Educational priorities in need of true dose of reality

Published 6:00 pm Sunday, April 3, 2011

Perhaps Rutgers University should not stop at merely askingNicole “Snooki” Polizzi to make a speech on campus. Perhaps theyshould just go ahead and make the MTV “Jersey Shore” reality showstar a member of the faculty.

For the mere sum of $32,000, university students this week heardSnooki “dish on her hairstyle, fist pumps, as well as the GTL -gym, tanning, laundry – lifestyle,” according to an AssociatedPress report. And her sage advise to students, the report said, wasto, “Study hard, but party harder.”

Just imagine how much more wisdom Snooki could impart if shewere able to teach a class on campus.

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Of course, required reading would be the Rolling Stone issue inwhich she is featured on the cover. And a student essay examiningher in-ring debut at tonight’s Wrestlemania would satisfy aliterary component of the course.

But adding Snooki to the faculty may not allow any more visitsfrom people like Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison. She’ssupposed to give the school’s commencement address in May, butshe’s only getting $30,000 for that gig.

A lot of college students may love Snooki. But when it comes toeducational priorities and speaking engagements, we think somebodymay be getting snookered.