Clemson named home to happiest college students
Noelle Phillips
Issue date: 8/12/08 Section: News
If you're happy and you know it ...
Gush.
That's what Clemson is doing about its No. 1 ranking as home to the nation's happiest college students.
The school posted the ranking on its Web site. And a glowing student was on the phone to talk about it within minutes of a reporter's request.
"It goes to show everyone else what we know," said Jeremy Tolbert, a senior from Greenville, S.C., who serves as the student body's governmental affairs director.
Tolbert describes a college Utopia.
A university president who invites students over for burgers.
Students jogging around campus in the evenings.
Challenging classes.
And, of course, Tiger football.
"There's nothing better than a fall Saturday with 86,000 of your closest friends in Death Valley," he said. "Clemson is a family. We all share one thing, and that's we love Clemson."
Across the state at rival University of South Carolina, students thought they might have been the happiest.
"I feel like we're a happy campus, too, and we're not even included on the list," said Andrew Gaeckle, USC's student body president. "It'll hurt your heart, I guess."
Students at Wofford and Furman battled for the button-down, straight-laced rep - which leads to questions about the criteria.
Furman's student body was anointed No. 9 on the list of the most religious in the country.
But, frankly, it's not even the most religious school in town.
Bob Jones University, just nine miles down the road, takes that title.
While Furman was founded in the Baptist tradition, its Web site gives a nod to nonbelievers, saying the school values all kinds of religious views, "including the perspective of the nonreligious person."
Bob Jones' Web site is filled with religious creeds, chapel messages and references to Jesus Christ. We're sure if Bob Jones had been considered, it would've been a shoo-in to lead the Princeton Review's Most Religious Students category.
Gush.
That's what Clemson is doing about its No. 1 ranking as home to the nation's happiest college students.
The school posted the ranking on its Web site. And a glowing student was on the phone to talk about it within minutes of a reporter's request.
"It goes to show everyone else what we know," said Jeremy Tolbert, a senior from Greenville, S.C., who serves as the student body's governmental affairs director.
Tolbert describes a college Utopia.
A university president who invites students over for burgers.
Students jogging around campus in the evenings.
Challenging classes.
And, of course, Tiger football.
"There's nothing better than a fall Saturday with 86,000 of your closest friends in Death Valley," he said. "Clemson is a family. We all share one thing, and that's we love Clemson."
Across the state at rival University of South Carolina, students thought they might have been the happiest.
"I feel like we're a happy campus, too, and we're not even included on the list," said Andrew Gaeckle, USC's student body president. "It'll hurt your heart, I guess."
Students at Wofford and Furman battled for the button-down, straight-laced rep - which leads to questions about the criteria.
Furman's student body was anointed No. 9 on the list of the most religious in the country.
But, frankly, it's not even the most religious school in town.
Bob Jones University, just nine miles down the road, takes that title.
While Furman was founded in the Baptist tradition, its Web site gives a nod to nonbelievers, saying the school values all kinds of religious views, "including the perspective of the nonreligious person."
Bob Jones' Web site is filled with religious creeds, chapel messages and references to Jesus Christ. We're sure if Bob Jones had been considered, it would've been a shoo-in to lead the Princeton Review's Most Religious Students category.
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