To us seniors, Northwestern has always been a little of everything: engineers and theatre students. Big Ten Football and academic rigor. Students who study and students who party. Right now there is a Facebook campaign going on asking NU students to define what kind of Northwestern they are. Are they the student who works hard, but parties even harder? Do they go to the Keg every Monday like a ritual? Are they tailgating in the pouring rain at 8AM? Is college, for them, about getting ‘Northwasted?’ Or, are they the student that cares more about their future than the size of their flask? Do they have an awesome (and quirky) knowledge of trivia? Are Monday nights more about Deering than the Keg? Essentially, are they ‘Nerdwestern?’

At times, NU students treat studying and partying at NU as mutually exclusive – but, let’s be honest, are they really? Doesn’t everyone have the days where they’re “Nerdwestern with a propensity to get Northwasted” and vice versa? Sure. The Weekly’s social diary last week outlined a balance (or lack thereof) pretty well. Students from all years have been answering the question “Are you ‘Nerdwestern’ or ‘Northwasted'” themselves by buying a T-shirt on the FB group and declaring themselves proudly. Right now, it’s an even split.

There’s no doubt Northwestern attracts a particular brand of student. Which one are you?

-Katherine Walczak

Communication senior

-Kaitlyn Thompson

Medill senior