Senior with Thriving Life Wears Sweatpants to Class Once, Declares Self “SWUG”
By Carolina Edgecumb | October 12, 2016
ICC — SFS senior and board member of multiple clubs Sandra Flannery (SFS ’17) turned some confused heads this morning when, after donning a pair of blue joggers to class, declared to her peers that she was actually a “washed up girl”. “Call me a SWUG, but I didn’t feel like putting jeans on this […]
Quiz: How Long Can You Hide Your Cluelessness About Syria From These SFS Students?
By Frances Lumley-Saunderson | October 6, 2016
As a guide for how you did: Anything under 100% is, “Jack and Anna are smirking. ‘Do you even know who’s fighting in Syria?’ they ask and then laugh. You walk away, ashamed you understand so little about international relations, but somehow knowing you definitely won’t learn more about it.”
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Benjamin Harrison forgets to shave before seeing his mother
By Shackleford Hedgecock, Esq. | October 5, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 100 years ago on October 5, 1892, our 23rd President forgot remembered to shave for the first mother’s annual visit to the White House. Crowds flocked all the way from Baltimore to South East DC, hoping to see one of Mrs. Harrison’s famous wise cracks about her son’s unkempt nature. Once word […]
Freshman Glad She Dumped Friends in Favor of Anonymous Juniors that Read Her Club Application
By Shackleford Hedgecock, Esq. | October 4, 2016
DARNALL HALL – Earlier this week, reports came in that freshman Grace Stevens (COL ’18) was seen hugging each individual of the 20 person mob from her new club knocking on her door. “In one word: surreal. Just all the people who I’m guaranteed to love because they all applied to the same thing I applied to!” Stevens […]
3 Things That Might Cause Cancer and 2 That Definitely Do
By Frances Lumley-Saunderson | October 3, 2016
1) Sleeping near your cell phone The jury is still out for how unsafe this really is, but who needs your phone that close to you while your sleep anyway? A nearby night stand is a safer bet. 2) Eating meat from fast food restaurants The heavy use of preservatives cause some who err on the […]
Professor Casually Throws Mild Curse Words Into Lecture in Last-Ditch Effort to Keep Students’ Attention
By Contributor | September 27, 2016
WHITE-GRAVENOR HALL – After realizing he was “losing them” 45 minutes into an hour and fifteen minute lecture, the tenured English professor Dr. Burgess reportedly called King Laius of the story of Oedipus a “dick” in a last-ditch effort to persuade the remaining students to not drop his class. “So when he ordered the ankles to be […]
HOLT: Watch As I Choose Your Leader
By Lester Holt | September 26, 2016
At Hofstra University, two podiums flanking a bald eagle each face my desk. As the American public tunes in to the debate tonight, all eyes will be on one person: me. Tonight, I will decide who gets to be President of the United States. It was my honor to accept NBC’s offer to pick […]
9 Most Memorable Georgetown Senior Pranks
By Theophilus Parsons | September 26, 2016
1) Moving Healy slightly to the left (Class of 1975) Talk about a campus shift! This minor change caused many students to bump into a myriad of doors, walls, and portals! 2) Monica Lewinsky Scandal (Class of 1968) No explanation needed here. This one had us all on the floor! 3) Rolling clock hands back […]
Bloodthirsty Light Fixture Claims More Insect Lives
By Col. Willis Van Devanter | September 22, 2016
LIVING ROOM — The creepy-crawly community was in solemn mourning today as the Bug Intelligence Service announced that the death toll from the barbaric ceiling light above the coffee table has risen to 18 since the beginning of the month. “The situation has been heating up,” chirped Mayor Adalbert McCricket, “The families of those insects […]