William Grodin shocked the scientific community last Wednesday by announcing a new view of our solar system. Called Grodin's Model, it postulates that the planets are all composed of polystyrene, and thus, have the same density.
To account for apparent discrepancies, Grodin has moved the planets closer together, and dispensed with Kepler's elliptical orbits in favor of circular ones.
Despite putting considerable effort into his most recent YouTube video, Jared Plimpton '10 was disheartened last Sunday to discover that, after 420 views, his user rating sat at a thoroughly mediocre 2.34 stars.
"One of my Top 8 on MySpace wrote on my wall to break the news," Plimpton said in an interview with The Noser.