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Eagle Rants: October 18, 2012

• College Democrats: Made of Awesome

• GRANDPA SHARK DOO DOO DOO DOO DA DOO!!!! I went swimmin'. Saw a fin. Swam faster. Lifeguard running. Saved my life, but then my lifeguard said there'd been no reason to fear. It was nothing but a harmless little dear.... baby shark doo doo doo doo da doooooooo.

• Just so everyone is aware, there is a new drug-resistant form of gonorrhea going around. Have fun, but be safe. The more you guys use protection, the less likely it is that I will catch it, and in the end, isn't that all that matters?

• I really don't find biddies attractive but keep wearing those yoga pants ladies. It's good stuff.

• I don't know what you want from me...

• What's the difference between an Arab terrorist and a woman with PMS? You can negotiate with an Arab terrorist. LOL

• @we haven't really met yet but i want to change that: what was she wearing? what did she loook like?

• @ "I know I shouldn’t even engage with your unenlightened, unsexed self but I don’t even understand that oyster metaphor." Sounds like you don't get around much and neither does your grammar. Leave the oldest profession in the world to the trained experts down by Chinatown. And don't let anal ruin your hole weak.

• GRANDPA SHARK! DOO DOO DOO DOO MOTHERFUCKERS

• Blonde working the desk at the gym yesterday. My friend said you totally checked me out. Talk to me next time I swipe in, okay? :)

• More like EagleSuckure.

• @They is not a singular pronoun: Thank you for your expertise in the field of linguistics. Where was it you got your Doctoral Certification naming you Czar of Pronouns again? Pretty sure people can choose to go by whatever flipping pronoun they choose, and as someone who uses they as their singular personal pronoun of choice, I hope one day you come to realize what a cis-sexist bigot you come off as

• @I hate to be that person. I'm a girl and I'm talking about a guy.

• To whoever said wegmans is better than wawa: NO. Sit down and shut up, bro.

• There's a wawa a five minute walk from my house :) and another down the road. and another down the road in the opposite direction. And I'm from outside Philly. XD

• @single&loney I agree completely. 100% I just wish that I could see some way to change that.

• catch me, catch me for tonight! #TVXQ

• that one guy in teen top, CAP, looks like a jonas brother. ick.

• This has been the worst freaking day ever. So. Many things. To. Do.

• you take forever to post rants and then you let racist stuff get posted... Maybe you should have one person do rants instead of you editing the entire fricken paper!

• lol did that person -actually- think romney won the debate o hahahahaha excuse me lol Cloud Strife. Nuff said.

• sexuality and security clearances: the govt only cares if you wound up in a situation where someone could blackmail you for your sexual activities (sex for money/drugs, compromising practices, etc). don't act like crazy sexcapades don't happen at the govt level because they do. signed, another clearance holder

• I AM AWESOME.

• @“You’re clearly a freshman. That’s been done. Players did it last year.” yes I am. Do you have problem with a student, regardless of year, taking an initiative to pursue something that they’re passionate about?

• Super cutesy couples have the unique ability of making me feel guilty for not being cutesy With my bf while also making me want to throw up.

• I don't understand the shark doo doo joke...

• I do know what I want. It happens to be you but I'm afraid telling you will push you away.

• I know you’re used to being considered athletic by your friends, but that’s only because they have low standards. You smoke and eat garbage every single night. I don’t know what kind of expensive tournaments your parents pay for you to fight in, but the size of your trophies really doesn’t matter. The only measure of athletic ability IS athletic ability… I’m literally twice as strong and twice as fast as you and I eat clean and train dirty every single day like I friggin’ mean it. We are not on the same level, stop pretending like we are.

• @Wegman's YES PLEASE

• Changed my desktop background to Homer Simpson saying "It's the worst day of your life SO FAR." IDK, I just find that oddly comforting.

• @US government factors in your promiscuity... Seems like Bill Clinton slipped through the cracks...

• The how water in Centennial Hall doesnt WORK!! I have had to shower with f*cking cold water for days...

• @How many Poles does it take to put in a light bulb? - well, it only takes one Pole to put in the light bulb, but it takes the whole country to afford to buy it

• "The word they (with its counterparts them, their, and themselves) as a singular pronoun to refer to a person of unspecified sex has been used since at least the 16th century." -Apple dictionary. Oxford dictionary also backs this up, and I think Merriam-Webster too. Just saying.

• @It’s 12:00. Do you know where your rants are? Best. Rant. Ever

• Continuing the Wawa discussion, North Jerseans have a Wawa to call their own too! (only 1 though) It's off I-280 in Parsipanny!

• These have really gotten disgusting since I was at AU. I'm afraid for this generation of sheltered rich kids...

• It takes one Pole to hold the light bulb and 5 to turn the chair.

• Dear SIS. Good luck getting jobs. LOL

• We'll never have equal rights until the American people vote for a guy with the middle name "titty-buster."

• In the middle of the night, I go walking in my sleep.

• @ my friend in a slump. Get a haircut! It will make you feel fresh and new every time you look in the mirror! :)

• The best part of my day: Going into the Dav and they have a good mix of music playing, with everyone sing along (some louder than others, I mean you adorable girl in the checks, sorry for laughing)

• @"Oh of course. The liberal hating rants go in, but if I want to crack a couple of racist jokes, they get thrown out the window." I'm sure you've felt very marginalized as a liberal, especially at this school. It's such a bummer that you can't make ignorant racist jokes to even the playing field. #BYE

• Dear the eagle. Please bring back Alex Knepper. Thank you le reader

• @"They is not..." lol you said not twice grammar jack@$$. You should work on your own writing skills before insulting everyone else's.

• Eaglerants make me angry. They make me hate AU and feel like I've wasted my time at the place. I've had a rough week and am kinda sad. But whoever suggested that Aaron Carter sing "I want candy" while Romney fires t-shirts into the crowd, thank you. That made me happy and giggle.

• FML I fell asleep in psych class and got woken up after it ended. I hope I didn't snore.

• "They" was a singular pronoun to Shakespeare, Twain, Austen, and of course normal everyday people. Try learning some real grammar or linguistics, not just schoolmarm nitpicking ;). You'll find language is a lot more complicated than the style guides prescribe it to be. Don't start with Chomsky, though; that'll go right over your head.

• i dont understand personal-gossip-skyping in the mudbox...seriously?

• Potato chips on the silent floor were a bad idea. My crunching is like a building being demolished.

• WHEN IS THE HOT WATER GOING TO START WORKING AGAIN IN ANDERSON

• @"I will literally let any girl who makes me a home cooked meal use my body for whatever she wants for an hour": how do you feel about something involving stuffed buffalo heads and ice cubes

• Happy 25th birthday at AU, Bon Appetit! The cakes were all very awesome this morning!

• I always feel really bad when people get uncomfortable with me making morbid jokes, but I don't want to tell them that it's a coping technique I learned from therapy after attempting suicide multiple times...

• Never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes.

• Dear girl in my math class: I've been giving you the nastiest looks since forever, SMACKING your gum all out loud while I'm attempting to understand math. It's really not that hard to chew with your mouth closed, you and the people sitting around us will really appreciate if you stopped chewing like a horse. Sincerely, Girl who sits in the front row.

• College Democrats: Made of Awesome

• Men's Initiative- lets make one!

• So hii . I

• I wish like hell I knew what I could say to cheer you up, but I don't, and I don't feel like you really want to talk to me right now anyway. You deserve to be happy more than most people.

• tumblr's down and the rants aren't up.


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