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“A Completely Hypothetical Grading Schedule for 20 Sophomore Research Essays,” by Sean Scanlan

Sep 25th, 2013 | By

This is completely hypothetical. It’s also an image.



Clean as a Newborn Baby

Sep 20th, 2013 | By

My wife is a NICU nurse, meaning that even without witnessing the births of my children, I would be elbows-deep in neonatal vocabulary. Case in point: from where I’m sitting RIGHT THIS SECOND, a bookshelf filled with medical textbooks threatens to collapse on me.



“Your Order,” by Dan Gonzalez

Sep 18th, 2013 | By

Dear JANE SMITH

A message from your friends at Peapod. You may shop anytime, anywhere. Our personal shoppers are currently working to assemble your order. We greatly appreciate the trust you place in us.

Sincerely,
The Peapod Team.



Money and Mayhem!

Sep 13th, 2013 | By

It has become an unofficial Friday the 13th tradition to mangle Winslow in some way. This started last year when we had THREE Friday the 13ths running wild and unsupervised through our calendar, and coincided with the creation of Dr. Spiderqueen. This year we just have the one, giving Winslow plenty of recovery time until his next brush with death.



“Campus Alert System,” by John Carroll and Nick Klinger

Sep 11th, 2013 | By

In March of 2013, O’Brien University in West Newbridge, NJ had its first chance to use an alert system that enabled campus police officers to notify students of emergency situations via text message. Here is the transcript of that incident:

10:53 am
OU ALERT: Armed man has been spotted near campus Taco Bell ®. Find shelter immediately. Campus police arriving at scene.