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We're happy and we know it (clap clap clap)

#1 Post by BackInTex » Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:28 pm

Happiest Colleges In The Country

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#2 Post by Estonut » Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:52 pm

You left off the rest of the title of the article...

The Happiest Colleges In The Country According To The Daily Beast's 2013 Ranking

Another beast doing rankings! :)
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#3 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:09 pm

He reads The Huffington Post?! :shock:
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#4 Post by TheConfessor » Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:31 pm

The numbers suggest almost no difference between any of the top ten. Except for the U. of Texas, whose numbers were not shown at all.

I don't know what happiness has to do with college rankings. Do the students actually learn stuff or gain skills that will help them in life? Do these schools make their students happy, or do happy people choose to attend these ten schools?

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#5 Post by BackInTex » Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:10 pm

TheConfessor wrote:I don't know what happiness has to do with college rankings.
Everything if the ranking is by the happiness of the students.

Other things colleges are ranked by:

Top party schools

Best value

Hottest cheerleaders : A&M wins the San Francisco vote but loses big nationally.

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TheConfessor wrote:Do the students actually learn stuff or gain skills that will help them in life? Do these schools make their students happy, or do happy people choose to attend these ten schools?
Maybe this will help answer your questions.

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#6 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:21 pm

Estonut wrote:You left off the rest of the title of the article...

The Happiest Colleges In The Country According To The Daily Beast's 2013 Ranking

Another beast doing rankings! :)

Wow! Who's the other beast doing rankings.....?

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#7 Post by TheConfessor » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:04 pm

Unfortunately, The Cowsills didn't make the list of Top 10 Happiest Acts In Pop Music History:

1. Donna Fargo
2. The Turtles
3. The Edwin Hawkins Singers
4. Jimmy Soul
5. Andy Williams
6. Shades Of Blue
7. Dave "Baby" Cortez
8. Otis Redding
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Pratt & McClain
Also receiving votes: Don Robertson, Surface, Ray Conniff Singers, and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

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#8 Post by silvercamaro » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:39 pm

TheConfessor wrote:Also receiving votes: Don Robertson, Surface, Ray Conniff Singers, and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.
And you should see Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller twerk!
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#9 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:49 pm

Here's the happiness expert who voted Texas A & M Number One:

Check out our website: http://www.silverscreenvideos.com

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#10 Post by silvercamaro » Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:04 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
TheConfessor wrote:Also receiving votes: Don Robertson, Surface, Ray Conniff Singers, and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.
And you should see Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller twerk!
After writing this, I tried to find a recent photo of Mrs. R. I was unsuccessful, perhaps for no better reason than she's now 87. I did run across this earlier picture of Happy and Lady Bird. Clearly, they are practicing the kinds of dance moves that would inspire Beyonce and others in a generation that would follow their own.

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#11 Post by jarnon » Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:29 pm

silvercamaro wrote:After writing this, I tried to find a recent photo of Mrs. R. I was unsuccessful, perhaps for no better reason than she's now 87.
I had no idea that she was still alive!

When I was a boy, my mom told me that Gov. Rockefeller lost any chance of being elected President when he divorced his first wife and married Happy. Times sure have changed.
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