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Accessorizing Is the Key to Campus Celebrity

May 1, 2007 RSS Feed Print
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Sporting cat ears every day is no more ridiculous than wearing Ugg boots with a miniskirt, swears Southern Methodist University sophomore Tony Nguyen, who prefers a black, fuzzy, pointy-eared pair. Nguyen is one of two "quirky" minor campus celebrities featured by the Daily Campus in its discussion about individuality.

Allee Wesolowski, otherwise known as the spork girl, prefers the fusion utensil as her accessory of choice. Both have gained Facebook notoriety, with dedicated groups such as "What the hell's with the spork?" and "I want to know why that Asian kid always wears cat ears."--A.G.

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