Elsewhere in the world, people stir and mutter curses as dawn shoves them into wakefulness.
But here, friends, we tear home across campus on midnight bicycle treks.
Here we stumble home from Burger King distracted by theories of economics and the way the alcohol in our blood makes the clock tower blur into the stars.
Here we spin our brains like coffee-fueled turbines and blast our computers with chattering keystroke zaps.
Here, essays crack, crumble and landslide into printer-paper torrents as mental reservoirs overflow, burst upon unsuspecting assignments below us, drown them and saturate them and thrash them and stream on.
Elsewhere, people punch their alarm clocks and snooze in the shower. But here we know the dawn as it is: the first signpost of approaching sleep.
But here, friends, we tear home across campus on midnight bicycle treks.
Here we stumble home from Burger King distracted by theories of economics and the way the alcohol in our blood makes the clock tower blur into the stars.
Here we spin our brains like coffee-fueled turbines and blast our computers with chattering keystroke zaps.
Here, essays crack, crumble and landslide into printer-paper torrents as mental reservoirs overflow, burst upon unsuspecting assignments below us, drown them and saturate them and thrash them and stream on.
Elsewhere, people punch their alarm clocks and snooze in the shower. But here we know the dawn as it is: the first signpost of approaching sleep.
Northwestern University. It must be in the air here.
by n43000z May 6, 2010
Northwestern University is known as the Ivy of the Midwest. A highly selective and prestigious school with an entirely homogenous student body.
Northwestern Norms: Black North Face Fleece, Lacoste Polo, Apple iPod, Losing at almost every Big Ten Sports, walking with your head down, wearing t-shirts from Ivy League schools you aren't going to, and having an artificially low GPA because of extremely challenging classes.
Northwestern Norms: Black North Face Fleece, Lacoste Polo, Apple iPod, Losing at almost every Big Ten Sports, walking with your head down, wearing t-shirts from Ivy League schools you aren't going to, and having an artificially low GPA because of extremely challenging classes.
"Going to Northwestern University is like having a beautiful girlfriend that treats you like crap." - The Princeton Review
by go_air_willy March 1, 2005
Well balanced students who are very smart and committed to school work. Some are extremely stuck up. But most students can be summed up by the motto: work hard, play hard.
Ex 1: "Come on guys, we should be able to figure this out. I mean, we're Northwestern students."
Ex 2: "My friend was trying to brag about school, but they go to Berkley. I mean, come on, it's only Berkley. I got into Northwestern University."
Ex 3: "I spent all day working on this assignment. Time to go get hammered."
Ex 4: "Screw this hangover, I need to finish this essay."
Ex 2: "My friend was trying to brag about school, but they go to Berkley. I mean, come on, it's only Berkley. I got into Northwestern University."
Ex 3: "I spent all day working on this assignment. Time to go get hammered."
Ex 4: "Screw this hangover, I need to finish this essay."
by xoxo_gossipgirl December 20, 2011
In a communal shower or locker room, a group of 4 (minimum) to 20 people stand nude in the shower spinning in alternating directions. The “automobile” must walk through the gauntlet while being rubbed by the nude rollers.
Hector fumbled on the 3 yard line. I know he’s upset, but he totally earned his Northwestern Carwash
by Donkeyboy32 July 10, 2023
The technical term for being affected by a loss of confidence and motivation as a result of being bested by an adversary that was thought to be inferior. The term was first used to describe the affliction of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, which lost its final four games by a combined 102 points after a loss to the Northwestern Wildcats on an interception return for a touchdown.
Student: "Man, I was feeling so good after I made it on the Dean's List last semester, but after I got rocked by that vocabulary quiz last week, I think I'm developing Northwestern Syndrome."
by WinTwins89 February 17, 2009
In a communal shower or locker room, a group of 4 (minimum) to 20 people stand nude in the shower spinning in alternating directions. The “automobile” must walk through the gauntlet while being rubbed by the nude rollers.
Hector fumbled on the 3 yard line. I know he’s upset, but he totally earned his Northwestern Carwash
by Donkeyboy32 July 10, 2023
Person 1: Hey, why's that school called 'Northwestern University'? Seems kinda dumb.
Person 2: There was already a way awesomer school called the University of Chicago. Guess they couldn't get creative.
Person 2: There was already a way awesomer school called the University of Chicago. Guess they couldn't get creative.
by turnonthebrightlights137 August 7, 2010