Chud vs. Aura 101
Everyone has their embarrassing moments, and everyone has those moments that make them feel on top of the world. Unfortunately, like when Barstool photographers catch you dancing on the side of the road, the former moments always seem to attract a larger audience than the latter. Sometimes, however, an activity rides the line between mercilessly aura-mogging bystanders and being so embarrassing that it makes them feel better about their own chud lives. The real question thus becomes: what is chud, and what is aura? The Mugdown is here to help.
1. Biking in the rain.
You look like a plastic bag stuck in a stream wearing your poncho. Invest in a car like a real man or just stay home.
2. Lifting small weights at the gym.
Everyone is watching you. Judging you. They know how weak you are. Your only saving grace is the moderate pump you get to send to your mildly-impressed girlfriend afterwards. 
3. Waiting in line for Panda.
You have impeccable culinary taste. The military precision and seamless efficiency of your ability to stand in a line are rivaled only by that of the Corps. Just don’t piss yourself when the server demands to take your order. 
4. Using AI on your term paper.
Just copy and paste word-for-word a few paragraphs from some random websites without changing the font, like the real soldiers used to do back in the day.
5. Kicking someone out of a study room.
Stick it to that fool who’s sitting in your room. However, there’s some mild aura loss for (a) booking a study room and (b) showing up to it.
6. Wearing pajama pants to class.
Your only saving grace is if they have Disney princesses (for the ladies) or racecars (for the gentlemen). Plaid is overdone.
7. Trudging up the ILCB stairs.
We all do it; don’t be the one that’s overdramatic about it.
8. Cardio.
No one gives a crap if you ran a 5K in under 45 minutes last week. We all know you still can’t climb the ILCB stairs without getting winded.
— Ol’ Rock N’ Roll & Mosher Sickness
After arriving on campus in the Summer of ‘69, ‘Ol Rock ‘n’ Roll has been sticking it to the man ever since. He prefers shredding his fingers on his electric guitar instead of his laptop, the pulse of electric bass to the dull drone of his professors, and Saturdays full of epic drum solos instead of forward passes. ‘Ol Rock might have little interest in the brazen conformity of midnight yell, but he can perform an epic electric guitar rendition of the Aggie War Hymn that even Jimi Hendrix would be impressed with. Yes, it is true ‘Ol Rock is in his mid 70s and still working on his B.S. degree, but don’t stop believin’ he might cross the stage one day before he starts knocking on heaven’s door.