Ontario university mocks GWB in ad campaign
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by Rusty » 9/6/2006, 9:26 pm
Hey now, we're arguing over Bush and the sign, not IQ tests.
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by beautiful liar » 9/7/2006, 7:43 am
I think this is the most publicity lakehead's ever gotten.
a lakehead degree will get you a job....if you want to work around thunder bay for the rest of your life....
a lakehead degree will get you a job....if you want to work around thunder bay for the rest of your life....
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by nelison » 9/7/2006, 9:25 am
I have no problem with them releasing such an ad. I don't think it does much for the school's reputation because you don't really see top schools resorting to such gimmicks but if it means they persuade a few meagre students to go there then I guess it's good for them.
The interesting thing behind the ad, and I think Sarah hit on it exactly, is that while Bush may be percieved as stupid, there is very little evidence supporting such a claim. In fact, in the 2004 election people tried to use military aptitude test scores to determine whether Kerry or Bush was smarter, and Bush had a marginally higher score. This of course means nothing because the questions do not hit on all possible areas of intelligence.
Also, to be smart does not mean you're an excellent public speaker, and you can be an excellent public speaker and not be smart. Charisma isn't intelligence.
Lakehead has a point that simply going to a highly reputable university doesn't mean you're going to be amongst the best, but for every student who goes to Yale, Princeton, Harvard, MIT, etc. that gets in because of family links, there are probably 10 others who get in based on grades and merit. I also think that a school like Lakehead is kind of pandering to the lowest common denominator, and I don't think I would send my kid there knowing that rather than building an excellent reputation based on the services they provide they would rather release attack ads.
The interesting thing behind the ad, and I think Sarah hit on it exactly, is that while Bush may be percieved as stupid, there is very little evidence supporting such a claim. In fact, in the 2004 election people tried to use military aptitude test scores to determine whether Kerry or Bush was smarter, and Bush had a marginally higher score. This of course means nothing because the questions do not hit on all possible areas of intelligence.
Also, to be smart does not mean you're an excellent public speaker, and you can be an excellent public speaker and not be smart. Charisma isn't intelligence.
Lakehead has a point that simply going to a highly reputable university doesn't mean you're going to be amongst the best, but for every student who goes to Yale, Princeton, Harvard, MIT, etc. that gets in because of family links, there are probably 10 others who get in based on grades and merit. I also think that a school like Lakehead is kind of pandering to the lowest common denominator, and I don't think I would send my kid there knowing that rather than building an excellent reputation based on the services they provide they would rather release attack ads.
I can't wait until the day schools are over-funded and the military is forced to hold bake sales to buy planes.
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by Rusty » 9/11/2006, 11:42 pm
Queens Of The Stone Age-Someone's In The Wolf
Once you're lost in twillights's blue
You don't find your way, the way finds you...
Tempt the fates, beware the smile
It hides all the teeth, my dear,
What's behind them...
So glad you could stay
Forever
He steps between the trees, a crooked man
There's blood on the blade
Don't take his hand
You warm by the firelight, in twilight's blue
Shadows creep & dance the walls
He's creeping too..
So glad you could stay
Forever
<----------------- click and listen!
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