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Stuff Northeastern Kids Like

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Lauryn Paiva Student Contributor, Northeastern University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Northeastern chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

This list is just as predictable as you think it is.

1. Free T-shirts: NU knows how to attract crowds to boring university- sponsored events: Just bribe the student body with a free tee and we’ll show up in droves.


2.
Chicken Lou’s: Nothing brings the Northeastern community quite like the intoxicating smell of a double-stuffed sex emanating from everyone’s favorite hangover savior.


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The North Face/Leggings/Uggs combination: Every undergraduate female’s “go to” outfit. Also the qualifying reason Boston was voted as the least fashionable city in America.


4.
Dunkin Donuts iced coffee: Northeastern runs on Dunkin-just check out the perpetual line at the Shillman location if you don’t believe me. It doesn’t matter that it’s December and we’re all walking to campus in parkas, we’ll still be desperate for our medium iced (with a hot cup, please.)

5. Bad late night pizza: Don’t act like you’ve never walked by BHOP at 1 am hoping that they’ll be handing out the night’s cold, greasy leftovers to drunk stumblers home.

6. $8 Rolling Rock pitchers at Conor’s: It’s disgusting, but we’ll drink it anyway: IT’S CHEAP!


7.
Wearing sweatshirts of other colleges other than the one you actually attend: There are more BC and Harvard hoodies on our campus than there are North Face backpacks, and that’s really saying something.

8. Playing Chicken with the traffic on Huntington: “Can I make it? Probably Not. I’ll dart across anyway just to piss someone off.”

9. Eating sushi from Outtakes in class: Why???


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Longchamp bags: The Admissions Office should just incorporate them into the undergraduate application, since it’s just as necessary as a sky-high GPA to be considered for acceptance.

11. Red Cross volunteers: Whenever you’re feeling particularly bitter, there is one strategically placed on every street corner up and down Huntington for you to snap at. It’s like they’re asking for it.

12. Random barbecues in the quad: No, you don’t know what it’s for, but there are free hot dogs so you’ll wait in a line that stretches from Krentzman to Centennial. Worth it.

13. Sneaking on to the inbound E Line train: Ah, the convenience of being located near an above ground T stop. Just pile on, kids. No matter that the T conductor will refuse to move the train until everyone comes up front to swipe their Charlie Card. You go to a school that costs upward of $50,000 a year. Just walk to the front and pay the damn $1.70 fare so we can all move on with our lives.

14. Grocery Shopping at Wallaston’s: There’s a Shaw’s and a Stop & Shop on either end of campus, but we’ll all pay $7 for a loaf of bread at Wally’s because we’re too lazy to walk to the Pru or Brigham Circle.


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Waiting until ten minutes before class starts to go to Infocommons to print your work: Weird, you weren’t the only one with that idea. 10,000 other undergrads also seem to think that’s the best time to utilize the six available printers in Snell.

Photos: Northeastern University, Ugg, Long Champ, TechFuels, Harvard University

Lauryn is a senior at Northeastern University majoring in journalism. She has written for Boston.com as well as the HC branch at Northeastern. Lauryn is also a teaching assistant for International Affairs students at Northeastern. In May and June of 2011, she embarked on a reporting trip to the Middle East, where she mastered the art of "man on the street" reporting and gained a new appreciation for falafel. In her spare time, Lauryn enjoys writing, walking around Boston aimlessly, traveling and a unhealthy obsession with her Kindle. She loves eating, French bulldogs and Anderson Cooper. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in foreign correspondence or magazine journalism. You can follow her on Twitter @laurynpaiva.