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Value of ‘Student Body Shots’
hidden by fat jokes, crass filler
Book review
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
Recent Columbia University grad
uate Steve Hofstetter’s book, “Stu
dent Body Shots: a sarcastic look at
the best 4-6 years of your life,” is
worth a look. But, like college itself,
the student will have to dig through
mountains of crass, meaningless
filler to find its true pearls of wisdom.
“Student Body Shots” is supposed to
be a hilarious look at college life, but
the bulk of the humor must have
“shot” right past this reviewer.
Rider Strong, aka Shawn Hunter
from the television show “Boy Meets
World,” wrote the foreword. Strong,
Hofstetter’s Columbia classmate,
gives a surprisingly non-cliche mem
oir of his own college years thus far.
He also (thank goodness) pokes fun
at “Boy Meets World” and its
squeaky clean rendition of higher
education. He reminds us that
there’s no such thing as a “normal”
college experience.
Chapter one starts out strong as
well. Hofstetter ticks off a list of educa
tional milestones most traditional col
lege students will relate to right away.
“By the end of college, you will have
at least one hook-up that you regret,”
he writes. “You will make and break a
promise to never drink again, and you
will waste anywhere between one and
two hundred nights playing a number
of bastardized versions of Tetris. You
will invent a new recipe using Ramen
or macaroni and cheese, familiarize
yourself with the intricacies of Instant
Messenger, or learn to gamble — or a
combination of all three.”
Insert smiles and knowing nods
here.
However, those smiles quickly dis
appear as the reader encounters such
gems as, “I saw a huge woman wear
ing a shirt that said ‘USA.’ I think she
did a pretty good impression.”
Ha ha ha. Really funny. Fat jokes
— how original. Hofstetter files this
knee-slapper under the “Fashion”
chapter, but what does this have to
do with college? Perhaps the quips
about girls in tight clothing (think
tube tops and leather pants) pertain
to university life more, but they
come off like failed stand-up come
dy. Worse, they reek of misogyny.
The “Money” chapter almost
earns Hofstetter forgiveness for the
above. He poses the question, “Why
can I spend forty bucks in a bar one
night, but refrain from ordering ex
tra cheese because I don’t want to
blow the fifty cents?”
Now that’s more like it. This whole
section is smart, funny and true-to-life.
But again, Hofstetter lacks consis
tency, treating us to the rousing ditty,
“Your Fat Friend: A Student Body
Shots Song.” Hofstetter includes a dis
claimer pointing out he’s not making
fun of all fat people, only fat people
with bad personalities — from the
song’s tone, fat women with bad per
sonalities. How sensitive. Fat people
everywhere surely will rejoice.
And that’s where the frustration
comes in — the explanation of why
this review is just about as wishy
washy as “Student Body Shots” it
self. Hofstetter’s writing, when he’s
not making fun of overweight or ugly
peopie (his specialty, it seems), is
witty and engaging.
Unfortunately, students who real
ize there’s more to college than
hooking up and beer guzzling will
miss the few positive things Hofstet
ter has to offer, because they will
likely ditch “Student Body Shots”
faster than an 8 a.m. math class.
Contact the Pulse editor
atjacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com.
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