April 6, 2001
Volume CXXXII, Number 20

 










 

It's really not that funny
By ACADIA SENESE - COLUMNIST

    I like April Fools Day, well not if the biggest joke of all is snowbanks and more classes. But still, it's a great chance to illicit a fit of laughter, of course, at someone else's expense. But I realized something this past Sunday, and it really had nothing to do with practical jokes. Instead, the day reminded me just how much I hate really bad jokes. You know the kind, the type the guy you are standing next to thinks are the funniest things in the world, as you stand there barely able to break a painful smile. I can hear them now: "So, two guys walk into a bar."

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You call that lighting?
By BEN GOTT - COLUMNIST

    I returned from Spring Break (spent right here in beautiful, downtown Brunswick) to see a brand new addition to Thorne Dining. No, I'm not talking about the new music selection (although I did hear some Cranberries and Nickel Creek tonight at dinner), nor am I talking about new mints in the shape of Presidental-Appointee Barry Mills's head. No, the change that caught my eye was the new light fixtures hanging in the main room.

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