nibot ([personal profile] nibot) wrote2004-03-01 01:06 pm

Rochester V

I'm posting from the U of R library at the moment. Not too much going on. I came to campus today to check out what it's like with students present. I guess it's like universities everywhere.. I notice that there must be some standard fonts for signs in libraries, or something.

Looking at ads in the student union, it appears that rent for a room in an apartment or a house runs about $300 per month. wow! of course, there's apparently heating to be paid too. Then one of the ads listed "STRAIGHT MALE OR FEMALE ONLY" which I found pretty damn obnoxious.

There seems to be a rather heavy frat presense here.. everyone in the library seems really young (I guess they have fewer 6th year undergrads than berkeley..) and a lot are wearing their greek letters.

Still feeling all woozy with illness. I was going to try to do some homework on the plane, but I think I'll probably pass out immediately. That will be nice. Also, Chicago airport has Panda Express. Yummy orange chicken goodness.

BTW, when are these other grad schools going to email me? Columbia, Maryland, Brown, Princeton, Berkeley.. say something! I'm most eager to hear from Maryland and Brown since there's a chance I might go there, and the time for visiting is growing short.

[identity profile] nibot.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
hehe.. I don't think I've actually seen any ads like that, actually.. but it stands to reason that they exist. Still, I think that specifying a heterosexual subtenent is tantamount to specifying their race.

[identity profile] nibot.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
or specifying 'queer only'.. same deal.

'no republicans' is pretty dumb too.

[identity profile] shamster.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
"No jews or blacks" - almost sounds like a golf tournament!