Friday, April 08, 2005

hot off the press (literally)

today, my friends and i became aware of an article that was published in our school's newspaper. although it's not much of a newspaper, this article was very offensive us. this article, written by a degree student, refers to the study abroad students as ants and roaches. the author mentions that we make all of them so miserable and they dred the day that they take classes on our campus. i don't understand why you would attend a school and be so miserable. there are plenty of schools in london and throughout the world that would love to have them in attendance.

she complains that we are always in the way and using the facilities in the place they call home. listen, if i want to use a computer in the lab, i will use a computer in the lab... i pay for it too. it's ridiculous that we feel alienated in a school that prides itself on diversity. and the most interesting part of the article is how it tries to make the same point that i just did. how can you make a point of diversity when you're alienating half of the school? this girl needs have a reality check and notice that when most of the students around her are study abroad students, she's the minority. why would you alienate the majority? does she expect retaliation? i hope so because she's going to get it. we're going to make a "study abroad" newspaper and distribute it to the student body. i can't wait.

i think you'll get a kick out of this! the cartoon in the center of the article features a fat american wearing a McDonald's shirt and a baseball hat (study abroad student) arguing with an angry european wearing a shirt with a peace symbol on it (degree student). i'm sure i know people from america that are thinner than the author of this offensive article. and another thing, i don't understand the stereotype of a fat, lazy american. i don't even like McDonalds anyways... although i did have it last night for dinner.

that's what i have to say about this "degrees of separation" article. i'll work on some cartoons of that fat lazy american kicking the angry degree student's ass.

goodnight.

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