
75. Tell your barkeep you want Ms. Pac-Man back. He can take his Golden Tee and shove it 76. Sneak in to a sold-out game 77. Pull a Kanye and become a college dropout, if only for a day. These slackers did so permanently. �� F. Scott Fitzgerald (left Princeton in 1917): The eventual Lost Generation spokesman ditched school only to write a novel that every English major in the world must now read. �� Tom Hanks (left Cal State-Sacramento in '77): "Ah'm not a smart man, Jenny, but I know what two Best Actor Oscar statuettes mean." �� Steve Jobs (left Reed College in '73): The Apple cofounder and wizard behind the iPod not only found a pretty spectacular job, he created tens of thousands of them. �� Ellen Degeneres (left New Orleans in '77): Before she came out, she dropped out -- and now she's the most popular woman on daytime TV, next to Oprah (a legit Tennessee State graduate). �� Bill Gates (left Harvard in '76): Billy boy? Oh, he just went on to found Microsoft and become one of the world's richest men. 78. Demolish a Duster -- or a Durango or a Datsun -- at Florida State , where pep rallies involve a jalopy, sledgehammers and tons of angst. 79. Enter or attend Ole Miss 's annual Parade of Beauties, where the winner is crowned, simply, Most Beautiful. 80. Pass-fail courses are passé compared with passport-required courses. Consider one of these study-abroad options. �� Swahili Safari, in Tanzania (at Louisiana State ) �� Studies in Antarctic System Science, in Antarctica (at Michigan State ) �� Castles, Cathedrals and Courtship in the Middle Ages, across Europe (at Arizona ) �� An Introduction to Vietnam , in Vietnam (at Oklahoma State ) 81. Run through the Power T at a Vols football game. Tennessee fan John Thornton (a rug and doormat supplier by day) coaxed school officials into letting him do as much with a mere $1 million donation ... but that was in 1995. 82. Witness greatness up close -- attend an Arkansas track or cross-country meet. Sixty-eight-year-old Hogs coach John McDonnell has won more national men's titles (42) than any other coach. Time is running out -- McDonnell retires at the end of this season. 83. Spend four crazy days at the ACC basketball tournament, set to be held at Atlanta 's Georgia Dome in 2008. The best coaches and players and the most passionate fans, all under one roof. (Thank the basketball gods, it is not a dome.) 84. Play roller hockey with the most successful women's soccer coach in NCAA history. North Carolina fútbol guru Anson Dorrance , who's led the Tar Heels to 18 national titles, plays a spirited game at least twice a week in Chapel Hill .
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