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It should come as no surprise to our faithful (and always charming) readers that we’ve been a bit scarce lately. Turns out that IvyGate is a great way to get a great job that takes a great amount of time and effort to do. That’s where a few of us have been lately.
So here’s an open call to anyone and their most attractive friends. Want to write? Let us know. Want to edit? Give us a shout. Want to design some cheeky imagery? Talk to me.
Experience is arbitrary. But we will demand that you understand teh internet, possess a cutting sense of humor, and write with a proto-David Foster Wallace voice. Seriously, otherwise, just email us if you’re up for cranking out content.
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November 18th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
WOO HOO. Finally some new talent, long overdue. Good luck with the new crop of writers guys.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I suppose it would be too much to expect coverage of The Game this weekend.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
‘The Game’ ? – who cares about that? Is it too much to ask that we have coverage of Penn’s Ivy Title share, with their Harvard defeat? May we please see something covering the Penn-Cornell game? That’s going to be a great ‘Game,’ not one that has nothing on the line, whatsoever.
November 19th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Nope, nothing on the line at all… but still more important than anything involving Penn. Ever. Sorry VorEhns.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
GET SOME WRITERS FROM EACH SCHOOL!! (Except Cornell.)
And people, take some original pictures for once so we can document the shenanigans.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
A football game is more important than anything that has occurred at all at Penn? By occur, what do you mean, exactly? Is it more important than a particular incident, or a particular Professor, or any of the school’s particular accomplishments? If a football game trumps that – whether in your opinion or the opinions of others – then that’s sad.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Excuse me fine sir, but the matter of importance is a relative one. To some, a football game represents the pride one has for their respective skewl. Your intervening and party-ah pooping is unwarranted and offensive. If you prefer to bury your butt in a book, well then that’s your decision, but please leave the rest of us football fans out of it! I hope this message finds you well. ‘Nuff said!
November 21st, 2009 at 1:44 am
WilltherealEhnsplzstandup, you’re an idiot.
November 21st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
34-0, Penn over Cornell. The Ivy Title – Solo.
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:39 am
Shutup. Look at IvyGate’s “About” section to the right of this blog. There you will see: news, gossip, sex, sports. In that order — i.e. sports is LAST because it’s reported everywhere else and no one cares about your shitty teams. We come to IvyGate to get the DL on juicy shit (not that we’ve been getting the DL on anything since the crappy new editorial team took over).
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
“Your crappy teams”? First of all, I was an undergrad at Penn and therefore care about their standings in football; second of all, I’m currently a Graduate student at Yale, so I’m not sure what you’re referring to – That I think ‘The Game’ is dumb as hell, or that I wondered, as did another Yale student on this blog, “whether it’d be too much to ask for coverage of ‘The Game.’” Why you’re so indignent about this is beyond me, I seriously doubt anyone of us who partook in this exchange left with hurt feelings. Also, the order that appears to the right as you so slyly pointed out for us isn’t intended as a separate ranking of import. The Ivy Title is always a cool thing to win.
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Alas, poor VorEhns, you miss our point! Penn doesn’t matter, even when it wins something. In the Trinity we trust, Amen.
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
y10, Please explain, as briefly as you like, why “Penn doesn’t matter.” As I see it, the institution is a fine one, and I enjoyed my time there, studying under fine Professors – both accomplished and rising stars in their fields. Here at Yale I’ve found the same – to demarcate between the Ivies appears to be a natural flaw in all of our understandings of our peer institutions. Penn is an excellent university, as is Yale. But to believe that only Harvard, Yale, and Princeton matter is wrongheaded and ignorant of the accomplishments of other institutions. As a Graduate student at Yale, I can say that I too have been ‘insulted’ due to my not being at Harvard; the people doing the insulting are invariably those who do not go to an Ivy League school or claim to “hate” Ivy League schools because of reasons outside of the academic authority these institutions carry. But Penn not mattering isn’t ‘a point’ unless you provide sufficient evidence as to why it doesn’t matter, which you have yet to do. I’m not trying to argue with you in an unproductive manner – the point of argumentation is to achieve a new understanding and not to “win.” If it is purely pride in Yale that causes you to insult me – again, a student at the same school you go to – then I assume nothing negative about you – I assume only the obvious – that being that you’re proud. Fine. I’m proud, too. But I don’t insult my friends at non-Ivies, nor do I insult my friends at Cornell or Brown or Dartmouth, as I am sure that they too receive fine educations (or are in the process of receiving fine educations). But I must admit, I am truly curious as to why you feel that ‘Penn doesn’t matter.’ Also, in what post did you bring up the ‘point’ that I ‘missed’? Because in looking over our back-and-forth, I see no ‘point’ that you’ve brought up – this either means that you’re not arguing from a sound standpoint or that you’re employing elitism. It is infinitely intriguing to me that you’re employing this elitism toward someone who goes to your very same school. Is it that the College you attend matters more than the Graduate School you attend? That surely isn’t the case when one is searching for employment in Academy, as I will be post-graduation; perchance we’re on two separate plans here – may be we’re arguing about two different things, hence our inability to move ahead in our discussion. We shouldn’t use IvyGate as a means to argue over who is better – we both achieved something grand by being admitted into these schools, no?
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Also, you wrote, “[Y]ou miss our point!” Who beyond you has commented on this? Don’t bother mentioning WilltherealEhnsplzstandup, as that is a friend of mine who also attend Yale and who was simply joking. He cared about The Game, and he and I had a conversation about its relevance to our (and, again, your) school. Also, he went to NYU for his A.B. – I’m curious as to what you think about that? Does his degree mean that he is lesser than someone who attended an Ivy for their undergrad degree? Because the Admissions Office at the Medical School didn’t seem to think so.
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
@y10
This is super awkward, but… you do not matter either.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
So speaking of Penn…
A student just died, the third of the year; a girl just got raped, at least third rape of the year; and we just won the Ivy League championship, and were undefeated in the Ivy League…….surely at least one of these things warrants some mention from Ivygate, because campus has been pretty crazy lately
November 24th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
@VorEhns, I respect the length you’re going to to defend your point, but dude, it’s just a [increasingly irrelevant unless it sees new editors] blog.
@Penn ‘12: Hey, a Dartmouth grad student died this week too! Shame IvyGate’s MIA.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
VorEhns calm down. this is the internet
November 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
@Penn’12: I’d really like coverage of the death at Penn, having know him. But probably not for it to be on this website. Why does Penn (or Brown, for that matter) have no equivalent to Bwog?
November 25th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
IvyGate is a good forum. People from different schools share perspectives on issues. You don’t really need to be smart to care. You just have to care.
November 25th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
there was also that person masturbating in a girl’s off-campus appartment that got blitzed out to all current residents.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:06 am
Where’s the coverage of the new http://www.diamond-mag.com/ ? I mean, the post writes itself.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
VorEhns – that you’re taking y10 so seriously speaks VOLUMES about Penn. Umm… maybe that’s unfair. But it does speak volumes about you.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:57 am
@LOL – In what way does it speak volumes about me? I assume you believe it to be a ‘negative’ way, otherwise, why the post? He/She made a stupid comment and I wanted he/she to back it up with something – anything – that may make it verifiable. The post I left took about 2 minutes to compose – Why would that signify anything about me or the college I went to? If it does, and if I’m blind to the facts, then please don’t hold Penn or Yale accountable for having me as their student -it’s all me – I’m the idiot.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Insecurities. Lots of insecurities. Notice how H10’s snide comment was ignored. y10 and other yalies had the sense not to counter with an indignant “please explain, and back up with facts and data, why yale doesn’t matter” post.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Actually yeah, VorEhns just shut up you’re making our school look bad.
November 27th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
God, you’re a moron. You’re right – Penn doesn’t matter;I’m really glad I’m gone and at Yale as a graduate student. Being at Penn was horrid – everything they insulted you about was right. Sit back and take it. Idiot.
November 27th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
y10 ignored the comment because he had nothing to say – how in the hell does it show my insecurities (which certainly aren’t over my education; other things maybe, but not my education)? The Harvard kid shut up Yale10 because Yale10 wrote something along the lines of “praise the holy trinity” – hence the Harvard kid’s response. But, like I said – Penn must have sucked and I just happened to have not noticed. It’s as though you agree with the people insulting you.
November 28th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Look bud, I go to an Ivy League school, they go to an Ivy League school, I don’t need to justify myself to a bunch of anonymous people on the internet. God, why am I even responding to you? You’re clearly just trolling.
November 28th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
@penn ‘12. You clearly don’t get it. You define your school as an “Ivy League” school, same as HYP, and say “we are all Ivy Leaguers” as if being in the same sporting conference bestows some greater significance to your institution. However, y10, H10, and LOL have made the consistent point that your school is inferior, and in fact “irrelevant.” VorEhns is doing the only sensible thing, which is to tell elitists to put a dick in it. But so preoccupied are you with the illusion of equality that you can’t even acknowledge the obloquy.
November 29th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Nice try, VorEhns.
November 29th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Yeah, ok – I pretended to be someone else so that I could objectively insult myself. What GG said was true, though – the “consistent point” that “your school is ‘irrelevant’” was made. GG is also right to point out that I was attempting to do the “only sensible thing [,]” but, whoever you are, worry not, as I no longer care about what people think of Penn, as I no longer have a thing to do with it – it served as a springboard to Yale, and for that I’m grateful, but that you people welcome being insulted – well, that’s just beyond me.
November 29th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I’m still not sure if you are feigning ignorance or if you actually need the following lesson in common sense 101. Some insults are so preposterous as to obviate the need for a response. Others are clearly spoken in jest with no intent to offend. In this case, the “only sensible thing to do” was to ignore y10 or, if possible, to respond with a witty and lighthearted zing. Taking such “insult” seriously only makes you look bad. Ironically, your insecurity-ridden rants actually added weight to the (formerly meritless) “insult.” Take the rest of the evening to absorb this lesson. Tomorrow, we’ll move onto internet etiquette.
November 30th, 2009 at 2:17 am
Since we’ve moved into quoting:
y10 Says:
November 19th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Nope, nothing on the line at all… but still more important than anything involving Penn. Ever. Sorry VorEhns.
y10 Says:
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Alas, poor VorEhns, you miss our point! Penn doesn’t matter, even when it wins something. In the Trinity we trust, Amen.
November 30th, 2009 at 10:07 am
OMG AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA THAT DIAMOND-MAG SHIT IS WEIRD AS FUCK!!!!!!!!! AHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!
November 30th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_(colleges)
December 1st, 2009 at 1:47 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_College
December 1st, 2009 at 11:12 pm
When can we get an update? Come on this site rules but only if it has new content at least every 3 decades or so! My grandma’s twitter account is more active than IvyGate!
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
It would appear as though this headline is wrong, as seemingly no-one wants to write for Ivygate, even its own staff members. Really, its been almost 3 weeks since a new article!
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
this website used to be so good and now it sucks. its been three weeks since it’s been updated!! seriously?!
how hard can it be to skim read the 8 ivy news websites every day and find SOMETHING interest?
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:32 pm
@Columbia/Brown: Um, Penn DOES have a blog like Columbia’s Bwog… it’s called Under the Button, and it’s on Ivygate’s blog roll…
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:43 am
@Penn student. Yeah, that’s nothing like Bwog. Have you ever read it? The updates are huge and frequent, and the comment sections are legend. Under the Button seems to suck. Though that’s probably the fault of the students who don’t use it than the 34th Street writers who pen it. Columbia’s an alien enough place that people find more community online (Bored at Butler, Bwog) than they do on their own campus.
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
You all make me hate the Ivy League so, so much.
Also, VorEhns, if I see you in HGS, remind me to kick you in the groin.
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:10 pm
P.S. Obligatory cock-measuring: Harvard is a brand, not a school. If academia were a counterculture, Harvard would be a Hot Topic. That makes Yale J. Press, Princeton J. Crew, and Dartmouth FUCK YOU.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
This is retarded! I’m threatening to unsubscribe from the rss feed unless there is an update within the next two days.
I’m not even kidding and I WILL do it.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Wow Mr. Estes did you proof read this before you hit submit? By the way in case fellow ivy gate bloggers are unaware, the word Internet should be capitalized. I see why you are looking for some help. Good luck my friends!