From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxl!esj
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Re: Engineers (sheer, unadulterated - (nf)
Article-I.D.: ihuxl.344
Posted: Fri Apr 15 09:48:43 1983
Received: Mon Apr 18 22:55:43 1983
References: uiucdcs.1851, <258@alberta.UUCP>


Having read about the behaviour of eng. students at various schools,
I feel that I should mention my own Alma Mater, Northwestern U.
in Evanston, Illinois.

I remember the engineering students as being just about the same as
anyone else on campus.  Engineering Week had no more parties than
any other week and the culmination was the Tech Open House.
Animalistic behaviour was generally confined to the Delt and DU
parties.  Engineers WERE however looked down on because the 
prevalent opinion was that they were all nerds (we called 'em
"Weens" ,which was a hangover from long ago when the Technological
Institute was in Swift Hall - as in hotdogs - as in weenies.),
this idea having been implanted by several of their tribe 
roaming about with white socks, calculators on their belts,
coke bottle glasses, and crewcuts.  Part of that may have been
sour grapes though because the engineers were the ones that
always got ridiculously high (at that time) starting salaries.

				Sold out and joined 'em,
				JCJ
				CAS '78