Are you kidding me?

[jegbomb52]

Reed;

I think you should go have a talk with him.

Perhaps we should go visit with him after our first fifth of B.V. on Saturday!

[GonzoCat]

I'm working on getting one... This kid had an article published in a public paper, it's a little different than the Wingert issue. On that note, I think we should all just let that whole topic die. It's too bad that it happened, but it's over. Wingert can go back to kicking balls through uprights and this NI columnist can get back to watching Monty Python, sipping Boone's Farm, tapping his mana in his Magic the Gathering Tourney, and dressing up like a fool and hitting other fools with foam weapons on the weekend.

Now just a minute, don't be associating Monty Python fans with this imbecile. And as far as Boones Farm goes, while I haven't had any in a long time, when I was a UNI student I used to start every weekend off with a couple bottles of BF on Friday afternoons. Good for loosening up a little before heading to the hill.

[CF Panther]

Now just a minute, don't be associating Monty Python fans with this imbecile. And as far as Boones Farm goes, while I haven't had any in a long time, when I was a UNI student I used to start every weekend off with a couple bottles of BF on Friday afternoons. Good for loosening up a little before heading to the hill.

Notice that I said "sipping", implying that he's probably a pansy who acts like a school girl on a bottle of the stuff, and thinks they're drunk after a glass... I too have resorted to many variations of cheap "flavored malt liquor" from time to time. A couple bottles of BV, a bottle of MD 20/20 etc. But like we all know, these ain't sippin' drinks!

UPDATE: I have seen a picture of the kid. Definitely a pansy... I'd post the picture, but wouldn't want my picture attached to a thread like this about me, so...

[Panthers to the Bone]

Alright, it is time for a former columnist for the Northern Iowan to weigh in on this topic/column in a recent issue of the NI. I'm guessing friends on the board like PTTB were expecting me to write something like this and we'll see if my thoughts are valid.

I was waiting to see B.True go off and give us some edjumacation on the NI.

I was a columnist that wrote about every other column about sports, mainly Panther Athletics. It almost got to the point that the editors thought that's all I was ever going to write about ... so, I wrote about what it would be like to retire and wear slippers all the time ... that got them off my back. But seriously, a columnist is there to make people think and I wanted people to go out to Riverfront Stadium in 2001 when Wichita State came to town for a big baseball series. I wanted people to realize that Robbie Sieverding was the best college hoops player in the state during Mac's first year. And I wanted people to know that supporting college athletic teams is truly part of the whole college experience in my mind.

B.True always had a great article to write about regarding UNI athletics. He was the voice of the Panthers on the campus.

Also, to this day, I still remember (on a weekly to monthly basis) the article about being ready to retire. The fact that you were excited to live the life of your grandparents, wearing slippers, and having no responsibilities still makes me laugh to this day. B.True, that was classic stuff. Jerry Klinkowitz would be proud of that type of writing! (did I just incorporate Jerry "the best prof ever" Klinkowitz in my post???!!!)

[pantherclaw]

hate to beat a dead horse, but thought i should let everyone know the results of my write-in to the NI. It was NOT in the paper today(figures) they had no mention of panther sports untill page 13 of 15. and they even had it behind the article about the launching of a men's vogue magazine wtf????? I called over there to inquire if my letter to the editor was going to be published at all, and got transferred a few times, and finally they said they didn't have it. Now either they got it and refused to publish it, and don't have the testicular fortitude to tell me that, or they really don't have it the e-mail system on campus has been questionable at best. I really hope its the latter, but my gut is telling me the former. anyway, game for the ages between the the animal that guards the underworld in ancient egypt and man's best friend in an age-old struggle. there have been several books and even a movie(though a crappy one) made about this struggle but never before has such a contest taken on such implications. GO CATS, BEAT THE PUPPIES. respectfully submitted pantherclaw, 11/11/05 12:14 p.m.

[Newsbreaker]

Punt the pooch

[Matt Trump]

Beat the Flying Saluki Dogs that eat Children.

[CF Panther]

hate to beat a dead horse, but thought i should let everyone know the results of my write-in to the NI. It was NOT in the paper today(figures) they had no mention of panther sports untill page 13 of 15. and they even had it behind the article about the launching of a men's vogue magazine wtf????? I called over there to inquire if my letter to the editor was going to be published at all, and got transferred a few times, and finally they said they didn't have it. Now either they got it and refused to publish it, and don't have the testicular fortitude to tell me that, or they really don't have it the e-mail system on campus has been questionable at best. I really hope its the latter, but my gut is telling me the former. anyway, game for the ages between the the animal that guards the underworld in ancient egypt and man's best friend in an age-old struggle. there have been several books and even a movie(though a crappy one) made about this struggle but never before has such a contest taken on such implications. GO CATS, BEAT THE PUPPIES. respectfully submitted pantherclaw, 11/11/05 12:14 p.m.

Yeah, and that "insightful" article about the Cindy Sheehan-esque, unemployed dads who lost sons in Iraq "somehow" made the front page... Are you a student pantherclaw? If you would like a copy hand delivered, after the fact let me know. I frequent the Union quite often.

[Newsbreaker]

The NI is not a major, off-campus/worldwide news source...it's a campus newspaper meant to be covering events and news for the campus. Obviously this means some national news, but the primary focus is meant to be UNI. Know your audience, and deliver them something they need and want that nobody else is going to give them.

The advisor for the NI, as well as the editor, should be slapped.

[Pantherpower]

*****-slapped at that

[TC is Hot]

i dont think the ni currently has an adviser (but i could be wrong). the former adviser retired after last year.

about the war story on the front page... it WAS veteran's day, these speakers WERE at uni's campus today, and, most importantly, I wrote part of that story.

about the letter to the editor not making today's paper, i think they have to be in by wed at noon, so that could be a reason. otherwise, the email must not have been received. they DO print both positive and negative responses to the paper.

and give the newspaper a break. sure, sports is a big deal right now, but it's a student paper run by non-journalism majors. you know where the sports section is... the editors each have a section and are responsible for putting their own sections together so the front page usually contains stories handed out by the news editors.

[oldcat]

Gonzo.......ever get smacked on BF and then try to eat fried eggs at 3:00am..........don't ask!!

[Newsbreaker]

I only saw the online edition, but unless that 'vertans day' article (which was really just an anti-war fluff piece, not exactly what most would consider a typical 'veterans day' article) took up the entire front page of the print edition, there is no excuse for ignoring the biggest event on campus of the week, possibly of the fall.

It's a bad job, and it's really too bad that the students aren't served a little bit better. Then again, it's been that way for a long time, I suppose it will stay that way.

Was there ANYTHING on the front page? A picture with a slug? A tag mentioning the game? ANYTHING?

[TC is Hot]

im out of town so i haven't even read anything.... however, i turned in a story about the speakers in the union. it had nothing to do with anti-war anything, except the speakers would be anti-war. my story was combined with another one, so that part might be anti-war, no clue. (i dont usually read the ni for my news...)

im excited for the game today, ill be decked out in my purple, whether it made the front page of a less-than-stellar student newspaper or not. however, with the exception of talking with my roommates and a fellow pn member on campus, campus really didnt seem that hyped up this week. (now, im a grad student who's friends all left town, so what do i know?)

[B.True]

i dont think the ni currently has an adviser (but i could be wrong). the former adviser retired after last year.

jack is a great man that really kept things at the NI very professional. i'm not saying anything about the current state of the NI because i haven't read it in 2 years....just saying, if jack has fully retired now after a long career in journalism, then the paper has (had) big shoes to fill!