
check the comic the day after that one, they mention RPI and RIT (I read them a few days ago in the Daily Sun)
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: RichH on April 25, 2006, 04:32:51 PM
An interesting little backstory:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April06/doonesbury.fac.html
Title: Re: Alex slams Harvard
Post by: Rita on May 03, 2006, 07:16:26 AM
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html  :-D
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: jhib on May 10, 2006, 07:50:08 AM
She's leaning towards Cornell by the end of today's strip:

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Beeeej on May 10, 2006, 08:58:43 AM
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/uc/20060509/ldb060510.gif for those who may be reading this after today.

Beeeej
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Trotsky on May 10, 2006, 09:13:41 AM
Jesus, has Trudeau been even remotely funny, even once, since 1975?
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: ugarte on May 10, 2006, 09:28:48 AM
[quote Trotsky]Jesus, has Trudeau been even remotely funny, even once, since 1975?[/quote]Yes, you crank-box. It isn't consistent but - and I hate to burst your bubble about this - he was inconsistent during Vietnam also.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: DeltaOne81 on May 10, 2006, 09:33:12 AM
[quote Beeeej]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/uc/20060509/ldb060510.gif for those who may be reading this after today.

Beeeej[/quote]

While the date seems wrong, the link works - and its the official one:
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20060510
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Robb on May 10, 2006, 09:35:18 AM
Does Bill Gates have some sort of affiliation with Harvard?  In the 5/9 strip, he called on their behalf.  You'd think after he ponied up that dough to Cornell, he'd be on the good guys' side.  Unless he's also given big bucks to Harvard (probably has - who hasn't?).
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: ursusminor on May 10, 2006, 09:59:54 AM
[quote Robb]Does Bill Gates have some sort of affiliation with Harvard?  In the 5/9 strip, he called on their behalf.  You'd think after he ponied up that dough to Cornell, he'd be on the good guys' side.  Unless he's also given big bucks to Harvard (probably has - who hasn't?).[/quote]
He attended Harvard and turned pro during his Junior year.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: jhib on May 10, 2006, 04:45:05 PM
Reading the Blowback section can be more entertaining than the strip.

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/blowback/index.html
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Trotsky on May 11, 2006, 01:32:26 PM
[quote ugarte][quote Trotsky]Jesus, has Trudeau been even remotely funny, even once, since 1975?[/quote]Yes, you crank-box. It isn't consistent but - and I hate to burst your bubble about this - he was inconsistent during Vietnam also.[/quote]
Read "Trout Fishing in the Reflecting Pool" and get back to me.

I can remember thinking, when he took his sabatical, "stay down, Rock, stay down!"  The updating the characters bit, which now appears to be well into its 3000th year, has never worked.  The strip should be renamed "The Precious Beltway Hipster Who Never Grew Up."

Agnew was right, and that's saying something.  A nattering nabob.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: RichH on May 17, 2006, 12:35:08 PM
http://cgi.doonesbury.com/cgi-bin/view_poll.cgi

Straw poll.  Cornell losing handily.  Stuff if you care or have nothing better to do, I guess...

This Rensselaer place...I wonder if they're anywhere near RPI?  "building a world class supercomputing center?"  How about a school that already HAS a world class supercomputing center.  And don't even get me started about mentioning nanotech under this school rather than another one on the list.

Cornell: well, the transnational buzzword apparently stuck.  Oof...we've got the Wolfowitz stigma?  Reno, Ginsberg, and Dryden.  They trump Wolfowitz and Bettman, right?

MIT: um...aw crap.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Beeeej on May 17, 2006, 12:48:40 PM
Clearly, RPI's running some kind of script.  :-(

Beeeej
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Trotsky on May 17, 2006, 12:52:37 PM
[quote Beeeej]Clearly, RPI's running some kind of script.[/quote]
Yeah, well, we're the ones with the world class supercomputing center.  Geez, you nerds... fix it!
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: jtwcornell91 on May 17, 2006, 01:36:51 PM
[quote RichH]Cornell: well, the transnational buzzword apparently stuck.  Oof...we've got the Wolfowitz stigma?  Reno, Ginsberg, and Dryden.  They trump Wolfowitz and Bettman, right?[/quote]

You forgot Coulter.  ::uhoh::
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: redhair34 on May 17, 2006, 07:00:15 PM
[quote Beeeej]Clearly, RPI's running some kind of script.  :-(

Beeeej[/quote]

http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=58460&page=6&pp=20
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: French Rage on May 22, 2006, 02:07:18 AM
[quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH]Cornell: well, the transnational buzzword apparently stuck.  Oof...we've got the Wolfowitz stigma?  Reno, Ginsberg, and Dryden.  They trump Wolfowitz and Bettman, right?[/quote]

You forgot Coulter.  ::uhoh::[/quote]

If only we all could.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Liz '05 on May 22, 2006, 07:25:28 AM
[quote French Rage][quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH]Cornell: well, the transnational buzzword apparently stuck.  Oof...we've got the Wolfowitz stigma?  Reno, Ginsberg, and Dryden.  They trump Wolfowitz and Bettman, right?[/quote]

You forgot Coulter.  ::uhoh::[/quote]

If only we all could.[/quote]
 ::laugh::
Title: Beeeej makes the Blowback
Post by: DeltaOne81 on May 22, 2006, 03:21:17 PM
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/blowback/index.html

QuoteSubject: THE NUMBERS IN THOSE POLLS
Author: Jeffrey Anbinder, Cornell '94
Posting Date: 5/19/06
Posting Time: New York, NY

Notwithstanding the fact that I think your description of Cornell was somewhat less flattering than those of RPI and MIT, I sure hope you don't end up deciding where to send Alex purely based on the numbers in the current Straw Poll. You must realize by now that there are people capable of gaming these polls with scripts, so the results don't accurately reflect anything other than who cheats best. Whether that says something about the talent of Cornell's coders or their ethical standards, I'll leave as an exercise for the reader. ;-)

Anyway, this whole saga has been a lot of fun for us Cornell alumni, and although I suspect you'll probably end up sending Alex to Walden despite her protestations, we do appreciate the publicity!
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: min on May 23, 2006, 09:47:42 AM
[quote Liz '05][quote French Rage][quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH]Cornell: well, the transnational buzzword apparently stuck.  Oof...we've got the Wolfowitz stigma?  Reno, Ginsberg, and Dryden.  They trump Wolfowitz and Bettman, right?[/quote]

You forgot Coulter.  ::uhoh::[/quote]

If only we all could.[/quote]
 ::laugh::[/quote]

Having Bill Maher helps... I read that they are actually good friends.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: ursusminor on May 31, 2006, 07:11:49 AM
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/index.html It's hard to fathom that they will go by the poll, but nevertheless the link states at the end that Alex is going to MIT.

I suppose that just like not getting Chris Huxley, RPI might be better off for losing this one.

And congrats for winning Miss Congeniality. ::rolleyes::
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: Trotsky on June 01, 2006, 10:40:17 AM
We'll take it.  Our main facetime area is called "Ho Plaza."  Clearly, we are not proud.
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: marty on June 03, 2006, 07:57:42 AM
[quote Ben Rocky 04]I mean he is a yalie, so this isn't a shock.  But its funny nonetheless.  [http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/]

Cornell is mentioned in the previous days strip.[/quote]

Rachel Trudeau graduated from that school in New Haven last Monday.  Boola, boola.
Bow wow wow!
Title: Re: even Doonesbury knows it......
Post by: ursusminor on June 08, 2006, 12:56:48 AM
http://www.uclick.com/feature/06/06/08/db060608.gif Which one of you guys was it? :-D