This one time, in MBA Pub...
Raj Beri, WG'07
Issue date: 9/25/06 Section: Perspectives
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Like all of you, I love Pub. On Tuesdays I start looking forward to throwing back some beers and distracting 1st Years from pizza with clever tricks like "Hey isn't that your Finance TA in the corner grading your problem set?" I do think, however, that we should expand Pub themes. We all know and love WHALASA Pub, Spanish Pub and Out4Biz Pub, but these are now too mainstream. Maybe we can consolidate all these Pubs into one (I'm picturing a Sombrero wearing bullfighter with buttless chaps smoking a cigarette and singing I will Survive, while being accompanied by a Mariachi band, but that's just me) and expand Pub into more niche markets. Do we really need India Pub and China Pub? Isn't that just the same thing as the Tech Club going out for drinks? With that in mind I propose some new Pub themes that might be worth exploring this year:
The Countries That None of us Come From Pub
Wharton is diverse, I agree. But, where's the love for Albania or Qatar? I personally know enough about my friends from Kenya, Russia and the UK and I'm not that interested in them anymore. What I really want to know about is all those other countries that aren't represented here. What's up with them? What do people from Lichtenstein eat and are they pissed off that their country sounds like some sort of fungal disease? That's what I want to get out of Pub. A little more knowledge and culture about the world outside the bubble.
There's also nothing worse than making a joke about a country and realizing that there are two people from that country beside you. I'm not sure about you but "Sorry Felipe, my bad, I'm sure not all Guatemalan men do that with animals" has got to be the one of the most awkward things I've had to say at Pub.
At Countries that None of Us Come From Pub, we wouldn't have to worry about this. Want to make off-color jokes about how people from Bahrain smell? No problem. Want to deride the existence of pseudo-countries like Kyrgyzstan (the Switzerland of Central Asia) and the other 'stans in a risk free zone? Then come to Countries that None of us Come From Pub.
The War on Terror Pub
Let's face it. America is at war. It will probably be at war until the day we die. Well, at least until George W. is out of office but nonetheless you can't deny the hype. At last check, we had made progress on the War on Terror but there was still a lot to be done. War on Terror Pub will be a place where we can all see just where we are with the War, and how close we are to reaching our goal. I see it as a semi-annual pub, maybe co-sponsored by the Texas Club, with one of those fundraising thermometer things that shows our progress. Like, "Hey, we're at 50% of our target in the War on Terror right now but we still have a lot of countries to annex and regions to destabilize.
In the meantime pat yourselves on the back and have a Miller Lite and some pizza." Because let's face it, war is not always as fun as Fox News makes it out to be. They only show the good parts and it's always prudent to step back and reflect on all the bad things about the War, like high gas prices and interruptions of our favorite TV shows with breaking news reports from countries we hadn't heard of before. We can even have entry into Pub be like airport security with "random" checks and body cavity searches of people who fit a certain description. Good times, I say, good times.
Borat Appreciation Pub
It's about time we recognize the man, the myth, the legend from Kazakhstan with his own Pub. I, like many of you I'm sure, have spent many hours at Wharton, when I should have been cramming for that exam, writing up that case or finding out why I returned home at 4AM from Byblos without my shirt, watching Borat videos on my computer. While we all aspire to be more like Borat in our daily lives and wish Borat was facilitating case discussions in our classes instead of most of our Professors, these goals may be unattainable. The least we can do is honor the man at Pub by putting on our best Kazakh accent, curling our hair and growing a moustache (just the guys please). I like!
SexyBack Pub
Just JT on repeat, disco-balls, and everyone dressed up like we're extras from Brokeback Mountain. You know you want it.
The Spirit of Thailand Pub
Ok, maybe not.
The Countries That None of us Come From Pub
Wharton is diverse, I agree. But, where's the love for Albania or Qatar? I personally know enough about my friends from Kenya, Russia and the UK and I'm not that interested in them anymore. What I really want to know about is all those other countries that aren't represented here. What's up with them? What do people from Lichtenstein eat and are they pissed off that their country sounds like some sort of fungal disease? That's what I want to get out of Pub. A little more knowledge and culture about the world outside the bubble.
There's also nothing worse than making a joke about a country and realizing that there are two people from that country beside you. I'm not sure about you but "Sorry Felipe, my bad, I'm sure not all Guatemalan men do that with animals" has got to be the one of the most awkward things I've had to say at Pub.
At Countries that None of Us Come From Pub, we wouldn't have to worry about this. Want to make off-color jokes about how people from Bahrain smell? No problem. Want to deride the existence of pseudo-countries like Kyrgyzstan (the Switzerland of Central Asia) and the other 'stans in a risk free zone? Then come to Countries that None of us Come From Pub.
The War on Terror Pub
Let's face it. America is at war. It will probably be at war until the day we die. Well, at least until George W. is out of office but nonetheless you can't deny the hype. At last check, we had made progress on the War on Terror but there was still a lot to be done. War on Terror Pub will be a place where we can all see just where we are with the War, and how close we are to reaching our goal. I see it as a semi-annual pub, maybe co-sponsored by the Texas Club, with one of those fundraising thermometer things that shows our progress. Like, "Hey, we're at 50% of our target in the War on Terror right now but we still have a lot of countries to annex and regions to destabilize.
In the meantime pat yourselves on the back and have a Miller Lite and some pizza." Because let's face it, war is not always as fun as Fox News makes it out to be. They only show the good parts and it's always prudent to step back and reflect on all the bad things about the War, like high gas prices and interruptions of our favorite TV shows with breaking news reports from countries we hadn't heard of before. We can even have entry into Pub be like airport security with "random" checks and body cavity searches of people who fit a certain description. Good times, I say, good times.
Borat Appreciation Pub
It's about time we recognize the man, the myth, the legend from Kazakhstan with his own Pub. I, like many of you I'm sure, have spent many hours at Wharton, when I should have been cramming for that exam, writing up that case or finding out why I returned home at 4AM from Byblos without my shirt, watching Borat videos on my computer. While we all aspire to be more like Borat in our daily lives and wish Borat was facilitating case discussions in our classes instead of most of our Professors, these goals may be unattainable. The least we can do is honor the man at Pub by putting on our best Kazakh accent, curling our hair and growing a moustache (just the guys please). I like!
SexyBack Pub
Just JT on repeat, disco-balls, and everyone dressed up like we're extras from Brokeback Mountain. You know you want it.
The Spirit of Thailand Pub
Ok, maybe not.
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