Tuesday, October 31, 2000
PW Blog: This is the weakest excuse for news reporting I've ever seen. "Chelsea Clinton may attend Oxford." Apparently Chelsea and her mom were in a jewelry store when the owner asked what she's going to do after Stanford. She said she wasn't sure, but she had a few ideas, including possibly studying economics at Oxford. Okay, two things: 1) Big whoop. Who cares. 2) This doesn't mean she's seriously going to attend Oxford. When I was a senior I said random shit like that all the time. *sigh*
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PW Blog: Happy Halloween! Here's an Observer article about the ghosts of Washington Hall. Having spent a good portion of my college years in that building doing plays, I think most of this is crap. I've never heard any damn trumpets. But the George Gipp thing is freaky... Skip down to the quotes from Roger, who cleans the building. He's a cool guy and he told me about seeing the ghost before. I totally believe him too. That place is kinda scary at night. (Lizzie, didn't you climb in an open window there one Halloween night?)
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PW Blog: Weasel Football News: OH NO! The Observer is reporting that the Weasels lost to Walsh 25-18 in triple overtime. DAMN. Hey, girls, it was a great season. We're so proud of you! We'll get 'em next year. :)
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Monday, October 30, 2000
PW Blog: Liz and Court win big at game show! Seriously! Lizzie (McKillop) and Courtney (Blum) went on "Who Knows You Best?" the other day and came out as the big winners! Of course, as Kel points out, the show itself looks like it sucks major ass (our friends' victory notwithstanding). Some of McMahon's best quotes: "they're all like: this show demonstrates the BEAUTY of female friendship... MY ASS." and regarding the message board on the website: "half of the people are like, PLEASE show the golden girls! and take this god-awful show away!" But congrats to the big winners anyway! :)
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PW Blog: I love Roger Ebert. It's true. I visit his site every Friday to read the new movie reviews, even though it'll be six months before any of them come out in London. I love his "Answer Man" section where he answers movie questions readers send in. And his "Great Movies" essays remind me why I wanted to be a film major in the first place. I can't really explain why I like the guy; I guess it's because I tend to agree with him a lot. It just seems like we'd be friends, you know? Anyway, I've often caught myself wishing that I knew what "Eeb" (that's what I call him in my mind; yes, I'm a freak) thinks about music or politics or television or sports, etc. Every now and then he posts a special essay on his website that does just that. The latest one is all about the Presidential election and why, in his mind, George Bush is an idiot. Did I mention that I love Roger Ebert? :)
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PW Blog: Weasel Football News: At long last! The Weasels played Walsh yesterday in the first round of the Playoffs. No word yet on the final score; I'll let you know as soon as I can. We played Walsh in the regular season but it ended in a 0-0 tie. Offensive Coordinator Steve Baranowski had this to say: "Now, we've made a few offensive adjustments. We've put in a lot of new plays, and we're keep[ing] it very close to the vest." I LOVE THESE GUYS! I'm also looking for a Playoff Schedule. Could the FINAL game possibly be Sunday the 12th? I seem to remember it often being the Sunday after the Parent's game... And guess what? B.C. is the Parent's Game!! GO WEASELS! WE WANT TO CHEER YOU ON!
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PW Blog: It looks like College Park may limit the number of students per apartment next year. Former Weasel (turned Off-Campus Benedict Arnold) Erin Place is mentioned in this article. (Just kidding Place... I still love you.) :)
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PW Blog: Nice. A student who was part of the Bridget's Bust of '98 gives advice to the kids appearing in court for the Finnegan's Bust of 2000. I think this would be a very scary thing to go through, nevertheless.
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PW Blog: GRRR. More Election News: "Gov. Bush will win on issues. The rest of it is static," says Bush campaign spokesman Tucker Eskew. Uh-huh. Right. Of course, that isn't stopping the Republicans from airing pro-Nader ads in Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon in the hopes that Democrats will defect to the Green Party. That pisses me off. Bastards.
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PW Blog: Massachusetts finally made tattooing legal! This is relevant because sophomore year when we all went to Eileen's house in Boston for Spring Break, I wanted to get one (a tattoo) to commemorate my 20th birthday and we had to go to Connecticut to find a parlor. Interesting side note: Liz videotaped the entire process (while eating my Big Mac), but I've never actually seen the tape. Actually, though, I suppose seeing my big white ass slung over a chair while some guy tattoos the Korean word for "rite of passage" above my bum wouldn't be that exciting.
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PW Blog: Wow! This is an interesting idea! If you're disillusioned over the coming Presidential election in the same way that I am, it's probably because you're A) in a state like Indiana that's going to go Bush whether you like it or not, thus negating your vote for Gore, or B) you're in a swing state and would like to vote for Nader, but you're worried that you're helping Bush win the overall election. Now you can do something about it! Voteswap 2000 matches up people in "locked-in" states with those in swing states, so the swing vote can go to Gore and the meaningless vote can go to Nader. Thus Al wins and Ralph gets his 5%. It sounds like a win-win situation!
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PW Blog: ND wins in OVERTIME? I can't believe it. Not only did we avenge 1996's OT loss to Air Force, we did it with an option reverse! That's TOTALLY a Weasel Football play (and shout out)! I like Bob's quote about the final minutes of regulation play (when ND had to block a 28-yard field goal to force OT): "Before the kick, I was so calm, I almost passed out." HA!
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Friday, October 27, 2000
PW Blog: Friday Fun Time. White Cheerleader Epiphanies!" My favorite is: "Sometimes after lunch, when I go to brush and floss in the girls washroom, there are these druggie girls smoking drugs in there. I always say hi, but they never say hi back or anything. I think they must be very sad all the time. I'll bet that if someone wrote a really good cheer for them, they would stop being such drugged-out sluts."
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PW Blog: Mad shout outs to Pat McDonald!
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PW Blog: Here's a great editorial piece about why the people protesting capital punishment at the Lieberman talk were just wrong, wrong, wrong. (Well, okay, they're only "wrong" if they were supporting Bush. Which is what I said yesterday.)
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PW Blog: Another freakin' idiot wrote to the Observer to say that Bush is going to win in Indiana anyway, so everybody should vote Buchanan. People like this scare me. And do people off-campus really think that their crazy-ass letters are going to have an effect on our student body? Jeez, I hope not.
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PW Blog: To the Mets: It was a good run, boys. You'll get 'em next year. Oh, and Roger Clemens: You're still a big fat bastard. :)
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Thursday, October 26, 2000
PW Blog: Kel misread my "women playing sports" blurb, so I figure you might too. Basically I'm not arguing the fact that women are physically at a disadvantage when it comes to competing with men. What I am saying is that it's not true that therefore "every man is better than every woman." Just because I can't compete with a college football player doesn't mean that somewhere there's not a tall girl (we even have one on the Irish Guard, for God's sake!) who works out a lot who could run circles around a defensive back. What do you think? E-mail me to discuss.
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PW Blog: ESPN asked a bunch of football players for their thoughts on women playing college football. I have to say, most of them really impressed me! A couple (like the Baylor guy) mentioned that they would have difficulty hitting a girl, but I think after she tackled them a few times she'd get over *that*. More problematic is the Purdue asshole, who seems to think that it's impossible for a woman to compete with a man physically. He basically says that sports are split into genders for a reason, and that if there were only one football (basketball, baseball, etc.) team then women would never get to compete. WHATEVER! The teams might not be 50-50, but I think it's ridiculous to think that no woman could possibly make the cut in a male environment. Was I the ONLY one who sat through "G.I. Jane"??
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PW Blog: I was interested to read how players from other schools really enjoy playing at Notre Dame Stadium. Basically they all say it's got so much history and spirit and great fans and stuff, as opposed to big, impersonal concrete bowls. I woulda thought they'd be more intimidated though. Huh.
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PW Blog: Okay, so I respect the right of campus group to protest at Lieberman's speech. But you don't yell out questions from the balcony while somebody is talking! And I hope all of these Right-to-Lifers and Anti-Capital Punishment Activists realize that Bush supports a "culture of death" just as much (if not more!) as any other politician.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2000
PW Blog: *PUKE* Okay, apparently these "Diva Starz Dolls" are supposed to be this year's Furby. Whatever. Even though they've supposedly created "sporty," "earthy," and "tech-y" dolls, they're still all about clothes (this Press Release actually calls them fashionistas) and hanging out at the "Diva Mall." I just can't believe that any professional marketing person could possibly bring themselves to write the headline: "Techno-Interaction Brings a Whole New Meaning to Gabbin' With Sass-o-matic Looks and Fab-alicious Fun!" Seriously, you guys... Fab-alicious??? I swear, no kid of mine will ever play with this shit.
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PW Blog: It looks like Arnaz Battle is officially out for the rest of the season. I wonder how that's gonna work next year. I mean, what if this LoVecchio kid gets really really good? That would suck for the both of them if it comes down to a choice for starter.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2000
PW Blog: ND had a 60% return on their endowment investment this year??? Good Lord. This article raises two big points for me: A) Where the hell does all this money go? Hey Monk, tell me again about that "financial crisis" you predict for the next few years? and B) We're making all this money on venture capital???. That thought frightens the hell out of me (and probably every other alum in the IT industry).
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PW Blog: Wow! Joseph Lieberman spoke at ND today. I can't wait to hear how it went...
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PW Blog: I'm sorry, but everytime I read another update on this story of a man abducting his grandchild to keep him away from his "gay" parents, I keep chuckling at Grandpa's reasoning: the kid participates in ballet and "gay art class" instead of baseball. We only had regular art class at my elementary school. *snicker* (On a serious note, the kid's back home now.)
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PW Blog: Ohmygosh! Bob Davie wrote a letter to the student body asking them to e-mail a young boy named Scott Delgadillo with leukemia. Scott is a lifelong ND fan who attended the Purdue game with the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Davie's been in contact with the family for some time, and he says: "I know that with the attitude this extraordinary young man possesses, along with our prayers, he will win this battle." Please consider dropping Scott a line and telling him the Notre Dame family is behind him all the way.
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PW Blog: Finally. The Observer is back. Nothing new in this article about the Finnigan's raid, except for the fact that SMC do not punish their students for off-campus offenses. Thus again, SMC chicks enjoy all the benefits of ND student life without any of the risks/costs. *sigh*
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PW Blog: ESPN.com writes: "Anybody notice that Notre Dame is 5-2 and Bob Davie is doing one of the nicer coaching jobs of the season?"
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PW Blog: I really wish the friggin' Observer would update their website. Fall Break is over kids. Get with the program.
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Monday, October 23, 2000
PW Blog: Hooray! ND beat West Virginia 42-28. This LoVecchio kid sounds like he's just getting better and better. As Bob put it, "When you say he's not a freshman anymore, that's a good thing." Hey, remember, like, five years back when Jim Sanson made a few big kicks and suddenly every girl on campus was stalking him? Can anybody on campus verify if this is happening. Because if I were there (and he's cute at all), I definitely would. :)
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PW Blog: Roger Clemens is a big fat ass. When he walks down the street, people say, "God damn! That's a big fat ass!" And if he tries anything with my Mikey again, I'll deal with him personally. (Sorry for the obscure South Park reference. But the man is a fat bastard.)
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Friday, October 20, 2000
PW Blog: Finnigan's Raid: The Aftermath. Apparently 147 people got busted, including Troy Murphy and several other prominent athletes (!). The cops say that they were acting on numerous anonymous complaints as well as one "non-anonymous complaint from Notre Dame." I don't understand how 147 underage kids got cited... but only 6 got ticketed for false identification. How the hell did the rest of 'em get in there? *grin* The Trib's got all the gory details.
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PW Blog: Awww, the South Bend Tribune has a cute article about a West Virginia football player and his feelings about playing Notre Dame. My favorite quote: "[Notre Dame is] always on television. As a young kid, you wonder if those things you're watching on television really exist. Everything at Notre Dame, the stadium, Touchdown Jesus, the Grotto. It's like Los Angeles. I've never been there." He actually compared South Bend to LA... Isn't that adorable?!
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Thursday, October 19, 2000
PW Blog: I think "Elizabeth Scably, U Make Me Hurl!" is the best sign I've ever seen in my life. Maybe now she'll think twice before crossing picket lines.
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Wednesday, October 18, 2000
Tuesday, October 17, 2000
PW Blog: After two days of hitting "refresh" on the Observer's website, I suddenly realized that it's October Break. Huh. I miss vacations.
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PW Blog: Correction: Kel has rightly pointed out that the SAT scores were recentered a few years back... meaning both Al and Dubya more than qualified for ND. Regardless, I still beat both of them. :)
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Monday, October 16, 2000
PW Blog: Wow. This is a really interesting essay on breastfeeding. Not something I've ever really thought about before... but worth reading, I think.
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PW Blog: I'm in a political mood today. This is cool – Bush's & Gore's college grades and SAT scores. In case you couldn't guess, Al came out ahead. (To be fair, though, neither one of them were exactly shining students.) I looked up Notre Dame's admission's info to find out where they ranked against us, and it turns out that while Al is solidly average ND material, Dubya's below the average range. Also note that Al took eight government courses in school to Bush's three.
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PW Blog: Hey Lizzie! I certainly hope you mention "vegetarian theology" in that there class you teach. Hahahaha...
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PW Blog: Quick Poll: Look at your right hand. Are your index and middle fingers the same length? If they're not, you're probably a lesbian. That's what a ridiculous newspaper article says, anyway. This quasi-scientific justification for discrimination makes me sick. (For the record, my middle finger is WAY longer than any of the others. I don't think my boyfriend's too worried though...)
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PW Blog: So of course I didn't get a chance to watch the Navy game this weekend, being in England and all... But I read the recap this morning and was really touched to hear about the stuff Navy did to honor the sailors killed in Yemen.
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PW Blog: What the hell? The Observer has this ridiculous story about two Pyros who lived together in the same room for three years. My first thought was: "That's stupid. Lizzie and I did THAT." And then I remembered that Liz actually lived in 3A freshman year. But it sure didn't feel that way. *grin*
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Friday, October 13, 2000
PW Blog: Women rockers unite for breast cancer show. It's too bad that I'd only consider maybe two of them (Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge) to be actual "rockers", but I guess that's beside the point. Oh, and they name Ellen's new girlfriend. Yippee.
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PW Blog: I laughed out loud when I read this rundown of the weekend's college football action. My favorite part: "Miami (Florida) will not be playing this week, allowing the players to snort coke off hookers’ asses with Darryl Strawberry and Michael Irvin. I’m sorry. That was harsh and uncalled for. I didn’t mean it. What I meant to say was: 'Miami (Florida) will not be playing this week, allowing them to further prepare themselves for the no-doubt arduous midterm exams that are coming up.'"
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PW Blog: I'm in such a blogging mood today. Mets win again! I'm torn between the drama of a subway series and my desire to see one of the lower-budget teams make it to the championship. *sigh*
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PW Blog: That female placekicker I told you about won her case! The jury found that she was "cut her from the team solely because of her gender" and awarded her $2 million. She's going to use it fund a scholarship for female placekickers. That's so great. (Sidenote: I got the school wrong when I reported it earlier. It was actually Duke, not UNC.)
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PW Blog: College girls: How well do you know your chocolate? This site shows you cross-sections of various sweets and candy bars and asks you to identify what they are. Some are harder than you think. (And at least one goes by the British name, but if you can't recognize that it's really an M&M, you probably shouldn't play anyway.)
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PW Blog: NBC is developing a new game show titled "On the Cover," which will quiz contestants on "pop culture trivia and the images featured on the covers of popular magazines, books, CDs, movie posters, TV title sequences and classic albums." It's supposed to be a cross between Entertainment Tonight and Jeopardy. KICKASS! The episode to end all episodes: Kristine Howard vs. Kelly McMahon vs. Sal Scherer vs. Liz McKillop.
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PW Blog: Big shout outs to Sal Scherer. You made my day with that e-mail! At least somebody is reading this besides me. :)
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Thursday, October 12, 2000
PW Blog: Grrrr. Remember I told you about the female kicker who is suing North Carolina because she claims she was cut from the football team for being female? Predictably, N.C. is claiming that they cut her because she just wasn't good enough. Which I could understand... except for the fact that she testified that her coach "told her she should give up kicking footballs and perhaps give beauty pageants a try."
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PW Blog: Wow! I didn't know that Norm from "Cheers" went to Notre Dame! And apparently he lived in Pangborn!
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PW Blog: This girl wrote to the Observer to complain about some drunk guys behind her at a football game that talked about sex the whole time. While I agree that you should be able to attend a game and not be made uncomfortable, she could've done something about it. She just stood there the whole time feeling embarrassed. She should've asked them to tone it down. I don't know... It just seems idiotic to stand there blushing for four hours.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2000
PW Blog: Heehee. The Purdue kicker has been getting booed by the students a lot (a botched punt led to our victory this year), so after he kicked the game-winning field goal against Michigan last week he flipped off the student section. Now he's apologizing.
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PW Blog: Some people frighten me. This guy says that Bush is going to win Indiana anyway, so Indiana Democrats should give their votes to Nader. And then another guy says that since Bush is going to win so easily, real Indiana pro-life conservatives should give their votes to Buchanan. I think the first argument is ridiculous... "You're not going to win, so why even try?" And the second is just scary... "Gore can't win, so why not vote for the right-wing hatemonger?" WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? (It's interesting to note that neither of these letters in the Observer actually came from students.)
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PW Blog: Apparently Monk invited Bush and Gore to visit campus! Dubya turned 'em down in favor of kissing babies in Pennsylvania, but Gore still might put in an appearance. That would kick ass.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2000
PW Blog: Holy cow! There's a new kind o' Peeps! They look like little gingerbread people. But hey! Whatever happened to Scary Cats? I SWEAR they used to make orange cats for Halloween. Eileen licked one sophomore year and stuck it to our dorm room door. It stayed there until we chipped it off six months later.
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Monday, October 9, 2000
PW Blog: Weasel Football Update: A whole story on the PW-OC game. (It was written before the game.) Again, the Weasel coaches are cracking my shit up. This week's quote: "Our defense has been phenomenal all year, reminiscent of the Minnesota Vikings' 'Purple People Eaters' of the 1970's. We're working on fine tuning the offense for the playoffs," [Coach Tony Baldea] said.
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PW Blog: Now that I've got the enthusiasm out of my system... This article talks about why ND still sucks. We've got the 106th ranked offense, people, out of only 114 teams. Perhaps that explains why we're not ranked on the ESPN poll, even though we are on the AP one.
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Friday, October 6, 2000
PW Blog: Weasel Football Update: The girls managed a 0-0 tie against BP this week to improve their record to 2-0-2 (I think). The defense remained impressive with multiple sacks and interceptions, but the offense just seemed to stall at crucial times. They're looking into adding some new plays to shake things up. The Weasels are almost certainly guaranteed a playoff berth now, but they've still got one crucial game to go: the Off-Campus Crime this weekend. So, HEY, you Benedict Weasels playing on the OC team... (and YES, Erin Place, I'm looking at you). Just REMEMBER where your true loyalties are, okay? Now I'm not saying you should throw the game or anything. Just think about who you're lining up against, okay? We all bleed purple underneath. Once a Weasel, always a Weasel... Know what I'm sayin'? :)
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PW Blog: ND is looking into using a wacky new Finals Week schedule for next year. Personally I always liked the 4 day break... There was plenty of time to go skydiving, bar hopping, and road tripping. :)
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Thursday, October 5, 2000
PW Blog: ND is starting Matt LoVecchio, a true freshman, at quarterback versus Stanford this weekend. He sounds good, but I don't see what all ESPN's stats about previous freshmen starters have to do with anything. So what if the last three have won their first games – the last one was in '87, and a helluva lot of things have happened since '87.
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PW Blog: So that stupid Generations campaign thing raises over $1 BILLION for the University... and Monk says we're still gonna have budget problems in the next few years? Where the hell does all that cash go?!
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Wednesday, October 4, 2000
PW Blog: It's official. There's nothing interesting in the Observer today.
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Tuesday, October 3, 2000
PW Blog: Kelly McMahon's Double Life: It seems that our very own little Napoleon has been holding out on us... Kelly won the Lottery! It sounds like she and her husband Dave (Whoa! Where did that come from?) will be putting that $19 million to good use. *grin*
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PW Blog: A girl is suing Duke University because she claims she was cut from the varsity football team (she was a placekicker) because of her gender. Interesting.
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PW Blog: WHAT? RENT is coming to South Bend?? Good Lord... I remember when Lizzie almost drove me nuts playing "Glory" over and over sophomore year. Of course, that was before I saw it five times in four different theaters (in two countries).
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Monday, October 2, 2000
PW Blog: Weasel Football News: We're still 2-0-1 heading into a crucial game against Walsh. And who are these coaches? They're cracking me up. "I like to compare our defense to that of the '85 Bears," PW coach Tony Baldea said. "Kelly Dries reads the offense like Mike Singletary and pulls flags like Otis Wilson."
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PW Blog: PE is 1-2! PE is 1-2! The hated Pyros have a losing record! I know it sounds bitter, but some of us waited a long time to see this.
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PW Blog: Shout outs to Kel.
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PW Blog: Okay, so this kid was planning an off-campus "Olympics" that would feature teams from all the different study abroad programs competing in events like beer bonging, keg races, and cups. Residence Life got wind of it, though, and shut him down. While I agree with the whole "drinking responsibly" idea... I still think the Londoners would've kicked supreme ass.
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PW Blog: I was surprised to read of Pride Week at SMC in the Observer Friday. "Wow!" I thought. "I didn't realize that they were so proud of their lesbians!" And then I found out that it has nothing to do with being gay at all. It's just the week when all the SMC Chicks proclaim their pride at being a Belle. *sigh* Whatever.
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