Cheers and jeers
CHEER – Journalists who were trying to call into a conference call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were in for an alarming surprise. Instead of hearing the nasal tones of the former presidential candidate, the unwitting journalists were routed to an 800-number sex line. ‘Do you have any hidden desires? If you feel like getting nasty, then you came to the right place,’ CNNPolitics.com reported the sex line recording saying Thursday. Here’s a cheer for living up to those campaign promises of a more ‘open’ White House.
JEER – The University of California in San Diego mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to NBC.com. On Tuesday, the school’s communications office said an e-mail was sent Monday afternoon to all 46,377 students who applied for admission – including 29,000 rejects – welcoming them to the campus. This is quite a mess-up from a good university. Imagine the look on the kids’ faces when they get the second letter saying that the realization of their hopes and dreams were just the result of a computer malfunction. Not a funny April Fools’ joke.
CHEER – Suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick will work for a construction company in Newport News, Virginia, after his sentence in federal prison for bankrolling a dogfight operation, his lawyer told CNN.com Thursday. Vick’s 23-month sentence ends in July, but he is expected to be released in May and serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement. That construction company now has a 6-foot, 215-pound powerhouse working for them. He can probably build faster and carry more supplies than anyone else on staff. He will sure become a valuable asset to them, assuming there are no pets on the construction site.
CHEER – Syracuse Police set up a two-hour raid Wednesday morning at Maggies Restaurant and Sports Bar and issued 87 citations, according to The Daily Orange. Forty-six were for underage drinking, 31 were for possession of false identification and six were for ‘passbacks,’ or multiple people using one ID to get into the bar. But the tickets issued were for traffic court. So why raid a bar rather than ticket cars on Marshall Street? Money, that’s why. This is a clever economic stimulus plan for the government. Police give a ticket to a student. They call mom and dad, hire a lawyer, end up paying the fine and injecting capital directly into the government’s budget. Good plan, Gov. Patterson.
CHEER/JEER – University Union’s Bandersnatch concert series brought hip-hop act Wale to campus Wednesday night, as reported by The Daily Orange. It’s the only hip-hop act that UU is bringing to campus this semester. Wale, an underground artist from Washington, D.C. known for his go-go style, is a great act to have, but he doesn’t satisfy the rap palate on campus. Rap shows are great and give students a different genre of music than the typical college bands (O.A.R, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.). But one rap artist shows that UU is not totally in touch with what the campus wants to hear. Wale was good, but he shouldn’t be the only rap act to hit campus. In fact, a bigger rap artist should be headlining Block Party.
