2008 Woodie Awards
The Daily OrangeCheers & Jeers: Chancellor's speech misses mark
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Posted: 3/20/08, 1:10 AM EST Section: Opinion
So why the cheer? It is rare in this age of post-irony to find such an appealing case of hypocrisy. The symmetry is beautiful.
Spitzer oversaw the prosecution of at least two prostitution rings while in office, according to The New York Times. Did he spend so much time cracking down on prostitutes that he decided to give into them? Did he learn how to hire them while prosecuting others? The number of contradictions here is simply fantastic.
And yet the story gets better when David Paterson, Spitzer's gubernatorial successor, told the New York Daily News he and his wife were both involved in extramarital affairs at some point in their marriage. Good times!
This is something Shakespeare could have written about, taking into account themes of sex, hypocrisy and irony. Never mind that Paterson is legally blind as well.
We're just waiting to see what happens next.
Cheer: A Dutch winemaker had his nose insured for $8 million by Lloyd's, a London insurance company, according to the Associated Press. Awesome.
Ilja Gort said his nose is important in making high-quality wine, so now he is no longer able to ride a motorcycle, work as a knife thrower's assistant, work as a fire-breather or be a boxer.
This may just be the easiest insurance scam we've seen in a while. All Gort would need to do is pay someone a small fee to punch him in the nose and he'd collect his $8 million payout. Jeer to the insurance company for not thinking this one through.
He should just be forced to wear a Rip Hamilton mask to protect himself at all times. In fact, if anyone should be insuring their nose it's the Detroit Pistons guard. After all, he's the one with no nose cartilage. At least he's got that 16-foot jumper down.
Spitzer oversaw the prosecution of at least two prostitution rings while in office, according to The New York Times. Did he spend so much time cracking down on prostitutes that he decided to give into them? Did he learn how to hire them while prosecuting others? The number of contradictions here is simply fantastic.
And yet the story gets better when David Paterson, Spitzer's gubernatorial successor, told the New York Daily News he and his wife were both involved in extramarital affairs at some point in their marriage. Good times!
This is something Shakespeare could have written about, taking into account themes of sex, hypocrisy and irony. Never mind that Paterson is legally blind as well.
We're just waiting to see what happens next.
Cheer: A Dutch winemaker had his nose insured for $8 million by Lloyd's, a London insurance company, according to the Associated Press. Awesome.
Ilja Gort said his nose is important in making high-quality wine, so now he is no longer able to ride a motorcycle, work as a knife thrower's assistant, work as a fire-breather or be a boxer.
This may just be the easiest insurance scam we've seen in a while. All Gort would need to do is pay someone a small fee to punch him in the nose and he'd collect his $8 million payout. Jeer to the insurance company for not thinking this one through.
He should just be forced to wear a Rip Hamilton mask to protect himself at all times. In fact, if anyone should be insuring their nose it's the Detroit Pistons guard. After all, he's the one with no nose cartilage. At least he's got that 16-foot jumper down.
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Pete Moss
posted 3/22/08 @ 6:06 AM EST
I love Nancy Cantor deeply, even moreso after this trite so-called news article. I'm thinking of her, wonder if she's drinking. She really is so very it. (Continued…)
John 06
posted 3/22/08 @ 3:04 PM EST
You don't mind "engaging the world" when arguing that the athletics department should spend more money to have better football and basketball teams. What does that have to do with " just be[ing] students, go[ing] to class and receiv[ing] a solid education"? The university has a local, national, and international impact and Cantor is interesting in our university being a catalyst for thinking that reaches out to those who are, and that which is, thought about. (Continued…)
Bill Almy
posted 3/24/08 @ 10:29 PM EST
Cantor is an embarrassment to SU. Her agenda is personal - not directed at serving either the students or the institution. She is an incompetent administrator, ineffective leader, and incomprehensible speaker. (Continued…)
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