Where fun goes to die:

After reading the Supreme Court described as "the place where fun goes to die" I decided to see how associated with the University of Chicago the phrase was, so I googled it. Interesting results:

1) A page almost entirely in Italian, but inculding the English phrases "University of Chicago," "Regenstein," "UoC: where the squirrels are cutter than the girls" and "UoC: where fun comes to die."

2) This article from the Daily Princetonian. 24 weeks of classes, 9 day long reading period? Damn, I sure did go to the wrong place.

3) Posts from prospies on message boards worrying about whether the U of C is in fact the places where fun comes to die.

4) And of course, the Wikipedia entry for U of C.

About 90% of the high ranking google hits for the phrase were related to the U of C. So the correlation seems fairly strong. I think it's kind of inaccurate, though. I had a lot of fun at the U of C, despite the work. Sure it sucks when you have two days to read 200 pages of Marx (the Communist Manifesto isn't so bad, but some of the other stuff...), but after a few weeks you usually figure out what doesn't have to be done (90% of the reading for discussion classes) and what can't be started at 11pm the night before it's due (a Physics 141 problem set). There's so much to do in Chicago and so many really cool (and brilliant) people at the U of C that I don't know how you can't have fun if you try.

Just in case any prospies are reading this, unless you're looking for a place with a vibrant frat life or a pre-dentistry program, don't let the reputation throw you off.