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Watch: Warren’s got a great response for Trump’s desire to win over Bernie Sanders supporters.

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She’s seriously an angel.

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I love Elizabeth Warren.

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She is a beast and I adore her. Also, what she’s saying and the WAY she says it throughout this interview is so important to listen to. The arguments on the Democratic side are about how best to make progress, the most assured way forward. The goals are the same and the distinction between methods is a matter of degrees. And, of course, the key point that each Democratic candidate, even on their worst day, is 10000% better than the alternative.

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I think Bernie running has said “these things are important to many people” and has refocused the democrats too. It set up talking points. The democrats have been kind of a flopping fish for a while with very few having an agenda, or at least a clear one.

Heey! Do you still post on here?

Hello wanderingdarvesh,

This is admin1 (aka smelly gramps). Unfortunately, the other admin has been inactive as of late, and I’m too far removed from campus life (’12, no longer in Worcester) to post relevant content. If you would like to be one of the new mods, do let me know!

whatshouldwecallclark

Hey, Clark is one of my top choices, can you perhaps give me some pros/cons of your school? What are the students like? And the general atmosphere around campus?

paging karmarama tetrameter-trimeter theseasonstrees

Before I proceed, several disclaimers. I graduated back in 2012 (i.e. I was still alive when Freud came to tell us a thing), so please take what I have to say with that in mind. My opinion is that a university generally doesn’t change all that much in such a short span of time (plus I’ve gone to visit a couple of times since I graduated) but I figured I should let you know. Also, even with a school that’s so small and has such a distinct flavor, the experience can differ vastly from person to person. Again, everything in this post is 100% my opinion and you may find individuals who disagree with some, most, all of it (which is totes mcgoats coolio).

Pros:

- Pretty dang progressive (except perhaps when we get to the whole Israel-Palestine relations thing, but that’s a whole other can of worms)

- You can pretty much do w/e the fuck you want and for the most part you can find people with whom you’ll jive, or most people don’t give a pikachu’s ass

- It’s easier to grow close to people because you see the same faces day in and day out, classes tend to be small (again, depends on department and level), and the physical area of Clark is small. I got to know my professors really damn well, and when it came time to apply to grad schools I had killer recs because of that, compared to counterparts at larger schools where making that kind of connection would have probably been quite a bit more difficult (I’ve attended two big universities and have TA-ed so I know about this a little bit).

- It’s a pretty intellectual atmosphere (depends on your frame of reference, I s’pose, but that’s my $0.02), people generally seem to care about issues and I would argue that Clark is a bastion of political correctness.

- The people fucking rock man. My first-year roomie was a baller-ass kid from Belize, my 2nd and 3rd year I lived with a Taiwanese kid, a Korean dude who was born in Chile (Santi), a Korean girl who was raised in Indonesia, and a half-Korean half-Amerian girl who was the most Korean out of all of us (I’m Korean but grew up in the Philippines). Then senior year I lived with my then girlfriend, a half-Chinese half-American woman, an African-American dude from Baltimore, a white woman from VT, a half-Korean half-American girl from MA (not the same one as before) and this gorgeous pained aloof artist man who got accepted to RISD but attended Clark (???). I can’t even begin to explain how amazing each one of these people were, which is why I’ve reduced them to shitty half-sentence descriptions of their backgrounds, because I could never do justice to how great they all are. For such a small school, Clark has a TON of characters, and I really liked having that exposure to people who were quirky like me. Contrast that with my experiences at these two latter institutions (granted, I was/am in grad programs at both), where people were much more bro-esque.

Cons:

- It’s small. News of you hooking up with X might get around pretty quickly (depending on your circle of friends and who actually noticed it) kind of thing. Also, with shitty break-ups or one-night-stands there might be awkwardness as you invariably run into them at Goddard library or at the caf. It happens.

- This is just me, but at times I felt that people were gung-ho liberal. I’m pretty left-leaning, but I believe in reasoned dialogue and hearing people out (within reason) even if they have opinions that conflict with my own. At Clark, however, I felt that if you were even moderate, or *gasp* Amy Poehler-forbid, a DIRTY CONSERVATIVE you were gonna get your nuts chopped off and burned on the stake at Red Square (One of my majors was poli sci, so perhaps my perspective is not representative of how others felt)

- Worcester. Look, Worcester has some sweet-ass spots, I know. People are gonna say “ohhh, college is what you make of it, the city that you’re in really doesn’t matter, blah blah blah” I fucking get it. Guess what, though, kids at Northeastern or BU? They can do internships part-time at ALL kinds of organizations in Boston while they go to school. That kind of thing REALLY matters, and as it currently stands, the opportunities available in Worcester are not really comparable to those in larger metropolitan areas. Granted, it’s probably a bit better than Amherst or Williams, but those connections are lacking IMO.

- Related to the point above, I feel like the level of campus recruiting is somewhat limited. We certainly have certain organizational partners (PCG, Unum come to mind), but it’s not really at the level of other larger schools, esp those in large metropolitan areas. Don’t get me wrong, I know some friends with some kick-ass jobs, and Clark has been working on that front with all their LEEP shit, but I’ve seen a lot of candidates who were less-qualified get better jobs at the two institutions that I attended because of those connections. That being said, I know so many people that went on to succeed at going to amazing grad schools (Ph.D University of Chicago for biochem, Ph.D University of Colorado-Boulder for philosophy, Ph.D University of Wisconsin Madison- English, Ph.D Princeton for human rights/international politics - all of those are just off the top of my head, Msc Economics at the London School of Economics, TWO OF MY FUCKING MOCK TRIAL TEAMMATES ARE AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL FML)

I’m sorry for this extremely long-winded answer, but I wanted to make sure that I was addressing the kinds of things that might be helpful for you as you continue through the application process. I’m of the opinion that in the college application process, fit should be valued over all else. Of course, it’s not really that easy to gauge that ever so amorphous concept of ‘fit, and what you think might be a good fit for you may not actually be a good for you, but I digress. I think this is an EXCELLENT step in your application process, and I highly recommend reaching out to other students as well to solicit their opinions/perspectives. If you have specific majors/programs in mind, I may be able to put you in contact with some other individuals as well! Best of luck and do let me know if you have any other questions or if I can be of assistance in any other way!

-CC

theseasonstrees

My feelings immediately after graduating are that I absolutely loved Clark. I graduated with a communications major and arts minor and I had some of the most caring and involved professors and made amazing and lasting friendships. I have severe ADD that’s always been an issue with me when it comes to education in general, but I always felt comfortable and competent in clark’s small class sizes and interactive sessions compared to your stereotypical droning college lectures (although it really does depend on your major, psych classes in particular tend to fit into the big lecture end of things.) If you had talked to me as a freshman in high school and told me about my adventures and achievements made possible through my experiences at Clark I probably would have laughed in your face, but here I am, all graduated and whatnot. I would 100% choose Clark again.

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Meet Ben, aka Elephant Guy. Ben sports his BAMF elephant hat and goes around giving elephant tickets to people who are wearing grey on Thursdays. If you collect enough tickets, you can trade them in for some elephant goodies, ranging from bracelets to your very own elephant hat!

Don’t forget to wear grey on Thursdays so that you can start saving up for some elephant swag!

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whatshouldwecallclark

Hey, Clark is one of my top choices, can you perhaps give me some pros/cons of your school? What are the students like? And the general atmosphere around campus?

paging karmarama tetrameter-trimeter theseasonstrees

Before I proceed, several disclaimers. I graduated back in 2012 (i.e. I was still alive when Freud came to tell us a thing), so please take what I have to say with that in mind. My opinion is that a university generally doesn’t change all that much in such a short span of time (plus I’ve gone to visit a couple of times since I graduated) but I figured I should let you know. Also, even with a school that’s so small and has such a distinct flavor, the experience can differ vastly from person to person. Again, everything in this post is 100% my opinion and you may find individuals who disagree with some, most, all of it (which is totes mcgoats coolio).

Pros:

- Pretty dang progressive (except perhaps when we get to the whole Israel-Palestine relations thing, but that’s a whole other can of worms)

- You can pretty much do w/e the fuck you want and for the most part you can find people with whom you’ll jive, or most people don’t give a pikachu’s ass

- It’s easier to grow close to people because you see the same faces day in and day out, classes tend to be small (again, depends on department and level), and the physical area of Clark is small. I got to know my professors really damn well, and when it came time to apply to grad schools I had killer recs because of that, compared to counterparts at larger schools where making that kind of connection would have probably been quite a bit more difficult (I’ve attended two big universities and have TA-ed so I know about this a little bit).

- It’s a pretty intellectual atmosphere (depends on your frame of reference, I s’pose, but that’s my $0.02), people generally seem to care about issues and I would argue that Clark is a bastion of political correctness.

- The people fucking rock man. My first-year roomie was a baller-ass kid from Belize, my 2nd and 3rd year I lived with a Taiwanese kid, a Korean dude who was born in Chile (Santi), a Korean girl who was raised in Indonesia, and a half-Korean half-Amerian girl who was the most Korean out of all of us (I’m Korean but grew up in the Philippines). Then senior year I lived with my then girlfriend, a half-Chinese half-American woman, an African-American dude from Baltimore, a white woman from VT, a half-Korean half-American girl from MA (not the same one as before) and this gorgeous pained aloof artist man who got accepted to RISD but attended Clark (???). I can’t even begin to explain how amazing each one of these people were, which is why I’ve reduced them to shitty half-sentence descriptions of their backgrounds, because I could never do justice to how great they all are. For such a small school, Clark has a TON of characters, and I really liked having that exposure to people who were quirky like me. Contrast that with my experiences at these two latter institutions (granted, I was/am in grad programs at both), where people were much more bro-esque.

Cons:

- It’s small. News of you hooking up with X might get around pretty quickly (depending on your circle of friends and who actually noticed it) kind of thing. Also, with shitty break-ups or one-night-stands there might be awkwardness as you invariably run into them at Goddard library or at the caf. It happens.

- This is just me, but at times I felt that people were gung-ho liberal. I’m pretty left-leaning, but I believe in reasoned dialogue and hearing people out (within reason) even if they have opinions that conflict with my own. At Clark, however, I felt that if you were even moderate, or *gasp* Amy Poehler-forbid, a DIRTY CONSERVATIVE you were gonna get your nuts chopped off and burned on the stake at Red Square (One of my majors was poli sci, so perhaps my perspective is not representative of how others felt)

- Worcester. Look, Worcester has some sweet-ass spots, I know. People are gonna say “ohhh, college is what you make of it, the city that you’re in really doesn’t matter, blah blah blah” I fucking get it. Guess what, though, kids at Northeastern or BU? They can do internships part-time at ALL kinds of organizations in Boston while they go to school. That kind of thing REALLY matters, and as it currently stands, the opportunities available in Worcester are not really comparable to those in larger metropolitan areas. Granted, it’s probably a bit better than Amherst or Williams, but those connections are lacking IMO.

- Related to the point above, I feel like the level of campus recruiting is somewhat limited. We certainly have certain organizational partners (PCG, Unum come to mind), but it’s not really at the level of other larger schools, esp those in large metropolitan areas. Don’t get me wrong, I know some friends with some kick-ass jobs, and Clark has been working on that front with all their LEEP shit, but I’ve seen a lot of candidates who were less-qualified get better jobs at the two institutions that I attended because of those connections. That being said, I know so many people that went on to succeed at going to amazing grad schools (Ph.D University of Chicago for biochem, Ph.D University of Colorado-Boulder for philosophy, Ph.D University of Wisconsin Madison- English, Ph.D Princeton for human rights/international politics - all of those are just off the top of my head, Msc Economics at the London School of Economics, TWO OF MY FUCKING MOCK TRIAL TEAMMATES ARE AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL FML)

I’m sorry for this extremely long-winded answer, but I wanted to make sure that I was addressing the kinds of things that might be helpful for you as you continue through the application process. I’m of the opinion that in the college application process, fit should be valued over all else. Of course, it’s not really that easy to gauge that ever so amorphous concept of ‘fit, and what you think might be a good fit for you may not actually be a good for you, but I digress. I think this is an EXCELLENT step in your application process, and I highly recommend reaching out to other students as well to solicit their opinions/perspectives. If you have specific majors/programs in mind, I may be able to put you in contact with some other individuals as well! Best of luck and do let me know if you have any other questions or if I can be of assistance in any other way!

-CC

#Clark university #clark u

Hey, Clark is one of my top choices, can you perhaps give me some pros/cons of your school? What are the students like? And the general atmosphere around campus?

paging karmarama tetrameter-trimeter theseasonstrees

Before I proceed, several disclaimers. I graduated back in 2012 (i.e. I was still alive when Freud came to tell us a thing), so please take what I have to say with that in mind. My opinion is that a university generally doesn’t change all that much in such a short span of time (plus I’ve gone to visit a couple of times since I graduated) but I figured I should let you know. Also, even with a school that’s so small and has such a distinct flavor, the experience can differ vastly from person to person. Again, everything in this post is 100% my opinion and you may find individuals who disagree with some, most, all of it (which is totes mcgoats coolio).

Pros:

- Pretty dang progressive (except perhaps when we get to the whole Israel-Palestine relations thing, but that’s a whole other can of worms)

- You can pretty much do w/e the fuck you want and for the most part you can find people with whom you’ll jive, or most people don’t give a pikachu’s ass

- It’s easier to grow close to people because you see the same faces day in and day out, classes tend to be small (again, depends on department and level), and the physical area of Clark is small. I got to know my professors really damn well, and when it came time to apply to grad schools I had killer recs because of that, compared to counterparts at larger schools where making that kind of connection would have probably been quite a bit more difficult (I’ve attended two big universities and have TA-ed so I know about this a little bit).

- It’s a pretty intellectual atmosphere (depends on your frame of reference, I s’pose, but that’s my $0.02), people generally seem to care about issues and I would argue that Clark is a bastion of political correctness.

- The people fucking rock man. My first-year roomie was a baller-ass kid from Belize, my 2nd and 3rd year I lived with a Taiwanese kid, a Korean dude who was born in Chile (Santi), a Korean girl who was raised in Indonesia, and a half-Korean half-Amerian girl who was the most Korean out of all of us (I’m Korean but grew up in the Philippines). Then senior year I lived with my then girlfriend, a half-Chinese half-American woman, an African-American dude from Baltimore, a white woman from VT, a half-Korean half-American girl from MA (not the same one as before) and this gorgeous pained aloof artist man who got accepted to RISD but attended Clark (???). I can’t even begin to explain how amazing each one of these people were, which is why I’ve reduced them to shitty half-sentence descriptions of their backgrounds, because I could never do justice to how great they all are. For such a small school, Clark has a TON of characters, and I really liked having that exposure to people who were quirky like me. Contrast that with my experiences at these two latter institutions (granted, I was/am in grad programs at both), where people were much more bro-esque.

Cons:

- It’s small. News of you hooking up with X might get around pretty quickly (depending on your circle of friends and who actually noticed it) kind of thing. Also, with shitty break-ups or one-night-stands there might be awkwardness as you invariably run into them at Goddard library or at the caf. It happens.

- This is just me, but at times I felt that people were gung-ho liberal. I’m pretty left-leaning, but I believe in reasoned dialogue and hearing people out (within reason) even if they have opinions that conflict with my own. At Clark, however, I felt that if you were even moderate, or *gasp* Amy Poehler-forbid, a DIRTY CONSERVATIVE you were gonna get your nuts chopped off and burned on the stake at Red Square (One of my majors was poli sci, so perhaps my perspective is not representative of how others felt)

- Worcester. Look, Worcester has some sweet-ass spots, I know. People are gonna say “ohhh, college is what you make of it, the city that you’re in really doesn’t matter, blah blah blah” I fucking get it. Guess what, though, kids at Northeastern or BU? They can do internships part-time at ALL kinds of organizations in Boston while they go to school. That kind of thing REALLY matters, and as it currently stands, the opportunities available in Worcester are not really comparable to those in larger metropolitan areas. Granted, it’s probably a bit better than Amherst or Williams, but those connections are lacking IMO.

- Related to the point above, I feel like the level of campus recruiting is somewhat limited. We certainly have certain organizational partners (PCG, Unum come to mind), but it’s not really at the level of other larger schools, esp those in large metropolitan areas. Don’t get me wrong, I know some friends with some kick-ass jobs, and Clark has been working on that front with all their LEEP shit, but I’ve seen a lot of candidates who were less-qualified get better jobs at the two institutions that I attended because of those connections. That being said, I know so many people that went on to succeed at going to amazing grad schools (Ph.D University of Chicago for biochem, Ph.D University of Colorado-Boulder for philosophy, Ph.D University of Wisconsin Madison- English, Ph.D Princeton for human rights/international politics - all of those are just off the top of my head, Msc Economics at the London School of Economics, TWO OF MY FUCKING MOCK TRIAL TEAMMATES ARE AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL FML)

I’m sorry for this extremely long-winded answer, but I wanted to make sure that I was addressing the kinds of things that might be helpful for you as you continue through the application process. I’m of the opinion that in the college application process, fit should be valued over all else. Of course, it’s not really that easy to gauge that ever so amorphous concept of ‘fit, and what you think might be a good fit for you may not actually be a good for you, but I digress. I think this is an EXCELLENT step in your application process, and I highly recommend reaching out to other students as well to solicit their opinions/perspectives. If you have specific majors/programs in mind, I may be able to put you in contact with some other individuals as well! Best of luck and do let me know if you have any other questions or if I can be of assistance in any other way!

-CC

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when she says she doesn’t send nudes

straighthater

when guys objectify women and expect them to send nudes

timelordpillbug

when someone asks you about your nuclear plans for russia

hikingnerd

When Russia sends you nudes

miss-jaxon-flaxon-waxon

#what the fuck happened here

and when that doesn't work:

HIFW It's the end of the night with a wasted friend, but EMS isn't here yet

Oh... Hi! Hey there! Long time no see!

Hey everyone,

After an I-have-no-idea-how-long hiatus, I'm back to managing this wonderful blog. I hope I haven't left followers of this Tumblr begging!

As time has been passing, lots of contemplative thoughts have been swarming through my brain. Mainly: "what am I doing?" Simply put, I still don't know; but that's okay too! What really matters if I am living and not simply existing in this wonderful microcosm that is Clark University. On that front, things are wildly more interesting... very interesting. (But that's more a personal blog post, so I'll just leave it at that.)

In terms of the direction of this blog, I have taken it in terms this year (Spring 2014, more specifically) to really examine the nuances of a school like Clark and all that it has to provide. Little things that make the student body tick; what this place is really about. From some angles, this school is a haven for liberal arts-oriented students eager to "challenge convention" through various means. (If you ask me though, I'm a little "here nor there" when it comes to our motto.) In other respects, Clark is a well integrated amalgam of multiple different backgrounds, beliefs, and ideas. And that, combined with the doldrums of campus/city living- don't get on my case New Yorkers, Bostonians, Chicagoans et. al, Worcester is a "city" to me!- exemplifies that we are all running this race together.

If one were to eliminate any outliers from a perspective/knowledge-finding-mission on Clark, it would end up being difficult to summarize a multi-faceted university such as this. While that may not stop people from trying, it speaks for the populations that makes up Clark's not only ethnic and socioeconomic diversity, but the diversity of the lives which all of it's students live.

While cliché, this is my parting thought for now:

Clark University isn't simply a name or a place, it's a way of life. We are Clarkies; we are individuals; we stand to make a difference in this world: one person at a time.

Pssssst hey Admin Cal forgot to tell new Clarkies about all the awesome ethnic grocery stores on Main street(great for when you want to actually cook things on the cheap--sriracha sauce for $1.99!!) and also just a block down from McDonalds is Webster Sq. Liquors which sometimes has what State Liquor doesn't.

Thanks for the tip, Laura!

liquidsunshinedust

Freud was Here: We Challenge Convention: A Clarkie’s Guide to the Woo

whatshouldwecallclark:

hello poopers, my name is Calvin, and I am admin1 (aka smellygramps).

it seems that a lot of new Clarkies (Class of 2017 - holy shit, I’m going to finish grad school before you finish your undergrad) have been following this blog.

as a 4 year veteran of the Woo (also a veteran of Seoul, Manila,…

walk around at night, walk around whenever you want, this is not a country in civil war, this is your neighborhood. the people here are loving human beings and you should not be afraid of them. keep your head up in the streets, don’t act like you are afraid, smile at strangers and manifest positivity. everything else he said about the food is true.

liquidsunshinedust

calvin you’re a fucking asshole and i hate you. grow some fucking balls and publish my fucking ask. thank the gods you are no longer in worcester because people like me would have eaten you in the night that you are so afraid of you pompous piece of shit.

whatshouldwecallclark

Hello, ladies and gents! Just a friendly message from a Clarkie (who has a different opinion than my own regarding gallivanting around Worcester). By no means was my post meant to be taken as gospel, merely my own observations and opinions.

missmedley-blog

Today I found out my 19 year old brother now lives with (aside from his roommate) all girls.

My mom told me to make him brownies to send and I said his harem could do it. She didn’t like that very much. My father thought it was hilarious.

Here is a picture of his house.

whatshouldwecallclark

114 Woodland! WOOP WOOP!

When I have one last paper and a ride home that are due at the same time...

admin oldie mcgramps (calvin - cowmaster.tumblr.com) will be visiting Clark from 9/12 - 9/16!

make sure you come by blackstone for a drink...or two...or fifteen.

whoever the fuck you are, come by and say hullo - this prodigal son is open to sharing his infinite wisdom about Clark with all you freudlets.

many good times will be had! the last time I went to visit Clark, a shirtless Shady rode me as a I combat-crawled across the AC. Plus, what could be MORE fun and LESS creepy than hanging out with the grad student who graduated 2 (TWO!!1!1!2!) years ago?!

#cowmaster #clark university #clark u #whatshouldwecallclark

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coming back after having studied abroad for a year

#clark u #clark university #study abroad

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