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The Daily Orange"Pages" cafe, a poor play on words
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Posted: 2/22/08, 12:45 AM EST Section: Opinion
Jeer: The Syracuse University Library café announced the winner of its naming contest on Thursday: Pages. C'mon guys. There are better play-on-words titles that would have fit both the Bird Library café much better, like "Birdfeeder," "Bird's Nest" or even "Recoop Café." If I'm heading over to "Pages," it better be to buy a book, not to eat one. It almost sounds like a 90s yuppie's place, in which case, we wouldn't be able to refuse a stop at the local gym, "Footsteps." On the plus side, the café is a step toward Bird operating as a real, fully-functional university library. It provides a social setting for SU students to interact and converse with each other in safe, welcoming environment - even if the place has a dim-witted title. So cheer to finally constructing a café for the library. Having the café is good; a lame name, not so much.
Cheer: Fidel Castro announced his resignation this week. His brother, Raul Castro, is expected to fill his shoes. Fidel Castro displaced Fulgencio Batista in as part of a Cuban revolution and served as dictator for 49 years. Perhaps he should have resigned sooner. In fact, this should be a jeer to dictatorships instead. The New York Times reported on Thursday that analysts predict Castro will still control the government in Cuba, even though his brother's face, not his, will represent the country. Hopefully Raul will get his chance to actually do something productive in his time as leader of the country. Raul, if you're reading this, we're expecting better things from you. Oh man, it'd be great if you're reading this.
Jeer: Bill Nye, the Science Guy. Yeah, he sure seemed cool back in the day, when we were 8 or 9. Now, however, his coming to speak at SU - speak, not perform any of those nifty experiments - isn't as exciting as it may sound to a youngster. But a cheer is in order for The Society of Physics Students, the small group of 15 who went out of their way to bring a well-known scientist and performer to campus. There are plenty of boring speakers that come to SU - the only science they bring is an insomnia cure for students in attendance. At least this time, a somewhat prominent scientist is coming. Regrettably, he's a well-known scientist who's bound to be boring and snooze-worthy. Why no experiments, Bill?
Cheer: Fidel Castro announced his resignation this week. His brother, Raul Castro, is expected to fill his shoes. Fidel Castro displaced Fulgencio Batista in as part of a Cuban revolution and served as dictator for 49 years. Perhaps he should have resigned sooner. In fact, this should be a jeer to dictatorships instead. The New York Times reported on Thursday that analysts predict Castro will still control the government in Cuba, even though his brother's face, not his, will represent the country. Hopefully Raul will get his chance to actually do something productive in his time as leader of the country. Raul, if you're reading this, we're expecting better things from you. Oh man, it'd be great if you're reading this.
Jeer: Bill Nye, the Science Guy. Yeah, he sure seemed cool back in the day, when we were 8 or 9. Now, however, his coming to speak at SU - speak, not perform any of those nifty experiments - isn't as exciting as it may sound to a youngster. But a cheer is in order for The Society of Physics Students, the small group of 15 who went out of their way to bring a well-known scientist and performer to campus. There are plenty of boring speakers that come to SU - the only science they bring is an insomnia cure for students in attendance. At least this time, a somewhat prominent scientist is coming. Regrettably, he's a well-known scientist who's bound to be boring and snooze-worthy. Why no experiments, Bill?
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Shawn Tyrrell
posted 2/22/08 @ 8:54 AM EST
"Pages" is one of the dumbest names for any establishment that I have ever heard. They should have named it "The Orange Avian Cafe" like I suggested in the contest they had to name the place. (Continued…)
MPH
posted 2/22/08 @ 3:45 PM EST
Sorry, Raul Castro is not reading your lame column.
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