‘The Office’ Convention in Scranton

In My Opinion

JESSIE HOLEVA

STAFF WRITER JH734@CABRINI EDU

Fans from around the country united in a crazed fashion as if it were a John Lennon sighting. “The Office” convention kicked off just two hours north of here the last weekend of Oct. without their boss.

sisted of menial office tasks such as throwing paper in the trash can.

Didn’t get to attend? Better have a good reason besides maybe your favorite character not attending, since the event was still a hit.

Distance shouldn’t be a factor either. So it’s past the Poconos and that’s considered in the middle of nowhere. Those are lame excuses. It’s a mere two hours by car or bus. Sorry train goers, contrary to an episode last season, there is no train that leads to Scranton.

STAFF WRITER

EGG722@CABRINI EDU

A senator receives scandalous information, a wife develops an outside relationship, an older man brainwashes a high school girl.

The great technology of communicating through e-mail has made it simple for people to commit such acts. The law has the power to use e-mail as evidence during corrupt situations.

What would happen if the criminal was allowed to erase any electronic proof that he or she is in fact guilty?

BigString Corporation is responsible for designing several new features making e-mail smarter. By using BigString a person has ultimate control over each e-mail they send out to their recipient.

The creators of the program have labeled BigString as “the next big thing in communication,” promising that they can even set it up so that printing a hard copy of an e-mail or forwarding it can be avoided by choice.

Recallable e-mail is the name the company has given to a section of the program that enables previously sent e-mail to be recalled.

The development of such a powerful e-mail service is something that will definitely effect the way people use e-mail.

It seems the men and women who created this unique innovation meant for it to help make people’s lives more secure. How many people all over the world would rather use a system where they have complete control over every past, present and future email they send and receive?

This program was obviously intended to make email a totally free service, with anything available at the click of a mouse. The problem is that there will always be a large percentage of people that will abuse such freedoms.

Politicians could be handling matters that they wish to keep classified. Therefore they can set their e-mails at self-destruct or they can recall important information that no one else is able to see.

It is unfortunate how much cheating occurs in this world, so it is a definite possibility that men and women could find these features useful when hiding their contact with another person.

Child predators may also be supportive of BigString because they would then have the power to erase any indication of relationships they have with an underage individuals.

Overall the entire invention of the BigString program was well worth the effort because of how many new and convenient features are now supplied to the public.

The only issue I see with the program is that it has the chance of becoming just another way for people to commit crimes.

BigString does, however, resemble technology out of a James Bond movie or any other film involving futuristic spy gadgets.

I am sure people will thoroughly enjoy having even more power than they already do in the electronic world.

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Al Roeker joined the majority of “The Office” cast in Scranton Friday, Oct. 26 to show the event nation-wide on “Today,” while leads like Steve Carell, who plays Michael, the know-it-all boss, were not there.

Rainn Wilson (Dwight), John Krasinski (Jim) and Jenna Fischer (Pam) were also no shows, yet fans from even as far as Los Angeles made it to the weekend long office-palooza.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about then you must not own a television or are pining over “Grey’s Anatomy” during the shows’ shared timeslot because people around the country are hooked on the hit NBC comedy, “The Office.”

It’s about the daily antics that go on while working in an office. It is based on the British program but has been adapted to fit the American market by setting the office building in none other than Pennsylvania’s finest, Scranton.

The event was a three day ode to the show with local bands attributing songs to the show, question and answers with the cast and even an office version of the Olympics that con-

As you could tell from my Scranton trivia, I’m a native.

Angela, the mean proper blonde played by Angela Kinsey, was at the event and actually seemed approachable, unlike the role she portrays.

Phyllis, played by Phyllis Smith, is lovable both on camera and off. She was more than happy to chat for a moment and smile for a picture, even when I asked for a second one.

I met Kate too, played by Kate Flannery, a highlight of mine. She’s the drunk that got hit by the boss’s car who’s sporting a crotch cast on the television show. Turns out she’s originally from Ardmore and her niece may be a freshman here next year.

Hopefully, this might be Cabrini’s in to having some of the cast stop by, dare I dream.

All in all, the event was a complete success, even without the top four characters there. Who needs ‘em?

As said on the television program and throughout the convention, “Ain’t no party like a Scranton party, cause a Scranton party don’t stop,” another truth about Scranton, well sort of.