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IT’S TIME FOR US TO COME BACK HOME, GUYS. (more...)

SANS REMORSE

FOR A YEAR OF MY LIFE, I DEALT INTIMATELY with Gill Sans, a font used everywhere and for all things. I’m no typographer, and I’m not even particularly interested in typography as a hobby, but I don’t think I’m wrong in naming it as one of the worst contributions to the Western aesthetic, right up there with reality television and icicle Christmas lights. (more...)
Wednesday, Oct. 1 — Here we are, six of us from The Collegian, waiting on the third floor of the USU while the ASI Senate meeting is in closed session. (more...)
WHEN I TELL PEOPLE MY MAJORS — English and music composition — I usually get some kind of question that generally goes something like “Well what are you going to do with that?” (more...)
I am sunburned and I am tired. A day later, my eyes are still bloodshot, my lips chapped and my feet, still achy. (more...)
I WENT TO A SHOWING OF “THE PRICE IS Right,” once. IT was one of the strangest, most miserable experiences of my life. (more...)
“IT’S TOO SWEET! IT’S JUST TOO DAMN sweet!” (more...)
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE FLIERS AROUND campus if you’ve been around the last few days — “10 Reasons Why Homosexual ‘Marriage’ is Harmful and Must be Opposed.” (more...)

TIME OUT!

LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT A SCHOOL. THE school was large and had many distinguished students and professors. The school also had a pretty good baseball team. (more...)

This week in the Top 40

I’M GRADUATING THIS SEMESTER, BUT I recently found out about a list of 40 things Associated Students, Inc. has recommended every student do before graduation. (more...)
SARAH PALIN HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF attention since the announcement that she would be running alongside John McCain. Unfortunately, most of that attention has been for things either absolutely irrelevant to the office of the vice presidency or inflated in importance. (more...)
I AM STEALTHY, WEAVING IN AND OUT OF traffic like a professional driver. I know where they hide, those police officers. I know their shaded corners, and I know where the fences and houses obscure the view of the side streets. (more...)
The latest installment of the Batman series, “The Dark Knight,” accomplished the remarkable feat of raking in about as many positive critical reviews as it did money. And the movie, if you missed it, took in a few boatloads of cash. (more...)
I’VE KNOWN HEATHER FOR A LONG TIME NOW, so I know it’s not often that the two of us agree on any political issues. I’m a Democrat, she’s a Republican. (more...)

No country for bad hair

I THINK I NEED A HAIRCUT. (more...)