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Volume 3, Issue 2 8/23/12 - 8/29/12
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Red and Dead: A Modern Day Newsies jess wise wrote this
UGA’s student-run newspaper, The Red & Black, has had some Oscar-worthy drama going on the past few weeks. Over the summer, the newspaper’s board of the newspaper hired several non-student employees, giving them control over the content. Suddenly, the student-run newspaper wasn’t, and Harry Montevideo threatened to transfer all editorial control to non-students. The student editors of The Red & Black were justifiably upset by these developments, and a little over a week ago, they walked out. How very dramatic! Let’s hope they did it in slow motion, because nothing makes an impact like slow-mo (cue Michael Bay). College students love opportunities to combine gossiping and activism, so our campus has been all aflutter ever since that fateful night. Of course, it’s admirable that the staff of The Red & Black fought to uphold its integrity, but there are a few problems with this idea. First of all, morals and journalism go together about as well as Georgia and Florida. It’s a pipe dream, and they might as well let it go now. Second, we should really deduct points for their lack of originality. They’re not the first people who have done this. Injustice in the newspaper business, a ragtag group of misfits standing up to The Man, and a disproportionate amount of publicity? This is the exact same situation as the time-tested Disney classic, Newsies. In Newsies, a young Christian Bale plays a little orphan with a big heart named “Cowboy,” and all he wants to do was pay a fair price for his “papes.” Much like the rag-tag group of orphans that runs The Red & Black, Cowboy and his band of fellow newsies are forced to go on strike after a couple of big wigs attempt to step in and change the entire newsie operation. Essentially, the Newsies do the exact same thing that the staff of The Red & Black has done. Thankfully, both Newsies and The Red & Black fiasco have happy endings. It’s apparent The R&B editors studied this film as a blueprint for success. Want to win a war against the rich and powerful? Sing inspiring songs about seizing the day and being the king of New York (or Athens)! For example:
The Red & Black, we’ll take it back! Our journalistic integrity will never crack! We’ll hunger strike, that’ll show The Man, And save some points on our meal plan!
the art of stealing food
If that doesn’t work, recruit a band of thugs to do your dirty work for you!
Damn your changes, Harry Montevideo, Our university suffers at the hands of your ego! A paper without a staff, that’ll be a real blow, Like a cold-cock punch from a ‘roided-out guido! Or how about the staff forming an unlikely friendship with the President of the United States?
what’s inside
This is how we get the problem solved: We’ll make a call and get Obama involved! Doth the man practice what he preach? Let’s see if he’ll defend our Freedom of Speech! These are the things that made a difference, people! In all seriousness, The Black Sheep stands behind our fellow students. We Bulldogs enjoy national media attention for our prowess on the gridiron, not our sometimes overzealous board members. And although they lacked a young, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Christian Bale to knick his heels and chirp catchy tunes, the situation at The R&B came to a happy and (somewhat) peaceful resolution... Thank god, how else would we have played Sudoku in class?
The top ten
college, it’s like kindergarten!
how to keep full with your roommate’s grub.
ways to not look like a freshman.
you know, like making friends and licking everything!
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