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...programs but are just as unlikely to know why it matters what they are doing. They work with like-minded students but might not be able to convince a disinterested party why, on a deep philosophical level, they are adding anything more to life than an inveterate slacker...
...Known to undergraduates as the David Letterman-esque professor of Science A-35, "Matter in the Universe," Kirshner lightens the atmosphere in his cluttered office with a steady stream of jokes. After a one-liner about slacker students and a quip about make-up exams, he quickly turns to the matter at hand--attempting to distinguish astronomy from astrology...
Ameritrade's slacker-punk pitchman, Stuart, a sharp, hilarious contrast to the suits around him, has helped sell its slogan "Believe in Yourself." Career site Monster.com is taking a subtler approach. In its now famous spot, debuted during last year's Super Bowl, bright-eyed kids recite such lines as "I want to be forced into early retirement." Says Monster CEO Jeff Taylor: "Funny's good, but you have to end up with a good, lasting impression once you grab their attention...
Elizabeth did have to sacrifice varsity field hockey. And earning so much money made her, at least for a while, rethink her college choices. While she once saw Meramec Community College as the "slacker way out," she actually considered spending two years of college there in order to continue teaching horseback riding. Her mother convinced her otherwise...
...Jonathan is a slacker; at home he cleans, cooks and takes care of his three younger siblings when his mom and stepdad are working. During Jonathan's freshman and sophomore years, Norice says, "he was playing football and basketball, was in show choir and concert choir, rehearsing for a play and working part time stripping furniture. He was overwhelmed. The commute was wearing him down. But he's cut his schedule down, and is really doing better...