Sunday, October 27, 2013

Issue 43 (2013-2014)

Issue 43 (October 28, 2013)

Sidebar
Free Dress?
Thanks for clearing things up Chris. I had always thought that, on days when all the girls wore yoga pants, the Varsity Yoga Team had free dress. No wonder I was confused (and a little disappointed) that Luke Wood wasn’t wearing any.

More on Yoga Pants
Chris mentioned the “campus-wide beautification” that would come as a result of making yoga pants part of the uniform. For those that were confused, Chris likes girls with nice butts.

Hockey on the Field
Big field hockey game today against Scripps Ranch, aka Ratchet Nation. It may or may not be at home, but if it is, rally the Eva May fleets and go watch Marj kick some ass.

It’s Not Your Fault
For anyone that is distraught about not receiving a Candygram, Ms. Ryan is available for counseling at any time. Stop by her office.

Spoints
Connor Hayes, aggregate your feces. I have gone to many water polo, volleyball, football, and field hockey games, and I don’t think I’ve seen you at one of them. How are you supposed to award spoints to extremely obnoxious fans like myself if you don’t show up to anything?

Good Luck
With all those supplements that you are yet to start and those  Common App essays that are far from adequate.

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Articles

Free the Yoga Pants         
By: Chris Halter (Yoga Enthusiast)

       These past two weeks have been plagued by controversy surrounding uniforms. Namely, the fierce battle over skirt lengths. I have a solution that’s brilliant: yoga pants.
       If any of you remember, last year I wrote a disillusioned article talking about how yoga pants are only good for distraction. However, I think they may just be the perfect solution to the skirt length fiasco.
       Yoga pants are already so ubiquitous at The Bishop’s School that making them a piece of the uniform for girls would be a no brainer. Since, from what I can tell, every female at school wears yoga pants on free dress day, making them uniform wouldn’t require girls to go out and buy new clothes, therefore solving the economic issues involved with forcing girls to buy new skirts.
       But the benefits don’t stop there. Making yoga pants part of the uniform would also solve the mobility issues that girls constantly complain about with skirts. Making yoga pants uniform would actually increase the mobility of the female population. The safety benefits of this are innumerable. Just think of how increased mobility will save lives in the event of a fire, or lockdown. When it comes to solving this problem, yoga pants are really a no cost, no penalty solution. The campus-wide beautification that would come with making yoga pants uniform is another obvious benefit. In essence, yoga pants act as the savior Mr. Beamer has been looking for since day one of this uniform debacle.
       These are trying times at The Bishop’s School. No one will deny that. However, it is time to face facts. Mr. Beamer, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for The Bishop’s School and its students, if you seek a new era for uniforms at this school, come to the next announcements. Mr. Beamer, open those announcements with a decree. Mr. Beamer, make yoga pants part of the Bishop’s uniform!

Bad Grandpa Review
By: Dan Forssman (not Greg)

     On Saturday night, I found myself laughing my ass off, watching an old man running around a strip club full of black male performers, in his underwear, with his nutsack hanging loose, swinging to and fro, entering the lives of unsuspecting customers and the naked behinds of the performers in a very tangible way. I wasn’t quite sure what I was watching, but somehow, someway, it wasn’t just entertaining; it was absolutely hilarious.
      In Bad Grandpa, Johnny Knoxville plays old man Irving Zisman who has just received heartwarming news that his wife has finally died. In a fittingly loose plot, he takes his grandson, Billy (Jackson Nicoll), cross country (not a sport) to drop him off at Billy’s father. Hilarity ensues.
     I don’t want to ruin too much for you, but if you are into any of the following – poop on walls, drunk shopping cart drive-thrus, hitting on unattractive women, beauty pageant stripteases, penises stuck in vending machines – then go see it. However, don’t get your hopes up.
     Maybe I was expecting too much from such a film, but Bad Grandpa did not fully meet my expectations. The scenes jump around too quickly, not really leaving much time for the humor to set in before the film has moved onto the next random escapade. Knoxville is funny, but he doesn’t reach his full potential that he has showcased before in other Jackass films. Oftentimes, he is overshadowed by his dare-I-say co-star, Jackson Nicoll.
     All in all, though, Bad Grandpa was a solid film, landing a few jaw-dropping laughs and a good amount of chuckles in between. The stunts were performed in front of real, unsuspecting people, making it even funnier. Although Bad Grandpa falls short of its original counterpart, Borat, still see it because it has its moments, and its moments are pure gold.

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