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Learning Disabilities — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:38:13 -0000

The Shamus Awards are given by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor excellence ... suicide of Dorothy Louise Burke, a beautiful college student with a double life. ...

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MaryP — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:52:21 -0000

Scariest line to hear while attending grad school: Is it safe?--Marathon Man

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Stephen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:43:25 -0000

Best college motto: "Knowledge Is Good" (Animal House)

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Mike — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:51:51 -0000

BEST PRE-COLLEGE ROAD TRIP, runner up: Fandango.

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Mike — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:52:48 -0000

Best college admissions interview:

Risky Business (1983). The Princeton interviewer (Richard Masur) wanders into Joel's (Tom Cruise) whore-fest. Joel gets accepted.

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Mike Walsh — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:14:03 -0000

Best Excuse for not Getting tenure: "Yes, they booted me out of the University...because I knew too much!"

Dr. Praetorius in "The Bride of Frankenstein"

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JohnAnnArbor — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:21:47 -0000

Best Application Process Portrayal: "How I got Into College"

"Person A and Person B are in a lifeboat..."

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Gaylord Smith — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:11:15 -0000

Best Old College Musical - "Good News", with Peter Lawford and June Allison.

Best English School You're Glad You Didn't Attend - College House from "If", with Malcom McDowell.

Meanest Basketball Coach - G.D. Spradlin in "One on One", with Robbie Benson (who really could play basketball).

Worst Attempt to Portray a College Athlete When You Aren't One - Anthony Perkins in "Tall Story".

Second Best Fooball Coach - Fred McMurray in "Father Was a Fullback", and the classic showdown between State and Tech

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Dan Artz — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:40:05 -0000

Most Screwed Up College Professor:

Bobby Long (John Travolta), A Love Song for Bobby Long.

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William P. Sulik — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:36:41 -0000

Why Tenure is Important:

"Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've *worked* in the private sector. They expect *results.*"

-Dr Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) Ghost Busters

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Trissotin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:06:46 -0000

Best use of one's time in the Ivy League: Method Man and Redman, "How High."

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The Shamus — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:09:31 -0000

Thanks to all, especially the foreign film ones. I knew there were some good ones there, especially the Band of Outsiders one. That might qualify for Best Off-Campus Dance Routine, as well.

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Brad — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:48:16 -0000

The best college song isn't from a movie but an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle:

Wossamotta, hats off to you!
To your colors, ochre and alice blue
We will e'er be faithful and true
Hail, Wossamotta, hail!
Better we should be in jail!
Hey, Wossamotta U!

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Alex — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:01:48 -0000

Most Screwed Up College Professor:

Dr. Mittelfinger (Makavejev's Sweet Movie, 1974).

Docteur Genessier in Franju's Eyes Without a Face (1960).

Faust in Murnau's Faust (1926).

Dr. Nagel in Strange Behavior (1981).

Funniest College Movie:

I Flunked, But.....(Ozu, 1930)

Most Bullshit in a College Bull Session: La Chinoise (Godard, 1967).

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Alex — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:39:32 -0000

Most Likely to Be Expelled from Part-Time Language School: Odile, Franz and Arthur in Band a part (Godard, 1964).

Most Surprisingly Disappointing Post-Graduate Career: Harold Diddlebock in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (Preston Sturges, 1947).

Worst College: Gueron University in The Crimson Rivers (Kassovitz, 2000)

close runner-up: Unnamed Germany university in Frank Borzage's The Mortal Storm (1940)

Student who most wants to drop out:
Kiyoshi in Oshima's Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

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klg19 — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:36:41 -0000

SADDEST PROFESSOR
Runner up--Andrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave), "The Browning Version"

Oh, wait. That was an English public school, not a college. HEll, I don't care--he was heart-breaking.

MOST CLICHED COLLEGE EXPERIENCE:
"High Time" (Bing Crosby, 1951)
I don't think they miss a single one, from the Chemistry final cram to the Fall bonfire.

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Tom Watson — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:46:19 -0000

BEST MISFITS IN COLLEGE:

Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall in "Hold That Line" (1952) - the Bowery Boys go Ivy League.

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The Shamus — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:50:40 -0000

Excellent additions from all of you. Joe Valdez, over on my site, reminded me of one I meant to put on but forgot:

BEST NIGHT BEFORE COLLEGE: "American Grafitti."

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Kevin Wolf — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:22:25 -0000

I don't think you missed a thing.

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wwolfe — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:38:39 -0000

Best quotation from a dead Greek philosopher:

"I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, 'I drank what?'" - Val Kilmer "Real Genius"

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Josh — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:09:56 -0000

How about Best Non Traditional College Student - Thorton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield) in Back to School

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Lance Mannion — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:01:40 -0000

Best College Fight Song:

Stand By Old Ivy. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Underachiever with Best Excuse for Slacking-off: Peter Parker. Spider-Man 2.

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Jason Chervokas — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:53:50 -0000

What did you miss? Good God, man, you were thorough!