» Mathew Gomes

LIKE JESSICA, I’VE BEEN PLAGUED ALL my life with a terribly common-sounding name.

AS AN ENGLISH MAJOR, MANY PEOPLE like to assume that I’m defensive of language. They like to believe that when I see “you’re” transformed to “ur,” I’m offended on some deep level.

FOR WEDNESDAY, I WROTE THE FIRST PART of a two-part column exploring cheap Halloween costume ideas for those people, like me, who have been either too lazy or too thrifty to pick up a Halloween costume.

I GENERALLY WORK AROUND 35 HOURS A WEEK, which is close to full time, if you’re comparing to this country’s national standard. And since I’m a student too, I think I will. I think it’s fair for me to.

YESTERDAY, AFTER WHAT SURELY MUST have been a night of very little sleep, Joe Wurzelbacher probably opened his eyes to a television with his face on it, while news networks were trying to explain to the rest of us who, exactly, Joe the Plumber is.

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

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.

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.

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?”