My parallel-universe undergraduate counterpart, Emily Gordon of the Cornell Daily Sun—whose career I'm watching closely, as I'm hoping to snag her for an unpaid internship as soon as she graduates—writes today about Tucker Max:

What do you think it would feel like to live like a college student for the rest of your life and make a decent salary off of it? Tucker Max, a popular blog-writer, “makes six figures a year doing nothing more than drinking and fucking and writing about it,” he said, and imparted his wisdom on how to achieve life goals to an over-flowing Kaufmann Auditorium Friday.

His visit came as part of the James Norris Oliphant Fellowship series sponsored by the Sigma Phi Society.

His first official public appearance, Max began his speech by clearing up the image some people have of him.

“Judging by most of the emails I get ... [people think] that I’d be out with a pitcher of Tucker Death Mix in one hand, a breathalyzer in the other, passed out on a table, vomiting on myself, screaming obscenities at fat girls. And I mean, I’ve had those nights ... but that’s just not who I am.”

Max confessed that he was not sure exactly what he wanted to talk about. However, he decided to address a common question he continuously faced from his fans: “How do I become you?” To this, he replied, “You cannot ever be me.” Clarifying, he said “really what you should take from my stories is that you should be inspired by my approach to life.”

Hooray for free speech! Gordon notes that "His 30-minute speech was followed by a question and answer session of equal length," which seems pleasantly suggestive under the circumstances.

Since even college newspapers are interactive now, the people are demanding to be heard:

I hope no one actually paid this guy to speak here. What a waste of time...

A parent reader

Parent, you are an idiot and clearly don't know of what you speak.

John Q. Cornell