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Volume xli Issue vii
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October 20th, 2010
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NEWS VAN STILL LOST IN NEW BRUNSWICK Seen interviewing students about directions; food
BY FELLATIUS MACDOOGAL STAFF WRITER
COLLEGE AVE—Even though the media frenzy has left the New Brunswick campus, students have reported that, every so often, they still see a news van wandering around on College Ave. The news van has been identified as one from Canada’s CBS affiliate W-CAN. Covering this event has been reporter, Chuck Acorn, along with producer, Tom Pancake, and a non-English speaking Inuit cameraman. The news team initially came to report about recent oncampus events, but could not figure out how to leave the College Ave. Campus. Now after weeks of living on dried pasta and fat sandwiches, the team is still searching for directions. “At this point, when I go to
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University Holds $400k Black-Tie Affair to Help Raise $1 Billion "That's the joke," said news editor Jordan Gochman. "I really wish that could be the punchline to something but it is actually more backwards than anything we could ever write. Kaitie and I brainstormed for hours and got nothing. Fail-o."
Delay of Phillies Game Gives Local Father No Real Excuse to Drink Have you seen me?!
Apparently, the antenna can be used as a periscope.
ask people how to leave, they all snub me and walk away. It's like they are afraid of reporters or something,” said Pancake. The news van can be spotted during the early morning and late hours on College Ave and during the day can be seen parked outside the Hub on
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French Street. Several students have filed complaints against the news team for harassment. "I am currently in the process of getting a restraining order,” said junior Ray Gunn. Despite worried calls from
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ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORK
"He's been sitting there with the remote in one hand and an unopened bottle of Jack in the other," said his wife.
Neilson napkin sexting scandal linked to Brett Favre "God damn it, why won't you people just leave me alone already?" said a visibly embar-
rassed Favre.
JACKASS 3D CONSIDERED Peer-to-peer editing EARLY OSCAR CONTENDER causes Facebook riot Knoxville, Margera to get acting nods BY SUM DUM JOO NEWS EDITOR
HOLLYWOOD—After reaching box office success, the creators of the Jackass series of films are reveling in celebration over the film’s subsequent critical success. Hailed by film critics as “a triumph in the work of cinema,” and “a cinematographer’s wet dream,” the third installment of the film series is rumored to be the first film on the ballot at this year’s Academy Awards. For some, this has been a long time goal. “I see this film reaching the Criterion Collection within the next three years,” said New York Times film critic A.O. Scott. “It is a masterwork of modern cinema and I am so happy it will get the recognition it deserves.” Insiders predict that the award for Best Picture is in
the bag. The film may also receive accolades for costuming and “Best Original Song” will most likely go to ‘The Party Boy Theme Song.’ During a press conference on Tuesday, producer and Best Actor nominee Johnny Knoxville announced plans to take the film international. “I see this thing winning the Palm d’Or and being the opening selection at Tribeca,” said Knoxville, who received rave reviews for having a tooth removed with a sports car, dressing up as an old man, and playing tetherball with a beehive. There are also rumors that awards for sound editing may go to Jackass foley artist Mike Howards for his recreation of the sound human feces makes when flung into someone’s face.
BY RANDOM ANONYMOUS STAFF WRITER
PALO ALTO—Facebook Spokesperson Jaime Schopflin announced yesterday that they will be making adjustments to the website’s new “peer-to-peer editing” feature which has infuriated users over the past few weeks. People who haven’t been paying attention to their profiles lately may notice that some of their information may have been edited by their “friends.” The new feature was added in September and was not publicly announced or advertised on the site. The new format allows users’ friends to edit each others’ profiles freely. Facebook now shares a strong similarity to Wikipedia, an information website that allows visitors to edit content within articles. Schopflin said, “I think the
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idea was smart because my friend, Veronica, is a nasty, alcoholic piece-of-shit person, which I felt was inaccurately described by ‘sweet, innocent countrygirl,’ under her about me.” The social networking site’s editing feature went relatively unnoticed for weeks by users until people stopped texting them back. A survey of students shows that most men noticed that their interests had shifted from “sports” to “stalking and being creepy.” Likewise, most women noticed that their activities shifted from “shopping" to “nagging and cock-teasing.” Facebook’s team programmers are still uncertain on how they will be able to keep the peer-editing feature without further enraging users. President Mark Zuckerberg has been trying to gather more support for keeping the feature by bribing users with free, bonus experience points in FarmVille.