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The Brown Noser

Tasha Palaez

Writer (Retired)

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Students Protest Increase in On-Campus Rallies, Accidentally All Wear Hawaiian Shirts | Nov 30 2007

Students were shocked and appalled yesterday morning to discover that their collective protest against wearing the same color shirt for a cause backfired. After deciding to wear a pattern that no one else might be wearing, they each reached for that one random Hawaiian shirt in the back of the closet.

Students Protest Increase in On-Campus Rallies, Accidentally All Wear Hawaiian Shirts | Nov 30 2007

Students were shocked and appalled yesterday morning to discover that their collective protest against wearing the same color shirt for a cause backfired. After deciding to wear a pattern that no one else might be wearing, they each reached for that one random Hawaiian shirt in the back of the closet.

Sayles' Famous Organ to Be Replaced with Giant Spleen | Apr 27 2007

Students and faculty alike were shocked by Dean Katherine Bergeron's announcement last week, which heralded a new era in Brunonian music. In an attempt to bring a more "post-post-modern, naturalist musical perspective," Dean Bergeron laid down her plans to substitute the beloved 103-year-old Hutchings-Votey organ in Sayles Hall with a different sort of organ-a single-story spleen.

Thayer Street Kettle Corn Man Injured in Knife Attack, Man and Popcorn Left Earless | Apr 27 2007

The hustle and bustle of Thayer Street was disrupted last night when an unknown suspect assaulted Bernie Poppems, the much-loved Kettle Corn Man at his usual post in front of the Brown Bookstore. The suspect demanded all of Poppems' products and, when Poppems resisted, wrestled the vendor to the ground and cut off his ear. Poppems described the suspect as a 5'11", 230-pound male with a high-pitched, lisping voice.

Hooligans Steal the "C" in Créperie, Sales Decline | Mar 08 2007

The owners of the quaint, mom-and-pop-run Crêperie on Thayer Street were shocked by the latest bouts of bad luck following the vandalism of their establishment by local hoodlums in early February.

Gail Finally Recovers from Cold, Sounds like James Earl Jones | Feb 06 2007

Frequent eaters at the Ratty were relieved to hear yesterday that after 26 years, Gail the Greeter has finally regained full health after a nasty case of the sniffles. But this vigor comes at a cost: the "Voice of the Sharpe Refectory" has changed from the usual light, high-pitched sound to one that strikes fear into the hearts of Jedi Knights and Verizon competitors everywhere.