has britney lost her mind!?!

tell us and win a free laptop!!!

the symbolism does not cease!

after months of pre-pubescent-esque grudge relations between belgrade and pristina, agreements have finally been made to establish some sort of communication between tadic and rugova. of course, a simple drive up to belgrade would tilt the political emphasis towards serbia, a move the scarf-adorned rugova knows all to well to avoid. tadic's visit to kosovo was apparently an inopportune time for any sort of meeting between the leaders too, as rugova was probably making busy aligning the masses to push kosovo's independence. so, after all this time, where better to meet than berlin? it seems only fitting that such an important meeting would take place in a location that would reveal the real politics of what will happen, and who will really be making the decisions....insanity!

"non-albanian" mass grave update: remains of 22 serbs

in what some might consider a rather bold move, the scotsman recently referred to those in the recently discovered mass grave as Serbs, a classification far too specific for earlier voice of america reports which had described the victims as "non-albanians."

fertilizing the soil for kosovo's independence

in keeping with the media's subversive agenda towards acclimation towards a kosovo in the loving arms of the international community instead of remaining a part of serbia, the Guardian's Jonathan Steele argues that to keep Kosovo from indpedence is granding Milosevic victory. If only we all had the selective logic as Steele to completely disregard the realities of what Kosovo's independence really means.

...published...

unfortunately, all of the exhilaration was spent in composition. now i am feeling the dissapointing insignificance of such an occurance.....

anybody want a peanut?

a brief message to the couple embracing in front of me...

dear couple,
i am staring at you between these sentences. you don't know that i am writing about you, but i am. you - girl, you have your hand delicately touching his t-shirt collar. you - boy, you are using all of your psychological skills to manipulate her to touch you amap (as much as possible). the ring on her finger but not on yours speaks volumes as anticipatory sexual energy reverberates between your inexperiences auras. finally, after sitting in front of me for 10 minutes, getting nothing accomplished, you have decided to take your travelling tease-show somewhere else. i'm not bitter, i just don't want to be a part of your awkward going-ons before things get even more awkward after you are finally married.
sincerely,
jeff

My very proud LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I found myself aghast at a recent "poverty and homelessness awareness" event on campus, in which students listened to live music, speakers on homelessness, and competed in a cardboard structure-building competition. Then, the students slept out on the quad. The article in the student paper highlighted how one student said they wanted to build a "cardboard castle," but they didn't have enough cardboard. The article rampages onto several students who slept out on the quad, and what a sacrifice it was. Not a word was mentioned about actual homeless people. What kind of place is this!

here's the letter....

"My comments are in response to the poverty and homelessness awareness activity on Friday night, and the corresponding article from the Statesman. While the event clearly intended to promote empathy and understanding for poverty and homelessness, as various speakers addressed the issue, the mock-simulation of homelessness, in building and sleeping in cardboard shelters, seemed more like and irreverent parody than an exercise in empathy.

The feature event of the evening, the cardboard shelter-building competition, encouraged students to create caricature-like shelters; practically equating them with sand castles. After a full evening of dancing and socializing, some students took to the shelters as they braved a night out among the elements.

Inasmuch as these activities attempt to recreate scene of homeless life, they irresponsibly misconstrue reality and ultimately distract students from really understanding homelessness.

The recent article in the Statesman seemed predominantly interested in the shelter-building competition and the sacrifices of the students who participated in the event. Yet the article made no mention of the actual homeless, who live daily in such conditions. It seems the goal of increasing empathetic awareness of poverty and homelessness escaped even the statesman staff.

In this instance, it seems the awareness of poverty and homelessness was superseded by a preoccupation with the worthiness of the very efforts to be aware.

What might one of the homeless we’ve met think of the cardboard shelter-building contest? Maybe they would disregard it as a harmless gala, but in my opinion, it would seem as if students too comfortably gloss over the stark realities of homelessness in exchange for an alternative, more comfortable depiction.

I acknowledge this might be an overreaction, but I feel like my intentions in submitting this observation are in fact parallel to those who organized this activity.

Considering the relative scarcity of homelessness in Cache Valley in comparison to larger cities, some might already accuse us of being particularly unfamiliar or misunderstanding of the issue. Hopefully, we will never be guilty of that, as we place more attention on constructing activities that are informative and enjoyable, without being disrespectful."

take that you self-consumed, self-congratulatory naive sheltered youngsters!!!

belated discovery of the new daft punk masterpiece

i am likely not alone in my deep admiration and appreciation of one of the true video masterpieces of all time, namely, daft punk's video for "around the world." rarely does a visual work so perfectly encapsulte its musical counterpart as in this video. yet recently, i have come across a similarly genius, though not quite as magical, daft punk video for "robot rock." see it for yourself here

Logan University Police Blotter Highlights

....its a dangerous world we live in, especially on the campus of Utah State University - enjoy

- usu police responded to the aggie village on a complaint of car lights flashing in the windows of an apartment. the owner was contacted and the lights were turned off and the vehicle was moved.

-police responded to a fire alarm in mountain view tower. a student activated the alarm by spraying body deoderant on a bee that was next to the smoke decector. the alarm was silenced and reset without any further problems.

you just can't make that crap up....