Jack Ingram It’s time for the tree-hugging, commie liberals to quit whining about conservatives. Conservatives aren’t that bad – comparatively. Be thankful conservatives aren’t like fascists. Can you imagine an ideology opposed to liberal democracy, comprised predominantly of big business,…
A view from the front of the room
Student X in the back of the room is nodding off while I’m lecturing on the difference between writing for print media and writing for broadcast, telling my 18 students in Writing for the Media that people read differently than…
Man on the street: An insider's view of Mardi Gras
whitney guenther On Stenner Street, a pack of cops on horses roam the streets; the entire pack trots into an apartment complex’s parking lot and the horses relieve themselves. Some of the residents complain. I know there is some type…
The Long-Nosed Resume
Jennette Ballas and Aliza Elbert Dilemma: I used to be the utilities manager for a local business and when applying for a summer internship I slightly stretched the truth of my responsibilities on my resume, making them seem more related…
President Baker: Please return our Pimp Goblet
Douglas B. Bruzzone and Michael Matzke Editor's note: 'Two Classy Gents' is a humor column that runs every Friday. Dear President Baker, It’s been a full year since we’ve last spoken. We text messaged you a number of times since…
We're students, not animals
Laughing at the stupidity of San Luis Obispo locals will never get old. See this gem from Dr. Steve Sainsbury of Sierra Vista hospital: “…dispensing multiple packs of ‘morning-after’ pills to the young (mostly female) Mardi Gras devotees that awake…
Show New Orleans we care!
I will keep this short. If New Orleans is able to pick up their city from the rubble of Hurricane Katrina and still celebrate Mardi Gras, so should we! Our rubble may be a cause of drunken college students, but…
Love's like a little kid in an arcade
Daniel Gingras Famed rapper Mase spat that “Love Ain’t Cheap.” Sir Paul McCartney screamed that “Money Can’t Buy Me Love,” and then this one time in Canada my high school buddy boned a hooker for a hundred bucks. I can’t…
SLO Film Festival looks to revive film industry
San Luis Obispo gets its yearly dose of cinema culture for the week of March 7 for the first SLO Film Festival. This year expects to be promising with the premiere of Morgan Freeman’s newest film “Lucky Number Slevin.” It…
The Cost of Loving
Janice Edman I have a group of guy friends who went to Prague, Czech. a while ago, and, as any group of American guys in Prague would do, they hopped off the train and immediately found the sleaziest strip…
Failing to find humor in Mardi Gras
What does Mardi Gras really mean? To a very few, it is a celebration of sacrifice and rejoicing. To many, many more, it is simply another excuse to get intoxicated and party without restraint. What does Mardi Gras mean to…