Obsessing over celebrity’s lives

KATIE MCNULTY STAFFWRITER KMM725@CABRINI EDU

Today our society is more than ever fascinated with the lives of celebrities. We want to know everything about them. Anything from who they are dating to what cereal they eat for breakfast in the morning. Most of us are all suckers for the tabloids. We can not help ourselves from picking up the latest issue of In Touch Weekly or Star magazine in the check out line at the grocery store. The shocking photos and eye-catching headlines get me every time. Even though I know that most of the stuff written in the tabloids is rumored or untrue, I still find myself reading them. I am even aware and have a general idea of how they put these tabloids together. The photographers are hired by the tabloids and then they go out and hide behind trees and snap pictures of celebrities doing everyday things like eating lunch or going shopping. On a really good day they hope to catch a celebrity picking their nose or not wearing their wedding ring. The writers then come up with these outrageous headlines and stories to sell their tabloid.

The other day I was waiting in the check line and the latest issue of “In Touch” caught my eye. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lacey were on the front cover. There was a white line dividing the two of them and Jessica had a sad look on her face. The headline read something like, “Are They Splitting?” Now I don’t believe these rumors but I began thinking. What if someone took a photo of me that I was unaware of on a bad day, gave it to Loquitur and made up a story about me with very little truth to it. How would I feel? I would be really pissed off.

On March 30, Britney Spears posted a message on her official website firing back at tabloids. She addresses them directly.

“Dear False Tabloids, Do you, Us Weekly, In Touch, Star and other desperate magazines want employees who are honest, or those who are liars? It seems to me that you’d prefer the latter. I’m really concerned about the people you hire to work at your companies. I’d like them to ask themselves the question, ‘What am I lying to myself about?’Is it that you are 50 pounds overweight? Is it that your children aren’t making wise decisions? Or is it maybe that your husband or boyfriend is cheating on you? Until you face what is going on in your life, I guess you’ll remain a false tabloid.

P.S. ‘People Magazine’is great in my book.”

Although this letter appears to be a little harsh, Spears has every right to lash out at the tabloids. This is nothing compared to the far-fetched stories tabloids came up with about her.

I can understand were she is coming from.

Our society is suppose to value truth and honesty, but these tabloids obviously hire people who will forget their own dignity and write lies. We read these magazines out of fun and entertainment, but I guess if you were the one centered around the false accusations it would not be entertaining.

Britney gives credit to People Magazine for publishing authorized photos of her wedding.

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House 2: fire alarms

CHRISTINE BLOM SPORTS EDITOR CBB722@CABRINI EDU

Its 5:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning. It’s raining, I’m sick and it’s a cold April morning. There are about 25 people standing outside the main entrance of House 2 and there are approximately another 10 standing by the path. Everyone’s eyes are half-open and everyone is hoping, this time, maybe public safety will show up within the first 20 minutes that the alarm started its shrieking.

In this last semester, the fire alarm in House 2 has gone off so many times it is too hard to count on two hands. Whether it is just as everyone is about to go to bed, the middle of the night or as the sun is coming up in the wee hours of the morning, it is pretty safe to say that everyone in the house is pretty fed up with the more-than-weekly ordeal. It is almost a guarantee that if it is a Thursday on Cabrini’s campus, the fire alarm is about to sound sometime between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.

Some people feel as if it could be an attempt made by public safety to get into the rooms of students, to spy or catch them in the midst of acts that would be deemed inappropriate by the college. Some feel that it is just a bunch of drunk jerks trying to annoy everyone. Some think it could be due to the lack of ventilation and the way people smoke in their rooms incessantly, even though the windows were open and the smoke detector itself was covered.

Yes, there are certain instances in which it is understandable for the fire alarm to be going off such as the hot water heater breaking or the laundry room getting too steamy. In fact, it is perfectly normal for a false alarm to take place.

Contrary to popular belief, some college students do not like being up at all hours of the night, especially being startled by the ear-piercing volume of a fire alarm. And what is being done in the house to fix this ongoing problem and annoyance? There needs to be something done about the problem that is lingering and haunting the dreams of House 2 residents.

If not this year, then for next years residents, the sensitivity of the fire alarms needs to be adjusted and the issues focused on. We pay $33,000 a year for tuition, you would think that the fire standards would be up to par.

What are we going to do when there is a real fire? Students are going to stay in their rooms like they already do so that they do not have to deal with the tedious and repetitious process of going outside in the worst weather conditions. This could lead to injuries and fatalities that could have been resolved if the alarms did not go off every six seconds.

Don’t you think this situation sort of parallels the fairy tale we learned as kids, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf?”