Filed under: Edits, News | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, gotcha journalism, John McCain, journalism, media, remebering 2008, Sarah Palin
The fourth in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article first appeared in our October 8th issue.
Gotcha!
The Danger of Palin’s War on Journalism
By Bill Donahue
Co-Deaditor-In-Chief
It would be fairly foolish to expect politicians to willingly give straight-forward answers that fully satisfy the questions asked by journalists. They, in their attempt to court voters, are trying with all their might to answer in such a way that is beneficial to their image and does not expose weakness. It makes sense that they would try to change the subject, answer euphemistically, or do anything else to avoid tough questions. This is a sad reality, but a reality nonetheless. (more…)
Filed under: Earwax | Tags: 2008, abe lincoln, Best of 2008, Earwax, Paper Trail, remebering 2008, T.I.
The third in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following review first appeared in our October 28th issue.
T.I., Paper Trail, (Atlantic Records)
By Sam Wadhams
Editor-At-Large
Things have been interesting for T.I. lately. The rapper released T.I. vs. T.I.P., which went platinum. Awesome. Then he got set up on a gun buy by his bodyguard and arrested by federal agents. Bummer. Then he made another album, Paper Trail, the contents of which happen to account for roughly 50% of all music currently played on the radio. He’s under house arrest and looking at serving time in prison starting in 2009. Bummer. Paper Trail goes gold on release. Sweet. (more…)
Filed under: Sports | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, fordham, Fordham Ram, FU, mascot, Ram, Ramses, Ramulus, remebering 2008, Sports
The second in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article first appeared in our last issue of the semester.
Editor’s note: This was the greatest piece of sports journalism to be published during my time as sports editor of the paper. Fact.
I R-Am Legend
From Ramulus To Ramses
A paper Sport’s History
By Alexander Gibbons
Staff Historian
The story of Fordham University’s live Ram mascot, Ramses, his conception, birth, and the details of his life, has forever been a topic of intense debate amongst the scholarly elite. (more…)
Filed under: Edits | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, corn, corn poop, food, remebering 2008, sweet corn
The first in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article first appeared in our October 28th issue.
Corn
Too Good For God
by Ben McLaughlin
News Editor
Though I sincerely hope that I was not deprived of the luscious nectar of the gods for the first six years of my life, my first tangible encounter with sweet corn was had at my grandma’s dinner table in suburban Dublin. (more…)
