UW-Madison senior Rita Burlingame embraces the mindset of ""crazy, no regrets"" to the fullestâ_but that's to be expected from someone named for a Beatles song. Her brutal honesty has led her to be thrown out of multiple bars and scream in the front row of several concerts, at one of which she wound up on stage playing a tambourine. Rita proved her dedication last October by tattooing the symbol of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson on her backâ_""Thompson being her idol, along with Nicole Ritchie and Bill Clinton.
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