UNH Ranks 371 on Forbes top American College list

Forbes Magazine recently released their annual "Best College" list and UNH was ranked number 371. To see Forbes' methodology for their ranking click here. (In brief- it involves student satisfaction, postgrad success, student debt and several other categories.) The entire list of colleges can be found here.

The 371 ranking (out of 610) is an improvement from last year's ranking of 454, which I wrote about here. This year we jumped ahead of UMass (number 402), which seems about right. UNH also ranked ahead of UMaine (467) UMass-Lowell (475) URI (477) and Northeastern (519). Northeastern's low ranking surprised me, I always thought that was supposed to be a really good school. Sounds like some people are over paying for the name on the degree. Boston College ranked #27, three spots ahead of Dartmouth, BU was somewhere in the 200's while UVM was 329.

Williams College in Massachusetts toped the list, followed by Princeton, Amherst College, West Point (last year's #1) and MIT.

ALSO: Don't forget to order your textbooks through the blog. We have already referred a few sales and have received great feedback. I also bought a few books and I really did save a lot of money (At least half of what I would have paid at UNH.)  Plus it is like Christmas everyday when I go to the mailbox and see that another book has arrived. The orders have all shipped on time and it really is a great way to help us and save money. Give it a shot!

Stay classy, not UMassy.

The Weirdest SOTD Yet

For today's song of the day I present to you "Top Drawer" by Man Man. They can be described as experimental, alternative, or psychedelic rock. Picture Freddie Mercury, Jim Morrison and Tom Waits making taking acid and forming a band... They were the opening act at a concert I went to (they had war paint and were tripping) and I didn't actually like them too much, but after I heard some of their studio works I started to come around.

I will have a post about UNH being left off another list (this time its a good thing) up later tonight; so stay tuned.

Have a nice day. Stay classy, not UMassy.

PS expect something special for post #100 in about 2 weeks.

What Now?

Over the past week my life has felt meaningless. The UNH hockey season has ended and I feel like I have a lot less to look forward to now that I will no longer be getting drunk and yelling belligerent things at the student athletes of different schools. 

Ahem:

 M-A-I-N-E Maaiiiiiiiinnnnee sucks! Fuck ‘em up, fuck ‘em up BC sucks! Screw BU! Dirty Hippies! Harvard Rejects! Amherst Rejects! Warm up ya cah! Thanks for practice! Da da da daaanana sieve! But always remember: We’re classy not Umassy! 

Thanks; I really had to get that out.

What am I supposed to do now that I can’t get away with screaming these things as loud as I want on a regular basis? As a member of a student body who really supports our beloved Wildcats I realize that there are many people who feel as lost as I do now that the season has ended. Because of this, I have compiled a list of things to do while you are drunk to fill the void left by the hockey games.

• Go to a party.
• Pro: Meet a cute chick.
• Con: Get in a fight.
• Go to DHop.
• Pro: Eat delicious pizza, watch other drunk people.
• Con: Puke up delicious pizza.
• Listen to the Uhh Yeah Dude Podcast:  
  • Pro: They are hilarious, hour long episodes. On itunes for free.
  • Con: Only one episode a week, usually published on Mondays. 

• Study
• Pro: You’re drunk. Nothing good will happen.
• Con: You realize you have nothing better to do then to get drunk and study. You won't learn.
• Drink to the holidays.
• Pro: There are many holidays in the spring!
• Con: Still not enough…
• Play a sport.
• Pro: Lots of fun.
• Con: You get hustled by people who really aren’t drunk. Puke factor.
• Watch Pro Sports.
• Pro: Red Sox games are beginning, NBA and NHL playoffs!
• Con: Get tricked into making ridiculous bets by fake drunk people.
• Dorm Party.
• Pro: Meet other people just like you.
• Con: RA’s suck.
• On Thursday nights attend theatre sports in the MUB.
• Pro: Actually really funny, a lot like a dirty "Who’s Line Is It Anyways?"
• Con: Can’t drink there. Only on Thursdays @9. 
• Start a blog about UNH.
• Pro: Takes up time.
• Con: Doesn’t make you any cooler. I will murder you.

There you a go, a nice list of things to do when you’re drunk and bored.

Are You Reading This?

Hey guys,

This is my awkward getting to know me post. I should break the ice... ummm. 

fuck it. 

I’m going to use this first post to explain myself, and my blog, which I hope people will read. I’m a student at the University of New Hampshire, the state where I have lived most of my life. Some of my posts may have limited audiences to students or locals. I decided to make this blog because I realized that no matter how much I study, play sports, video games, kick it and party I still have a lot a free time. (Plus I don't have a job.) I am told that I’m a funny person and I’ve never had the opportunity to write on various subjects that actually interest me so this is what this blog will be all about. Some of the posts will be my opinion on the news, sports and stuff like that, others will be true stories and maybe a social experiment once and a while. (Not everything will be 100% fact/truth so treat it like wikipedia... don't site it in a paper.) I have encountered many interesting things (and people) at school and I feel like more people deserve to hear about them. I am just an average kid at an average school, I get decent grades and like most students at UNH, it take part in activities, Thirsty Thursdays!!!, frowned upon by the administration but I’ll save that for another post. So that’s my blog in a nutshell, I hope you enjoy it and be sure to tell your friends. 

 I plan on doing some reoccurring posts like:

• songs of the day/week/month/year/ whenever i feel like it
• youtube video of the...
• random stat of the ....
• random fact of the...

Thanks for reading and please come back and comment. Even if you hate this/me. 

Peace.

The New Hampshirite