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Homecoming Parade Changed to Puppy Parade People Actually Show Up! Veronica Silverado wrote this It happened. This year, the greatest thing that could have happened during our annual homecoming festivities did happen. What started out as a slobbery dream became a barking reality at Illinois State’s homecoming parade when all floats and participants were replaced by the one thing everyone on earth loves: puppies. The idea of uprooting tradition and implementing a puppy takeover was initiated by sophomore Shayna Sanders only weeks before homecoming festivities began. “I was sitting in my room, totally sober, not doing anything illegal at all, and I was like, ‘parades are the literal worst, what if we replaced all the boring floaty bullshit with cute lil’ puppies instead?!’ My boyfriend thought it was a brilliant idea, so I e-mailed Alumni Relations about it. I figured they would just delete it.”
“President Larry Dietz wanted to bring ‘sweet, fluffy joy to the students of ISU.’” Two days later, Shayna received a response. The Alumni Association was interested and wanted to know more. “I met with them, but the meeting lasted about ten minutes. I was just like, ‘take out the people, put in puppies. It’s that simple.’ So they did.” Initially, the ad-
ministration put up a fight, just as “The Man” typically does. Even some students aligned with higher ups, claiming, “puppies aren’t even our mascot! I made a freaking float for this dumb parade and there’s gonna be Instagram pictures of it, dammit!” This last-minute switch was ultimately decided upon by President Larry Dietz. This year, being his first homecoming as president of the university, he wanted to bring “sweet, fluffy joy to the students of ISU.” Oh Larry, you know us so well. The official switch was made three days before the parade, and students and community members were quickly informed. Since there was little time to plan, dog owners wishing to walk in the parade were simply asked to show up with their pups. The president and other faculty members rallied to tell people about the change. Facebook groups were created, annoying mass texts were sent out. It was all hands on deck in hopes that enough puppies would be in attendance to make the event noteworthy. “I literally cannot wait. The puppies… the puppies are coming! Think of all the puppies!” pug enthusiast and ISU student Jane Wilson commented. Saturday morning finally came. Students, alumni, families, and Bloomington-Normal residents lined the streets of campus and awaited the parade. There for the next hour, Redbird supporters watched,
cheered, and aww-ed at the adorable canines as they walked proudly through town adorned in their best red and white attire. German shepherds sported ISU hats. Tiny shih tzu’s adorned stuffed animal Reggies on their backs. Students burst into tears from the cuteness overload. The parade was a success.
When asked about the events of the day black lab, Purdie, had this to say, “woof, woof! Bark bark, woof, ruff!” Pomeranian Chihuahua mix, Princess, said, “bark, bark, woof!” and then tried to bite the hand of the reporter interviewing him. President Dietz, and even most of the opposed administration and students, have
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TOP 10: WAYS TO SCHOOL SCHOOL SPIRIT DURING HOMECOMING WEEK
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no plans to change our new, and already beloved, tradition back to its stale former self. “The parade had about a thousand more attendants than the parade last year. To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure most students even knew about the parade before, but now they sure as hell do! Uh oh, sure as heck do. Can you take out the part where I said hell? Thank you.”
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THE TOP TEN Ways to show School Spirit
During Homecoming Week 10.) Spread the red: Wear as much ISU gear as you can possibly put on to your body at one time. Make it a challenge! Have four Fear the Bird shirts? Great! One for each appendage. Two pairs of Redbird socks? Now you can keep your feet and your hands warm! 9.) Go to homecoming events: We’re not asking you to get involved or even really give a shit, but we promise you won’t regret going to the game, the parade, or even the Town and Gown 5K. The administration organizes these events for us, you might as well show up. 8.) Paint the town red: Paint the sidewalk. Paint your apartment building. Paint yourself. Paint EVERYTHING! Out of red paint? Just use the blood of your enemies! Bradley people bleed, right? In the name of school spirit, literally paint the town red. We’re sure they won’t mind.
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The Bad Joke That Just Won’t End Scoop Chang wrote this
Everyone remembers three years ago when John Stotelmeyer first dressed up in a full Adolf Hitler costume and welcomed alumni to the football game before being chased away by security. That year, the anti-antiSemitic groups were on a rampage to keep the incident from happening again. To show his support, then-president Al Bowman vowed to have security heightened and the punishments made severe for anyone who dressed up like Hitler. He decried that anyone dressed in any sort of Nazi garb during the week of homecoming would be expelled, tarred, and feathered. Of course, after a whole year of no one daring to mention Hitler, talk about WWII, or even eat bratwurst, the day of the big game he himself dressed up as Hitler. The stadium was filled with raucous laughter and afterwards Bowman received a stern warning from the Jewish, homosexual, and gypsy groups around campus. The biggest opposition was obviously from Illinois State’s only gay, Jewish, gypsy group, Esmerelda’s Fancy Rabbis. The EFR issued a statement to the local publications that even The Black Sheep printed which said “if this happens again, prepare for a hardcore and raunchy riot.”The thing the EFR didn’t understand was that, no one likes Hitler or supports him, but everyone loves making fun of him. Finally, last year’s homecoming came and went, with everyone and their mom dressing up like Hitler. Everyone thought they were so cool and so original, but instead the whole school just looked like a bunch of neo-Nazis. One dude dressing up like Hitler: kinda funny. A whole school dressing up like
Hitler: so utterly God-damned stupid. Where did everyone even get these Hitler costumes? We hope you made them, because we do not want to think about all of the little Chinese children who made your costumes having to sew little swastikas all day for a bad joke.
7.) Go to the football game: Uh, who are we playing, again? Personally, we couldn’t care less about who wins or loses, but the people-watching possibilities here are endless. Is your COM110 teacher drunk three rows in front of you? Your roommate’s mom attempting to flash a group of freshmen? A band member throwing up in a tuba? Anything is possible at the game and, with some luck, maybe you could witness all of these. 6.) Drink with alumni: Everyone knows alumni are still college kids at heart. What’s better than getting trashed with a bunch of seasoned Redbirds? They’ll be sure to share not only their wisdom, but also their alcohol, and what could be better than that? 5.) Have/wear a mustache: Redbird head coach, Brock Spack, needs all the support we can give during homecoming. Represent him, his pornstache, and Orange is the New Black while you’re at it by sporting the ‘stache. If you are unable to grow one yourself, a fake stick-on ‘stache from a party store will do nicely.
No one rioted, everyone just felt embarrassed. Esmerelda’s Fancy Rabbis issued a video of their executive board looking disappointed and shaking their heads, and you could tell the general feeling on campus was ashamed stupidity. AEPi even had a “free beer for everyone who didn’t dress up as Hitler party,” and they made an absurd amount of money. Spokesman David Cohen said “We weren’t even trying to make money. We thought people would just come for the free beer, but you could just tell a lot of people felt like dicks and ended up buying beer in guilt.” We know that all of you already know all of this. It’s campus history that every RA tells every freshman to make sure they’re aware of the shame. It even became mandatory to tell the story of Homecoming Hitler during orientation. The hope was that no one would think it was cool or funny to dress up like Hitler anymore. So this year, when you’re thinking to yourself “should I just wear my ‘Fear the Bird’ shirt? Or maybe put on a Charlie Chaplin ‘stache and some khakis?” remember that it’s done. WE’RE DONE WITH THAT NOW, IT’S OVER! Of course some of the Hipstlers out there will always go to homecoming dressed ironically as the late fuhrer, but that’s just something you can’t avoid. This is The Black Sheep telling you to remember to shun these people at all costs.
4.) Sleep with Reggie: Show some love for your school by lovin’ on your mascot. Plus, we’ve always wanted to know who’s inside that sexy bird suit. Go ahead, ruffle some feathers. Yeah, get him right in the cloaca. 3.) Drink with Dietzy: What better way to get to know our new prez by throwing back a few brewskis? We can think of nothing else. 2.) Tailgate: Getting drunk in a parking lot with your friends, family, and roommates, eating hot dogs, shit-talking the other team and playing beer pong? Tailgating is why football exists, people, you do not want to miss out. 1.) Be drunk all day... or all week: You know the Saturday homecoming routine: wake up at 7, drink 4 Bloody Marys and a couple mimosas, go the parade, drink more, take a power nap, go to the tailgate, drink even more, go to the game, end up downtown, and forget it all the next day. That’s the kind of stuff we want to see all week, Redbirds. The Black Sheep is counting on you. Veronica Silverado wrote this
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Streaker at Homecoming Game Becomes Illinois State’s New Mascot Jennifer Green wrote this
Illinois State’s annual homecoming: a full week of drunken shenanigans with your friends to show your school spirit. This year, however, homecoming has been stripped of tradition and the face, well… body, of ISU has been given a new image that we won’t be able to forget… no matter how hard we try. Until halftime, everything was going according to plan. The Redbird football team was on their A-game, the weather was perfect for leggings and Spirit Jerseys, and the concession stand sold a record number of Pumpkin Spice Lattes. After the second quarter, the score was 34-7, Redbirds. As the Redbirds rushed off the field and onto the sidelines, the Big Red Marching Machine took their places on the field to give the students of ISU a homecoming performance they would not soon forget. It was a spectacular display of music and motion combined. The band chose to do a rendition of Nicki Minaj’s song “Anaconda” which had nothing to do with football or ISU, but got the crowd hyped up and twerking in the stands. During the middle of the song, one of the
tuba players dropped his instrument— and his pants. He immediately began ripping off the remainder of his clothing and sprinted across the field, weaving in and out of the other band members who continued to play. Everyone immediately wanted to know the identity of this au naturel tuba player. After days of anticipation, it was released that the identity of the homecoming streaker was senior Rodney Ginsee. “It was nothing really. I just figured it’d be funny because, ya know, naked people running across fields are hilarious. Ha, naked tuba player. Classic. Anyway, I never thought it would turn into such a big deal. As soon as people found out it was me, they started coming up to me and taking pictures with me and asking me to streak across the Quad. I just wanted to do something I’d be remembered by.” Maybe it was the music, the ISU homecoming spirit, or the ridiculous amount of alcohol consumed that day, but everyone in the stands knew this was a magical moment. Junior Jeff Tribett told The Black Sheep, “it was an
intense moment for everyone. We were hella turnt because we all knew that we would forever be changed. That boy, nay, that man brought an entirely new meaning to Hancock Stadium.” Jeff wasn’t the only one who was touched by this experience. Sophomore Alex Durham told The Black Sheep while lighting up a blunt, “it was crazy, man. Like, he was so free, just how birds are in nature… like a redbird. It’s like I saw myself in him,” he took another hit and his eyes widened, “I saw all of us in him. He was the Redbirds, bro.” “I hate to say it, but goddammit he was majestic,” head football coach, Brock Spack, told us. “I mean, I’ve never heard a crowd go so crazy. Everyone just lost their minds! People started jumping up and down in the stands, cheerleaders were doing unauthorized flips on the sidelines, and even some of the players started running alongside him! His nudity brought the Illinois State spirit out of everyone.” After hearing so much positive feedback from the students and Coach Spack, the
decision was clear. Goodbye Reggie, hello Rodney. Illinois State quickly took down every Reggie Redbird logo and changed them all to the silhouette of a naked male holding a tuba in front of
his nether-regions. Ginsee stood back to look at the new logo over the bridge and said, “I always knew my naked body would be famous, but I never imagined it would be like this.”
Jimmy John’s Breach Affects Thousands of UIUC Students’ Parents’ Credit Cards Staff wrote this
BLOOMINGTON – Students in HIST 149 reported that freshman Mike Donaldson brilliantly brought up a fact he learned in a different class Tuesday morning.
BLOOMINGTON – Jimmy John’s is the latest victim in credit card breaching.
Donaldson, 18, said he had remembered the small tidbit from his high school American history class last year.
The fast-food giant’s initial reports estimate that thousands of Illinois State University students’ parents’ credit card information may have been breached. “This is ridiculous,” freshman Joanna Douglass told reporters. “Now how am I supposed to get Subway for dinner tonight? And my friends asked me to go out later too.” A MasterCard spokesperson told The Black Sheep that the company has received over 6,000 calls from complaining students in the past 36 hours – all looking to find answers as to just how the Earth will continue to spin without the orbit of endless cash from their parents’ bank account back in the surrounding Chicagoland suburbs. “We’re dealing with a lot of screamers,” a Visa representative told reporters Tuesday. “There was one girl who actually came to the office, was denied a transfer from her mother’s bank account, and then smashed her phone on the floor. Then she started to cry because she realized she had to wait for overnight shipping on the new phone her dad just bought her.”
Brilliant Student Brings Up Tidbit Learned in Other Class “The professor said something about how John F. Kennedy was one of the youngest presidents in United States’ history, and then it just clicked in my head that he was just 46 years old when he died,” Donaldson said. “When I said how old he was when he got shot, it really put things in perspective for the rest of the class.” Witnesses outside the class room heard a collective gasp and cheering from inside the room where students were both impressed and thankful for the extra nugget of knowledge.
According to a recent campus study in light of the fiscal crisis, student’s mental health has drastically decreased. Many are beginning to view life as “meaningless without an unlimited pipeline of money.” “It’s like... I still wake up in the morning, but I just know I can’t go out and buy a new TV for my dorm, so what’s even the point?” sophomore Jerry Taylor said. “Like, yeah, I can try to spice up the day with a run or chatting with my roommate or something, but it’s just not the same feeling you get when someone swipes your card on a register. It was exhilarating – especially when you knew there was no end in sight. Now, it’s all gone. I barely even have enough money for DP Dough every Tuesday and Thursday nights. It’s embarrassing.”
“He showed some really great potential in that moment,” professor John Stackhouse told reporters after class. “I really think he can get an A in this class. With a brain like that, it’s hard not to imagine that he’ll be teaching this class one day.” Donaldson said he hasn’t yet thought about one day taking over the Illinois State history department, but the prospective thought of one day leading the field in ground-breaking research is one he’s proud of. “I mean, yeah, I have a good memory but it’s no big deal,” Donaldson said, leaning back in his chair with an open copy of America: How It Came to Be on his chest. “Maybe one day I’ll use my knowledge to inspire students in the classroom, but for right now it’s all about inspiring my fellow classmates one little factoid at a time.” Staff wrote this
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How to Stop COCK-BLOCKING YOURSELF Molly Burford wrote this
Do you constantly find yourself watching your potential lover’s back as they sprint away, rather than staring longingly into each other’s eyes? You, my friend, may be a serial self-cockblocker (or self vag-blocker; we don’t’ want to discriminate against sexualities). But fret not! Just because you were born with less game than Darko Milicic doesn’t mean you can’t develop a façade of suave! Here are a few simple steps to ease your journey. Step One: Play in Your Own League: The first step to putting a halt to the perpetual cockblock is to stop chasing people who are so clearly out of your league. You aren’t meant for most people everyone, and that’s okay! If he or she is a solid 8 and you’re a 3, then forget it. Yeah, you may have a great personality, but that doesn’t matter until you’re 50 and divorced. Stay within your league; you’ll notice your rejection rate decline by at least half. Step Two: Check Your Laugh: Laughing is the heart and soul of all solid relationships. If your laugh sucks, nobody is going to point to you and say, “Yes, that is my person.” Remember Chandler
and that one lady from Friends? Yeah, she was awful. Don’t be her. Change it if you have to. Practice for hours until you’ve achieved the perfect chortle. YOUR LAUGH IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU SOUND LIKE A DYING GOAT, FETCH WILL NOT HAPPEN! Step Three: Stop Trying To Make FetchText Happen: Yes, we live in the day and age of constant communication, but since we’re assuming you’re clingy and not very witty, let them text you. This will give the aura that you don’t care (which will automatically make you more appealing) and it won’t give you the opportunity to cockblock yourself. However, if they do actually engage you in text convo… Step Four: Consult Everyone and Anyone Before You Respond: Sure, it’ll take longer for you to respond, but this adds the mystery you’ve been lacking. This also will prevent you from sending embarrassing three-page texts after they just asked you a simple, “what’s up?” Just make sure your text-checkers aren’t fellow self-cockblockers. Step Five: Stop Oversharing on Social Media:
Anyone you g e t i nvo l ve d with is going to be crazy. This is guaranteed. H o w e v e r, i n order to hide your brand of insanity for as long as possible, stop posting every fucking emotion, thought, and update on the interwebz. If you’re lucky enough to have your potential lover as a friend on Facebook or if they happen to follow you on Twitter, be cautious about what you share. In fact, Google “witty statuses” and only post your accomplishments (or fake accomplishments; who has to know?). Step Six: Inflate their Ego: People love to talk about themselves. Bitches love compliments. Utilizing these two principles is guaranteed to up your game. Just don’t talk about you or fish for compliments; they don’t care enough yet.
Step Seven: Once You Know Your Own League, Know They’re Just As Shitty As You: We’re guessing that you’re not that attractive, funny, smart, or driven. That’s ok, not everyone can be as suave as The Black Sheep, so stop trying to be. Just embrace your ugly, humorless, unintelligent self. If you exist, someone just like you exists too, and they’re just as scared of you as you are of them! So, you’re going to scare people regardless; just make sure you scare the right person! Whether you believe it or not, you can control your romantic destiny! Together, we can fight to put an end to self cock-blocking, one loser at a time.
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BARTENDER of the WEEK Relationship Status: Taken• Major: Out of school Favorite Drink: Stoli and Red Bull • Favorite Shot: Jägerbomb Disgusting Drink: TGRB What aspect of bartending are you better than any other bartender at?: Memorization, because I have to remember all of our imported drinks. Do you have a drink of your own creation? What’s in it?: Peach cobbler. It has Fireball, peach schnapps, Sprite, and sweet and sour mix.
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THE DRINKING GAME DON’T PUKE IN YOUR SHOES! Hey you stupid, drunk idiot, don’t puke in your shoes. Aren’t you sick of that mushing between your toes every time you put your shoes on in the morning? Just aim to the left a little bit! What You’ll Need: Some sort of container (garbage can, mop bucket, not a pair of shoes, etc.) Number of Players: Two (Player one is the puker, player two cleans up and has a shitty night.) Level of Intoxication: High enough to need to puke in an odd item, low enough to have the capability to choose something other than your shoe. How to Play: - Go out to a bar and get accurately drunk enough to fall within our recommended “level of intoxication.” - Stumble back home (do NOT lose your shoes). - Arrive home and take off your shoes. - At this point, it may be good strategy to hide your shoes or throw them onto a high platform (shelf, top of the fridge) that way you can’t possibly puke in them. - Focus intently on your garbage can or bucket (do NOT look away). - When you finally have to puke, aim for the garbage can or bucket (may also be a good strategy to play with a teammate who can intercept your shoes from your path of puke). The Game Ends When: You puke (a win or loss is determined by whether you feel something warm and oddly comfortable in your shoes the next morning).
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What are granny panties good for?: Laundry day. If we invented a word right now—say… “spladawnt”—what would you say it means?: It means stop staring at me, I can’t make the beer come out of the tap any faster.
Is there a liquor myth you know from personal experience to be false?: That tequila is supposed to turn your stomach. It’s never once made my stomach hurt.
If you could have dinner with a famous person, living or dead, whose face would you wear and why?: Aaron Rodgers because he does great photobombs.
Besides M&M’s, what else melts in your mouth and not in your hand?: Burger baskets.
Why should people read The Black Sheep?: Because it’s hilarious and has the best deals.
RECIPE FOR DISASTER WASHED-UP MASHED POTATOES Look at that shit. Do you see the spuds winding out of its side? It’s disgusting that a potato like that is even still around. Didn’t it know its time was up weeks ago and it should’ve just gone out on top when it was at its peak? Let’s get rid of this guy once and for all – get your oven mitts! It’s time to make some washed-up mashed potatoes. What You’ll Need: A sense of grit, determination, and nerves. This potato overstayed its welcome and you are NOT happy about it. Cook Time: As fast as possible, if we wait any longer it may start to root. Fatty Factor: Don’t worry about this; it’s all going to be worth it when it’s over. Let’s Get Baked: - Grab that son of a bitch and shave those gross growths off its side. Does it even think about how it looks when it goes out in public? - Snatch a pot and fill it with boiling-hot water. Then boil it some more. This guy isn’t making it out of here alive. - It’s time to truly embarrass the potato. Shave the skin off and leave it sitting bare on the counter. It didn’t have the self-respect enough to call it quits at the right moment, now look what it’s clinging on to – a life of naked worthlessness. - BOIL IT, BOIL IT, BOIL IT. - Watch it shrivel up like the washed-up potato it is. - Now throw it out in the trash. You’re not eating this recipe today, folks. This time it was all about setting things straight.
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The BluzzSheed Buzzfeed has made a name for itself by posting gifs and pictures that go viral, and to be honest we’re a bit put off here at The Black Sheep. What they do isn’t very hard, you’ve just got to find a random number of pictures and a sentence that any schmuck can relate to, just like a horoscope. To prove our point that we are the superior media conglomerate, we’ve tried our hand at their little game. Without further ado, we present The Black Sheep image-with-quote spectacular!
4 Pictures That Will Remind You That You’re Just a Speck and What’s The Point of Taking That Midterm And What’s the Point of Anything Really
Banana Boy wrote this Look at us just floating out there.
5 Sloths Blissfully Unaware Their Homes Are Being Destroyed to Make Paper This idiot’s smile won’t last long.
Look how tiny we are. What’s the point?
This sloth’s tree is getting burned to the ground. This guy’s best friend just got frozen.
This guy’s home was destroyed so you could hold this paper in your hand. The guy’s family tree is now mulch for your garden.
All those people look like ants. Are our lives really worth more than theirs?
According to Men in Black, aliens play marbles with our galaxy, why shouldn’t we play more?
6 Monkeys Wearing Dresses That Share 99% of our DNA So It’s Not Weird To Find Them Attractive
She’s scared of you, too.
I’ve got a thing for famous actresses.
3 Babies That You’ll Never Believe Turned Into Assholes
Get a load of that smile.
Maybe not a 10 but a 6 at least.
Check out that cleavage!
She’d totally bang her boss to get a raise.
These 6 Squirrels Wearing Hats Make You Realize How Much You Miss Your Mom
This asshole committed arson.
These two assholes stole 15 million dollars.
This little prick started World War II.
Remember going to the Fourth of July parade with her?
Remember when she used to make you sandwiches?
Remember when she’d get you ready to go out in the snow?
Remember when she told you to stay away from Shriners?
You won’t see her on your birthday.
Remember watching Peter Pan with her on VHS?
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