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MY VOICE
Still Wearing their lanyards
in November: No, those famil
iar pieces of nylon are not sur
gically attached to the necks of
our newly-initiated comrades.
They are simply quaint re
minders of a more innocent
time, you see. Freshmen carry
these around like a badge of
honor. The freshiest ones still
wear them. Possibly the easiest
freshmen to spot.
Actually drive under 15 mph
on University Drive: Perhaps
the next easiest freshmen to
spot, as these freshmen not
only make everyone else angry,
are the ones always slow-mov
ing. For best results, throw eggs
at their vehicles.
Think
interesting
Have Your Say:
Josh Epps
Senior
international buisness
"Although I find it good that
the Beacon's reaching out to
all kinds of students, it was
found in poor taste by some
students."
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Take time reading through the
article and write the angriest
thing you have ever written.
MAST DANGE'ROOS INTERSECTiON...
How to spot a freshman:
classes will continue for all
four years: Yeah, that intro to
jazz music class is pretty sweet,
but wait two years until OMG
462, Theory of Communicable
Diseases. Then
we'll see who's
laughing. These
freshmen are
tough to spot, but
keep your ears
open for com
ments like "this is
a blowoff class,"
or, "I'm so excited
about this test "
Still hanging
onto that long-dis
tance relation
ship: She's in Taiwan, and he's
up to his shoulders in good old
Erie weather. But don't worry.
Taylor Kline
Freshman
biology
"I thought it was funny and a
good portrait for
alternative lifestyles"
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SATTLEY
Editor-in-Chiet
How do you feel about the Drag Show
pictures in last week's Beacon?
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start writing.
Don't pay attention to how it
sounds, or whether it entirely
makes sense.
Then, go over it. Add some
tact. Put a constructive opinion
or two ("The Beacon should
cover X event more" rather
than "The Beacon sucks"). Try
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Send it. E-mail it to us at
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The flame of their relationship
is unaffected by the snow. It
might, however, be affected by
that chick in his Nutrition class.
You know which one. Yeah.
That one.
Still brag
about "how oblit
erated they were:"
(after two beers)
We get it. Calm
down. You drank
your first Corona,
but that doesn't
mean you need to
call everyone
"homes" and roll
your R's. Your first
shot of vodka does
n't mean you need to wear a fur
hat with the floppy ears. These
freshmen can usually be found
Felicia Mazza
Freshman
psychology
"I was shocked. I'm suprised "I'm not the biggest fan of
that there was a picture like Drag shows, but if that's what
that in the paper." they are interested in, that's
their own personal right',
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your name on the line on 2,000
copies of broadsheet every
week. If it's truly your opinion,
though, make it matter.
The bottom line is that we are
your student newspaper. We
want your voice in these pages.
If you think we're doing some
thing horribly wrong, let us
know, and we will try our best
to correct it.
Connor Satiety /Or the Behrend
Beacon editorial board.
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for suggestions of "hangover
Not yet afraid of job market:
Don't worry. It'll get better by
the time you graduate. Heh.
heh.
Ask when the snow will
start: The snow? The snow is
waiting silently behind you
with a billy club ready to knock
you out. The question is not
when the snow will start; the
question is whether the snow
will ever, ever end. The answer
is no. Those white posts on the
side of the path aren't so main
tenance can see where to plow.
That's so they know where to
find the bodies.
Greg Matson
Sophomore
undeclared
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English majors
have very fine cri
teria for what is
good and bad. lhe
usual rule of
thumb is: 11w
more obscure the
work, the better it
is. this means that
best selling hooks
(slick fiction) are
considered to he
only worthy of rec
tal cleansing when toilet pap , '
has run out. Whereas a :;Ho
word piece of flash fictioii
ten by a communik «.1H.2,e
dropout describing the ni,c,,i , „
crap he has just taken is con,,,d
ered a work of art on I,ar with
The Great Gatsbv.
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piece of short fiction is good 0 , 1
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ries are redundant and ~A .f.r
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MY VOW k:
Stop shotyl
Have the pia\
gone too far?
Sending mw.tai t, ,
that is known at ound II ykiH
for their trademai k I, , in/
Ketchup? Really"
Cincinnati Ilengak \\
ceiver Chad Orl u
planning on sending i
the Pittsburgh Steele;
the highly anticipated \ ,
North matchup nil Stind•R
Head coach I\ kir
vin Lewis made the
right decision by
not allowing
Ochocinco to send
the mustard. Suns.
it does sound kind
of funny for Pitts
burgh to recci\ e
the mustard gin.
considering that
Pittsburgh has
been home id
America's hest-
known ketchup
since 1869. But I ewk inn thl
humor aside (if he sav,
humor in it at ally and n lade !he
correct and logical decis.i(iii
Professional players iii ~ d
be focused on their
,joli tu
ally performing in the g;1111(
and not consuming Ihen mini ,
wondering what they eau
to the opposing learn cmr
heated argument het oie
Sunday game even kicks oil
Ochocinco is known im
flashy, off field Jul i‘ 1
week he sent gift ke•kei,
twining deodorant to ,oine
the Baltimore RaVell',. In( lud
ing linebacker Ferrell ';itgg.
and fourteen -year \4 .1 t'l
linebacker Ray I ewis
"1 not only sent them g tt kr,
kets, but I sent them , o)rnethin.
they could use so the\ don't
sweat," Ochocinco said on
105.7 FM, via the ftilttmoie
Sun.
Rack in the 2dti
sent Pepto-liismdl
the Cleveland tird\\ nti (lo ci!
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stop sophomore art
from using all of their \\ holy
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