It’s the Michigan motto, or so we say. In actuality, it’s the mentality virtually every college claims to have, whether it is Colgate University or MIT. The “work hard, play hard” lifestyle is clearly very prevalent in college and students should expect to do both in order to get the most out of their time here. From what I’ve seen, the experience of a typical U of M student is built on this understanding and falls in perfectly with Suits’ Death of the Grasshopper, as well as Giamatti’s Take Time for Paradise.
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State of Nature in “The Purge”
In 2013, a film was released that depicted what civilization would be in modern times without rules, laws, and governmental authority: The Purge. In this film, there is 12-hour period on March 21st in which all crime(i.e. murder, rape, breaking and entering, etc.) is legal, and all services (i.e. police, fire department, hospitals and emergency rooms, etc.) are closed. In this movie, the prime feature of Thomas Hobbes’ theory of state of nature are exhibited: complete Continue reading
Are You Serious, Tiger?
“Oh Tiger, you missed the cut.. shocking.”
“I’d withdraw too if I was 20 strokes back.”
My Personal Favorite: “Holy Smokes, why are you so bad?” Continue reading