Home of the Dave

Rather than visit Chicago, this April Late Show host David Letterman brought the city of Chicago to him�including 140 U of C students (20 English department students especially requested) who received an all- expenses-paid trip to the Big Apple for being part of the studio audience. Below, five reasons the trip was well worth it, according to University Publications assistant Jennifer Agustin, AB�98:

5. The Chicago El just doesn�t have that funny smell that the New York subway system has.

4. Doesn�t everyone need a little more smog in their lives?

3. The Jay Leno Tonight Show in Chicago just didn�t do it for me.

2. Free hot dogs at the hotel.

1. My big break into the biz�it�s gonna happen, I tell ya. I�M GONNA GET NOTICED!