Possible ‘Nerd Auction’ at Washington State University
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The computer club at the Washington State University is trying to be creative. It may hold a ‘nerd auction’:
“…The idea is to trade their computer skills to sorority girls in exchange for a makeover and, possibly, a date.
“You can buy a nerd and he’ll fix your computer, help you with stats homework, or if you’re really adventurous, take you to dinner!” Ben Ford, president of the Linux Users Group, said on its Web site.”
link: College nerds look to trade skills for dates
The basic assumption may be erroneous. Sorority girls can fix their own computer. Sorority girls can excel in statistics. Sorority girls can change light bulbs, too. Being in a sorority does not mean that IQ points suddenly drop. An informal focus group of females here discussed this auction idea and came to a rather unanimous conclusion. And that conclusion, in a word, is… “desperation”.
Catherine
[tags]university of washington, computer club, dates, sorority girls, assumptions, auction[/tags]
4 Comments
Rick Brewster
September 25th, 2007
at 9:24pm
Hmm … Washington State University, or University of Washington? You mention both as if they were the same school … they’re 300 miles apart though. Easy to confuse though I guess.
forsythe
September 25th, 2007
at 9:32pm
Thanks Rick … correction made. Thanks for pointing it out to me…
Catherine
Lily Ford
September 25th, 2007
at 10:23pm
I admit I am extremely biased in this situation as I am the sister of the nerd in charge of this activity, Ben Ford. However, I feel that I must come to their defense. As I am just as much of a computer geek as he and am a member of the LUG, I can attest to the fact that these guys do not believe that girls are not knowledgeable about computers and they don’t believe that sorority girls are complete idiots either! However, it did come as quite a shock when the PR class recommended that the LUG networked with the sororities. Yes, Ben made a crack about the nerds fixing their computers and the girls liking makeovers but his tongue was planted most firmly in his cheek at the time! These guys aren’t desperate and definitely aren’t desperate for dates either! They are a great group of guys and will definitely be having fun with the concepts of the “nerd” and the “greek.” Enjoy!
Washii
September 27th, 2007
at 12:11pm
Ahh, WSU, EWU’s big brother to the east.
As a CompSci and nerd major myself, I’m rather amused by this whole idea. On the whole, of sorority sister’s that I’ve come across (note: the ones -I- have come across), they really can’t do much more than maybe install a USB printer.
Besides, the typical ‘nerd’ is seen to be reclusive and such on campus anyway (except amongst themselves, I can attest to). Also seems like a good idea in an area like Pullman. The same idea could be applied here in Cheney for those that don’t want the 30-45 minute drive into Spokane for most computer support services.
I think there are an awful lot of ‘nerds’ that don’t necessarily believe they are the only ones that can do such things as fixing computers or working with stats (I certainly don’t), however, there is a reverse blade where a lot of really good Computer Science ‘nerds’ I know can barely troubleshoot Windows, let alone get along inside of the CS Dept.’s dual-boot with Kubuntu (and I help some of those off-and-on as well).