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"Yale She-Male? The hell does THAT mean?"

Sasquatch_hunter

on June 27, 2008

In 2006, Lakehead University (sometimes disparaged as "Bakehead University" for its large Outdoor Recreation and Education programs) tried to shake up its "runner-up" reputation with an ad campaign dubbed "Yale Shmale." The premise? Playing up the fact that American President George W. Bush is a Yale graduate, juxtaposing that with his "regular Joe" anti-intellectual persona and perhaps unfair reputation as an idiot, and thus implying that going to an Ivy League school isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Two problems with this approach:
1) It makes little mention of Lakehead's small class sizes, intimate teaching atmosphere, and the big projects we've managed to latch onto (Tomb of Jesus, anyone?) instead stating "Ivy League schools suck, why not Bakehead?"
2) Mocking Bush might have been slightly cutting-edge four years ago, or at least before his approval rating nosedived to 30% or so. (Kudos to Doug Gorrie for this statement in conversation.)

For the record, I don't think Bush is an idiot, just cocky and labouring under delusions of divine inspiration. Seriously– Google "Bush" and "God".