Quickhits for Nov. 29, 2012

UGGGHHHHHHH

It happens every semester. You get lulled into a warm blanket of take-home quizzes and “mandatory” reading and then all of a sudden — WHAM! — finals hit you like a ton of bricks. But don’t worry. This will totally be the semester you start studying for an exam more than 24 hours in advance. Definitely. For sure.

Skip to my Louisville

On Wednesday, the ACC voted to accept its newest member, Louisville. Besides being a good fit geographically and athletically, the U of L also brings something truly unique to the table: Rick Pitino’s insanely tacky white suits that make him look like Col. Sanders at a First Communion.

Little old me?

Facebook’s taken a wonderfully uplifting turn of late, with the advent of Carolina Compliments. People send messages to the account, which it then publishes anonymously and tags the compliment receivers in. Unfortunately, no one has yet taken the initiative to create a Carolina Insults account. Get on it, jerks.

Boosiers

The basketball team took a drubbing in Bloomington at the hands of an Indiana team led by Cody Zeller. There’s a certain agony to getting stomped by the flesh and blood of someone as near and dear to our hearts as Tyler Zeller. In the world of college basketball, Tyler is Mufasa, Cody is Scar and Ryan Kelly is Ed the Hyena.

Tom NO’Brien

Sunday, N.C. State fired football coach Tom O’Brien. Despite managing a winning record in his tenure with a perennially mediocre squad, Moo U felt his time had come. While discombobulation in Raleigh is always fun to watch, it’s unlikely State could possibly hire another coach stupid enough to punt to Gio.

TEDxShutUp

Carolina pablum reached dizzying heights this week as self-proclaimed entrepeneurs, innovators and innovative entrepeneurs pitched their ideas for TED talks on the TEDxUNC Facebook page. Here’s our pitch: A thorough explanation of why the Internet is just a passing fad and print media is the way of the future!