The Quad Report: Miracles, border patrol parties & 3 goat tweets
Welcome back to the Quad Report, the weekly article roundup of stories you may have missed while you were trying to use snow as an excuse to have all midterms, papers, and problem sets cancelled. One can dream, right?
1. Stick to party themes like "The 80s" or something.
Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Texas at Austin decided it would be a good idea to host a border patrol-themed party last week, with students showing up ponchos, sombreros, and police costumes. The fraternity also claims that the party was meant to be "Western-themed." Right.
2. Here's your feel-good story of the week.
University of Cincinnati student Sara Whitestone is walking to class for the first time in four years, having been confined to a wheelchair due to myalgic encephalomyelitis, a neurological disease. It's seriously incredible.
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3. What to say when your parents tell you to lay off the tweeting.
"It's helping me get into college!" One student found herself totally stuck between Lafayette College and Lehigh University, and to her surprise, one tweet helped her make the decision. The Internet isn't just for Netflix and cat GIFs, am I right?
4. Shocker of the Week: Avocados are delicious.
Let's be frank: Avocados are bae. And there are a million other ways to eat them that don't include putting them on your hipster ezekiel bread.
The 3 Best Tweets of the Week: #ReplaceAMovieTitleWithAGoat edition
The hashtag says it all.
What the hell, one more … for now #ReplaceAMovieTitleWithGoatpic.twitter.com/hepHSaSemf— Mackenzie Liddell (@MackLiddell) February 11, 2015
The Goatbook #ReplaceAMovieTitleWithGoatpic.twitter.com/coJHovaVCA— Alter The Press! (@AlterThePress) February 10, 2015
Goatbusters #ReplaceAMovieTitleWithGoatpic.twitter.com/FjWPJI8LE8— Samm Just (@DarknessRandom) February 10, 2015
The Quad Report is compiled each week by Lily Herman, a student at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, studying government and sociology. She is the co-founder of a college admissions and high school/college lifestyles organization called The Prospect, and her writing has also been featured on The Daily Muse, Forbes, Her Campus and The Huffington Post. You can find her on Twitter right here.
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