Sidebar
Hyphy
Saturday
Matt Cappetta went to kayak.com and changed his
flights for this weekend, so he will be attending hyphy Saturday in full force.
On a related note, if anyone is interested in going to formal with Matt, he is
looking for a date and is down to go with basically anyone. He was going to ask
a girl from La Jolla High, but some grom with a sick wetsuit tan who can’t
spell snaked his wave on that one. But don't worry. He has already come to
terms with the fact that his date could never live up to his younger brother's
date, a super hot All-American field hockey legend
Fun
Fact:
The video game character, Sonic the
Hedgehog is based, in part, on Bill Clinton’s personality.
Formal
Update
Thomas Higginson asked Amanda Roesser, so
embarrass them if you see either of them walking around.
Blog
Remember, if you can’t find The Daily
Urinal, remember to check the blog at thedailyurinal.blogspot.com, where all of
the articles and sidebars from this year are. However, since this message is
being delivered to people who can’t find this publication through said
publication, this effort is most likely completely futile.
Folders
Also, there are four folders full of DU’s
around campus.
Lyrics
Quiz
Come on in, take a seat next to me, you
know we got, we got what you need. We may be liars preaching to choirs, but we
can, we can sell your dreams.
Articles
Perspective
By: Chris Halter (Optimist)
I have a request, this week when you're finishing
the thousandth thing you did and just about to start the thousand and first: stop
and think about where you are, who you’re with and how you’re feeling.
If
Bishop’s was a moving object, it would be in the same category as a jet. Life
at Bishop’s happens so fast that sometimes I feel like we began to drift away
and live like zombies; semi-aware of the world around us but mostly focused on
one thing: success. I have no problem with the commitment to excellence
students here possess, but our commitment to excellence also demands a
commitment to keeping a healthy perspective on the rest of the world.
How exactly is perspective classified? Is
perspective simply understanding the relative insignificance of that test, or
knowing that a B+ won’t define your life? Yes, those are certainly aspects of
“having perspective” but I think that the most challenging aspect of having
perspective as a student is recognizing the world around you.
Understanding that there are plenty of things
worse than a D on a test—and I don’t mean an F. Having perspective is
understanding that, in the grand scheme of things, it could always be worse.
Dr. Ginsberg focused on the idea that kids at Bishop’s need to understand that
a bad grade isn’t worth getting upset about because chances are they’ll still
go to a good college etcetera, etcetera. However, I think the perspective that
we should focus on more is understanding that getting that D is a lot better
than not going to Bishop’s. Or not going to college, or not living in the
United States, or not having anything at all.
Life
could be worse, drastically worse, and we need to learn that in the grand
scheme of things, if our most basic needs are met, then getting upset over one
grade isn’t worth it. Things can change faster than we realize—jobs can be
lost, people can die—and we need to value what we have right now. Even if you
have a B- in a class, value it, because tomorrow it could be a C.
A Common App Essay
By: (Author Withheld)
Discuss an
accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from
childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, and family.
Both
of my parents died when I was an infant. They were murdered. They have both
been dead for as long as I can remember. The killer let me live. I guess he
couldn’t kill me, or something.
After
they died, I had to go live with my aunt and uncle and my cousin, a very fat
and mean boy. None of them liked me very much. In fact, they never even gave me
a room they hated me so much. They made me sleep under the stairs and hardly
ever let me come out. I really should have called the police or something, have
them arrested for child abuse maybe. I guess I forgot I could do that.
Anyway,
around my eleventh birthday, a lot of weird stuff started happening . I went to
the zoo, and I made the glass in front of one of the snake pens disappear.
Freaky, I know. My aunt and uncle were very cross about it. They’re always
cross. Then we kept getting all of these letters from some weird magic school.
At one point, they were flying out of the chimney.
But
the craziest part, was when the giant bearded guy came and found me, gave my
lard-ass cousin a pig tail with some magic umbrella, and told me I was a
wizard! Crazy, I know.
At
first I didn’t know what he was talking about, so I followed the strange,
giant, bearded man, away from my aunt, uncle, and cousin, and into this pub,
where he told me about the “World of Wizardry.” I still thought it was kind of
a load of bollocks, until I followed the strange, giant, bearded man, who had
been going on about wizardry for the last couple hours, and he made the wall
behind the pub move back, and there was this magic shopping mall! I got a wand,
and learned how to do magic! It was, as you might say in America, “hyphy.”
Learning
that I was a wizard was the best thing that ever happened to me. I was no
longer a scared little boy under the stairs; I was famous, with a lot of awesome
friends, a badass ginger girlfriend, and a purpose (to kill the guy who
murdered my parents. He’s a pretty nasty bloke).
I
think my unique experiences can bring a fresh perspective to Salem State
University.
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