PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The pouf is mightier than the pen when it comes to speaking fees at New Jersey’s largest university. The Rutgers University Programming Association paid Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi of the reality TV show “Jersey Shore” $32,000 Thursday to dish on her hairstyle, fist pumps, as well as the GTL – gym, tanning, laundry – lifestyle.
That’s $2,000 more than the $30,000 the university is paying Nobel-winning novelist Toni Morrison to deliver Rutgers’ commencement address in May. Money for Polizzi’s appearance came from the mandatory student activity fee. Freshman Adham Abdel-Raouf told The Star-Ledger of Newark he thought the price was a bargain given Snooki’s popularity. Another freshman, Dan Oliveto, said it was a waste of money.
Snooki’s advice to students: “Study hard, but party harder.”
This seems to be legit….let’s hope not. Tip to parents, if you’re in the process of looking at colleges for your kid, you may want to skip this one.
Trashy girls deserve a seat at the table, or at least a place under it.
Who is the biggest “moran”: Snooki or the person that authorized $32,000 in speaking fees?
And what’s her advice, drop out cuz you’re wasting your time? At least the University should be commended for their honesty, I guess.
April Fool.
Fist pumping? They never showed her getting fist pumped on that show.
#3 It figures Pedro urges young people to follow his drop out early philosophy and follow his career in mule rides .
#6 Let me fix that for ya:
“It figures Dallas urges young people to follow his “born this way” philosophy and follow his career in mule rides .”
There, fixed.
Is it just me or is the headline thoroughly ambiguous?
Read literally (which I did at first) it says she paid them. Assuming a dropped word like “was”, then they paid her.
Ali G did Harvard (2004).
Some people question the requirement to display some “class” in public, and then this happens.
I heard she wrote a book too. Which is funny, I didn’t know she could read, let alone write.
$30,000 for man-hater Toni Morrison? Someone should (of course it would be racist, or at best, bigoted) to investigate her.
Snooki who???
They sold tickets to the event with Snooki. They apparently sold out. Cost to the university? Maybe nothing. They may have even made money.
How much do professional basketball and football players get to perform? More than I’m willing to pay to see them perform.
The award winner is going to speak at a yah gotta show up so shut up and be there slave.
If Snooki was worth any less to society, she would be NFL player.
WTF is a “moran?”
Well it is April first.
# 16 So what said, “Well it is April first.”
Sad, really, when the real news seems like an April Fool prank. But a google news search shows that this is, apparently, for real.
# 8 EricD said, “Is it just me or is the headline thoroughly ambiguous?”
It’s just you.
This is only a story if you ignore the fact that colleges, like any organization, have different budget sources for different purposes. The student activity fund is usually used to pay for entertainment activities, like concerts and comedians and such. The money for the commencement speaker most likely comes from the graduation fees the students pay.
..this shouldn’t have been filed under “humor”…more like “sad”! My comments would have probably been censored if I were paying tuition to that college! I don’t think “Snooki” has ever BEEN a college student!!!
#15 Check out #9 at this link: http://urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moran&page=2
For the link-following challenged, “The proper way to spell moron when you’re posting on Dvorak Uncensored blog.”
It is so meta how the citations circle back.