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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did this thread even become hijacked to become a battleground for the world's most insecure college grads who clearly are trying to compensate for something? This isn't embarrassing for Northwestern or its grads; it's deeply embarrassing for the weird PP's who keep yarning on about HYPSM and how Chicago sucks... on a thread about a donation? Really, really strange. Move on![/quote]

The logic behind their vitriol is that 1) Northwestern is an "inferior" school and therefore, unworthy of being on the receiving end of such a big donation 2) the money should have gone to HYPSM instead 3) how come there are billionaires graduating from a "second-tier" school like Northwestern???

The fact that Northwestern received a near $500 million donation from a very successful businessman with strong attachment to his alma mater for them is just earth-shattering because it challenged just about all of their preconceived notions on prestige and stuff like that. Dial back a few years, they made the same comments about JHU too when Bloomberg made his record donation by trashing the school in just about every thread possible. The irrational hate has sort of died down but I'm sure now that I brought it back up, someone will definitely say something again.   [/quote]

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