4chan's domination of the educational system continues apace.
June 3, 2010 7:53 PM   Subscribe

 
I like that Omar Little is an assistant dean of the TV/Film U.
posted by Saxon Kane at 7:57 PM on June 3, 2010 [1 favorite]


Expected levels of irony are present. See Aphex Twin as professor of computer engineering and Buddy Holly as professor of aerospace engineering. Heh ...erm.
posted by carsonb at 8:06 PM on June 3, 2010


Video games, too!
posted by Rinku at 8:08 PM on June 3, 2010 [1 favorite]


Colin Meloy as Dean of History? They probably should have gone with someone who can spell Decembrist.
posted by dephlogisticated at 8:08 PM on June 3, 2010 [3 favorites]


Okay, Richard Alpert as "student advisor" is pretty great. I love/hate you 4chan....
posted by lattiboy at 8:10 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


I spent most of the few minutes I looked at those unsure what the hell the point in it all was, which is a common feeling whenever 4chan is involved for me... but the TV one was worth it for Franklin running the African American History department.
posted by opsin at 8:13 PM on June 3, 2010


/tv/'s Astronomy prof is strangely...sensible.
posted by Jimbob at 8:15 PM on June 3, 2010


My personal favorites are Jeff Buckley as the Swim Coach and Steven Stapleton as the Nurse.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:16 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


I have to admit I don't recognize more than I recognize, from both images, which is an indication of my pop-culture ignorance. A guide would be nice.

Surely they Jello should have been Political Science rather than Billy Joe.
posted by Jimbob at 8:21 PM on June 3, 2010


Names in this Reddit post.
posted by Space Coyote at 8:21 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


And Space Coyote delivers 2.3 seconds after my request!
posted by Jimbob at 8:21 PM on June 3, 2010


Okay, just about died laughing at Charlie Kelly for "Bird Law".
posted by dephlogisticated at 8:21 PM on June 3, 2010 [1 favorite]


I do love /tv/'s Dean of Science.
posted by sbutler at 8:22 PM on June 3, 2010


I guarantee Josef Fritzl is going to end up as a tenured member of /b/'s faculty. Courage Wolf will be the Philosophy chair.
posted by mullingitover at 8:23 PM on June 3, 2010


And like many universities, the majority of faculty are men.
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 8:26 PM on June 3, 2010 [3 favorites]


Oh hey, Fritzl is the (NSFW OH GOD MY EYES) Civil Engineering professor.
posted by mullingitover at 8:27 PM on June 3, 2010


Why is Wesley Willis teaching African American Studies?
posted by naju at 8:28 PM on June 3, 2010


Why is Wesley Willis teaching African American Studies?

You've been to 4chan, right?
posted by Jimbob at 8:29 PM on June 3, 2010 [1 favorite]


Yeah, but I assumed there's a joke there beyond him being a black dude. Owell.

I'd go with Public Enemy.
posted by naju at 8:34 PM on June 3, 2010


MUSIC 212 (fall semester only, 2010): Fugue: Bach Organ Music; Tits or GTFO! (no pass/fail)
posted by Auden at 8:36 PM on June 3, 2010


Missed obvious "Jude Law" joke in law department...
posted by empath at 8:39 PM on June 3, 2010


i'm afraid i will be forwarding my transcripts to the Lemmy Institute.
posted by Hammond Rye at 8:41 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


No Señor Chang in the languages department?
posted by gyc at 8:46 PM on June 3, 2010 [1 favorite]


Saxon Kane: "I like that Omar Little is an assistant dean of the TV/Film U."

In-deed
posted by The White Hat at 8:50 PM on June 3, 2010 [4 favorites]


Fripp as Quantum Mechanics is great.
posted by Sebmojo at 8:56 PM on June 3, 2010


David Duchovny being head of Para-psychology and also Women's Studies is like the beginning of a really, really, sexist joke.
posted by Sparx at 9:03 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


Every day is April 1st at 4-chan!
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 9:05 PM on June 3, 2010


David Duchovny being head of Para-psychology and also Women's Studies is like the beginning of a really, really, sexist joke.

probably a Red Shoes Diaries reference.
posted by empath at 9:06 PM on June 3, 2010


...That's about a bajillion times better than I was expecting. Wow!

Buckley as swim coach, though? Ouch.
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 9:09 PM on June 3, 2010


What was the movie with David Duchovny in drag? It was pre-X-files, I think. ... Oh! It was Twin Peaks.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 9:11 PM on June 3, 2010


Dean Vernon Wormer: Greg, what is the worst fraternity on this campus?
Greg Marmalard: Well that would be hard to say, sir. They're each outstanding in their own way.
Dean Vernon Wormer: Cut the horseshit, son. I've got their disciplinary files right here. Who dropped a whole truckload of furries into Habbo Hotel? Who threatened Oprah with over 9000 penises? Every Halloween, YouTube is filled with porn. Every spring, the toilets explode.
Greg Marmalard: You're talking about /b/eta, sir.
Dean Vernon Wormer: Of course I'm talking about /b/eta, you TWERP!
posted by codswallop at 9:11 PM on June 3, 2010 [11 favorites]


David Duchovny being head of Para-psychology and also Women's Studies is like the beginning of a really, really, sexist joke.

Nah, I think it's right in the middle of one.

probably a Red Shoes Diaries reference.

Plus Californication, his own known sex addiction, and the jokes about him and porn from the X-Files. Duchovny does exude skeeve so.
posted by Sticherbeast at 9:12 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


I was prepared to complain about Carl Sagan making a poor astronomy professor since he's been dead for a dozen years, but then I started to notice the fictional people and felt naive.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 9:14 PM on June 3, 2010


The Who as Forensics Scientists. YYYYEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
posted by mrnutty at 9:29 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


we aren't just a group of message board nerds talking about other message board nerds, we are community bloggers that discuss the best of the web.
posted by the aloha at 9:31 PM on June 3, 2010 [7 favorites]


Oh hey, dominated by dudes. Not at all like regular academia. Nope.
posted by piratebowling at 9:34 PM on June 3, 2010


Oh hey, dominated by dudes. Not at all like regular academia. Nope.

Huh. There are only four women on the TV one. One of whom is a secretary.
posted by delmoi at 9:44 PM on June 3, 2010 [3 favorites]


It was made by 4chan folks, we're lucky none of the included women were TUBGIRL.
posted by haveanicesummer at 10:01 PM on June 3, 2010 [6 favorites]


OMFG, this is fantastic! My faves: Tony Soprano for Business Management, Patrick Bateman for Mergers & Acquisitions, Don Draper for Marketing, and The Transporter for Campus Transportation.

Dr. Strangelove for Nuclear Engineering! Gordon Gecko for Business! I would consider those to be some relatively "old" references for the 4chan crowd.

Instead of Pierce Brosnan (aka James Bond) for Diplomacy I would have used Daniel Craig, and instead of Robocop for Criminal Justice, I would have used Batman (...okay, Vigilante Justice...).

The Football Coach is just wrong but if they were going down that road, why not Tiger for Golf Coach instead of Happy Gilmore?
posted by fuse theorem at 10:07 PM on June 3, 2010 [1 favorite]


It was made by 4chan folks, we're lucky none of the included women were TUBGIRL.

Department of Civil Engineering. Specialty: Fluid Mechanics.
posted by threetoed at 10:19 PM on June 3, 2010 [2 favorites]


It was made by 4chan folks, we're lucky none of the included women were TUBGIRL.

Nutritional Science?
posted by vidur at 10:32 PM on June 3, 2010 [1 favorite]


I'm wondering how Ben Huh will exploit this for ad dollars.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 10:47 PM on June 3, 2010


I was honestly shocked that they didn't include a mascot... which of course would be pedobear.
posted by Rhomboid at 10:58 PM on June 3, 2010


If you want to comment on 4chan threads go do it on freaking 4chan.

tl;dr: gb2/*/
posted by clarknova at 11:49 PM on June 3, 2010


Aw, they had me at Beefheart as Dean of Humanities.
posted by anazgnos at 11:58 PM on June 3, 2010


Dudes. Rules one and two. And a-one and a-two and a ching-chong potato.
posted by sourwookie at 11:59 PM on June 3, 2010


Great, a 4chan meme.
posted by autoclavicle at 12:01 AM on June 4, 2010


Great, a 4chan meme.

Did you just wake up?
posted by sourwookie at 12:04 AM on June 4, 2010


A third person whose first reaction was, "yeah, still no female senior faculty."

Actually -- academia is doing so much better on that score than television and film. "Female" is not a character trait -- and you can have women even in roles where they aren't having sex with someone.
posted by jb at 12:09 AM on June 4, 2010


The gaming board has one too. Similar lack of female faculty.
posted by Grimgrin at 1:41 AM on June 4, 2010


Just as long as /d/ doesn't get in on the act...
posted by Francis at 2:49 AM on June 4, 2010 [1 favorite]


I'm waiting for the /s/ university.

Stringer Bell as Transitional Business Management is my fav.
posted by Joe Chip at 4:24 AM on June 4, 2010


Anyone got a rundown of /mu/niversity faculty?
Found one for TV.
posted by govtrust at 7:35 AM on June 4, 2010


and you can have women even in roles where they aren't having sex with someone.

LIES!
posted by Ouisch at 7:47 AM on June 4, 2010


My incomplete rundown of the /mu/ faculty:

Founder: David Bowie
Dean: Jeff Mangum (from Neutral Milk Hotel)
Asst. Dean: Thom Yorke

Dean of Engineering: Trent Reznor
Environmental Engineering: Bono
Electrical Engineering: Sunn O)))
Robotics: Daft Punk
Aerospace Engineering: Buddy Holly
Computer Engineering: Richard D. James
Nuclear Engineering: Kraftwerk

Dean of Sciences: They Might Be Giants
Chemistry: Barry White
Marine Biology: Mastodon
Quantum Mechanics: Robert Fripp
Mineral Science: Neil Young
Applied Physics: Insane Clown Posse
Genetics Studies: Tegan and Sara
Zoology: Animal Collective
Forensic Science: The Who

Dean of Arts and Humanities: Captain Beefheart
Law: Justice
Journalism: Nardwuar
Photography: Nickelback
Political Science: Billy Joe Armstrong
Theology: David Tibet
Acting: Jared Leto
Culinary Arts: Weird Al Yankovic
Criminology: Varg Vikernes
Public Speaking: Kanye West
Foreign Culture: Björk
Film Studies: John Williams
Women Studies [sic]: Prince
Literature: Saul Williams
Child Care: Michael Jackson
Sociology: Bob Dylan
African American Studies: Wesley Willis

Dean of History: Colin Meloy
Classical History: Ludwig von Beethoven
Medieval History: Joanna Newsom
Eastern History: Masami Akita (from Merzbow)
American History: Johnny Cash

Dean of Business: Jay-Z
Accounting: MC Hammer
Economics: Snoop Dogg

Band: Jack Black
Campus Security: Henry Rollins
Nurse: Steven Stapleton
Cafeteria: Lady Gaga
Swim Coach: Jeff Buckley
Janitorial Services: Tom Waits
Drug Education: Lou Reed
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:10 AM on June 4, 2010 [4 favorites]


Why is the guy from Mamma Mia in /tv's faculty for diplomacy. They probably should have picked a guy who played James Bond, like Connery, Niven, Allen, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, or Craig... Or even that guy I can't remember who played Bond in the US Casino Royale TV series...
posted by CarlRossi at 8:16 AM on June 4, 2010


Awesome list Sticherbeast I tried to do that myself but failed.
Jared Leto over Keanu Reeves for Acting? 4chan disappoints me.
posted by govtrust at 8:26 AM on June 4, 2010


I'm on good terms with the Dean.
posted by tybeet at 8:28 AM on June 4, 2010


John Peel is the Schools Radio Director
and Morrissey is the Librarian
posted by govtrust at 8:37 AM on June 4, 2010 [1 favorite]


I propose the following changes to the TV/film one to start repairing the gender balance:

Sarah Jane Smith - Journalism.
Trinity - Computer Science.
Edna Krabappel - Education/Child Development
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace - Aero/Astro Engineering.
Queen Elizabeth I (Blackadder II) - Government.
Carrie Bradshaw - Fashion and Textiles.
Chloe O'Brian - Campus IT Support.
Mrs Doyle (Father Ted) - Campus Catering.

and to the gaming one:
GLaDOS - Information Science.
Alyx Vance - Electrical Engineering.
April Ryan (The Longest Journey) - Visual Arts.
Elaine Marley - Government.
Pyro* (TF2) - Chemistry.
Anna Navarre (Deus Ex) - International Law.
Laverne (Day of the Tentacle) - Anatomy.


*This might be controversial - but who's going to get close enough to find out without being turned into charcoal?
posted by Electric Dragon at 8:45 AM on June 4, 2010 [4 favorites]


The choir is The Polyphonic Spree
posted by govtrust at 8:47 AM on June 4, 2010 [1 favorite]


Carrie Bradshaw - Fashion and Textiles.

I'm thinking Edna Mode.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:53 AM on June 4, 2010 [1 favorite]


I'm thinking Edna Mode.
D'oh! Of course.
posted by Electric Dragon at 8:55 AM on June 4, 2010


The idea of needing to go to reddit to translate 4chan is something that gives me a headache.
posted by blucevalo at 9:03 AM on June 4, 2010 [3 favorites]


Business Administration is the Wu-Tang Clan
posted by threetoed at 9:12 AM on June 4, 2010


But would Wu-Tang give up their business to return to academia?
posted by condour75 at 10:45 AM on June 4, 2010


Needs more Ellen Ripley.

(Admittedly I have no idea where.)
posted by elizardbits at 11:03 AM on June 4, 2010


Entomology.
posted by rokusan at 11:24 AM on June 4, 2010


Not ROTC?
posted by Samizdata at 5:49 PM on June 4, 2010


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