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Militarism grips Ivy League

Not content with battling it out in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, the Ivies are throwing it down by way of that most gentlemanly of pastimes: war! Or rather, inter-campus computerized simulations of games that simulate war! Kind of!

Our buddies at GoCrossCampus have organized an Ivy League championship. While Columbia hasn't won a single outright basketball or football championship in the League, we all know that cross-country Risk is the glamour sport of the future. So take up arms, Columbians! Let our arrows blot out the sun! We'll make Princeton pine for 1777! Hoohah!

-ARR


Posted by Risk nerd: #1 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:00 PM
FOR GREAT JUSTICE.
Posted by cpd: #2 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:01 PM
ahoo, ahoo, ahoo!
Posted by apparently : #3 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:07 PM
nobel peace prize winner doris lessing loves the pres bo [external link to www.breitbart.com] (is it that hard to get the 'u' correct in columbia?)
Posted by the truth: #4 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:12 PM
there will be no day more glorious than when the legions of Columbia march into Harvard Yard and destroy the statue of John Harvard and replace it with a replica of Alma Mater....
Posted by ridiculous: #5 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:15 PM
but its not a matter of pride any more. We need more people if we want to be a competitor, Yale has us outnumbered 4:1. sign up now. Bwog, post a link
Posted by Link: #6 (in reply to #5) · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Does this work?

[external link to www.gocrosscampus.com]
Posted by Glad to see: #7 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:30 PM
that they didn't include Barnard on the map.
Posted by Off-topic but: #8 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Pinkberry just opened!
Posted by SPARTA: #9 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 4:48 PM
EVERYONE JOIN RIGHT NOW

[external link to www.gocrosscampus.com]

Our extensive knowledge of ancient Greek military history should give us the edge, obviously. Join the ranks, Columbians!
Posted by Clearly: #10 (in reply to #9) · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 5:58 PM
We should just leave one army in Fairfield to fend off the Yalie horde while we gather our strength towards the south - it worked in the movie!
Posted by Columbiatch: #11 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 6:08 PM
John Harvard's statue shall give Alma head. No quakers, dogs-with-melting-faces, or tin cans shall stand in our way!
Posted by ...: #12 (in reply to #7) · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 6:15 PM
yes, thank god. that would have just been too much for you to handle.

sweet jesus, someone might think they take classes with us!
Posted by well bless my soul: #13 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 6:37 PM
sweet jesus, someone might think they SHOULD be taking classes with us!
Posted by Literature: #14 (in reply to #3) · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 8:59 PM
Lessing won for literature. Al Gore won for peace.

Tip-off that she didn't win for peace: Lessing was quoted using the word 'hate' four times in that interview--directed at Ahmadinejad and Tony Blair. I'm glad to see that she's got her priorities in line...
Posted by If we: #15 · reply · track
October 22, 2007 at 10:52 PM
enslave the barbarians to the North, our legions shall be invincible!

::cut scene::

- But this is MADNESS!

- No, THIS IS HAAAAARRRRLEMMMMMMM!

Posted by false: #16 (in reply to #15) · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 12:19 AM
THIS IS CAAAKKKEEETOWWWNNNN!

BRUSH YOUR TEETH!
Posted by DHI: #17 (in reply to #14) · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 12:33 AM
Nah, all the Nobel Prizes are the Nobel Peace Prize. It's the Nobel Peace Prize for Chemistry, Nobel Peace Prize for Literature, etc.

Posted by hmm curious: #18 (in reply to #17) · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 2:09 AM
Was that joking/sarcasm, or a statement of fact? I really can't tell.
Posted by i think: #19 (in reply to #17) · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 2:14 AM
al gore one the nobel peace prize for peace.
Posted by alexw: #20 · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 6:12 AM
I currently own one Nobel Peace Prize for Chemistry (in regards to Peace) and one Pullit Surprise.
Posted by Clarification: #21 (in reply to #18) · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 1:04 PM
It's a reference to a mistake Kanye West made in a sketch a few weeks back on SNL. Jeez, who doesn't know that?

[external link to youtube.com]
Posted by and on the day: #22 (in reply to #19) · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 3:23 PM
that al won his little prize, it was freezing cold.

god has a sense of humor.
Posted by about the link: #23 (in reply to #21) · reply · track
October 23, 2007 at 7:44 PM
it doesn't work because the people at NBC decided to be tools and have it taken down because of "copyrights".
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