learning the lingo of the gsb

So the first official week of classes has ended. Originally the plan was to christen the new building, but instead it turned into a fancier than usual LPF (sponsored by Target) in which the Dean gave a brief speech.

Oh, what’s an LPF, you ask? Good question. LPF stands for Liquidity Preference Function. It was previously called Brauts and Brew but because of some new alcohol policy that came down from on high (you can’t mention/call attention to the fact that there will be alcoholic beverages served at an event), the name needed to be changed. (If you'd like to know more about the name, LPF, check here.)

Somehow TNDC escaped renaming, which really seems kind of odd when you consider this new rule. TNDC is not when the students from Tennessee meet up with the students from DC. TNDC is the Thursday Night Drinking Club (the New Yorkers it seems also created WNDC, but that is a whole other story). Each Thursday around 9pm GSB (Graduate School of Business in case you haven’t been paying attention) students meet up at a local bar to socialize and well, drink. I guess since it doesn’t specifically say what is being drunk it somehow is ok. I so forgot about the insanity within the ivory tower.

But LPF and TNDC are just two of many new acronyms that get tossed about these days in our house. I guess it started with LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness and Development. That lead to LOE: LEAD Outdoor Experience (a.k.a., the trip to Wisconsin to climb rocks and ropes). And of course it’s all about feedback, so you hear people talking about LOFS: LEAD Online Feedback System. (At first I thought they were talking about housing.)

Nothing is off limits to earn an acronym. Most students refer to Hyde Park simply as HP. Talk about confusing. And even the textbooks have nicknames: FACMU: Financial Accounting: Concepts, Methods and Uses. Try using that in a sentence and keeping a straight face: Hey, Vlad, did you bring your FACMU today?