Author Archives: Jesse Mumm

Gender Studies Department Announces NU Teach-In Seriesā€™ New Game-Spitting Seminar

EVANSTONā€”A controversial new initiative sponsored by the Gender Studies department intends to revive customs long thought by intellectual heavyweights to be part and parcel of outmoded gender concepts. Though it may be difficult to imagine now, there was once a time when women had to fend off the attentions of men on campus, who would approach them, signal their interest, begin a conversation, and finally ask them out to some form of social gathering. The women, it was reported, would

Porn Wave Forces Laptop ER Into Triage

EVANSTONā€”In what is being called the worst wave of viral attacks in recent years, Northwestern’s Laptop ER service was plunged into frantic technical support overtime as dozens ofā€”mostly maleā€”students brought in their computers after a crippling wave of pornographic entertainment. Although often considered harmless, the sex came with a price: viruses, worms, and predatory infections, often causing their victims to seize upā€”or stop functioning altogether. ā€œWeā€™ve seen this kind of thing before, but never this bad,ā€ said ER Specialist Derek

Anthropology Graduate Student Discovers Social Life

EVANSTONā€”In a startling discovery garnering the attention of local news media, NU Anthropology major and incipient researcher Allison Dumke, through her immersion in local culture, has uncovered the existence of a social life. ā€œI will not commit the error of overgeneralizingā€”often called the ā€˜ethnographic fallacy,ā€™ā€”nor yet speculate on the structural or political economic exigencies of my subjects,ā€ Dumke said, ā€œbut it appears they deploy this ā€˜social life,ā€™ if you will, to haveā€”in a hegemonically constructed, definitely not a priori or