Posts tagged as The Holocaust
Well, At Least One Lucky Thing Happened Between 1945 and 1949
"The family of a Long Island Holocaust survivor can keep a $10 million ancient Assyrian gold tablet he received in exchange for a few packs of smokes on the streets of post-war Berlin, a judge has ruled." READ MORE
Exciting Reed College Update--Parody Horrifies Community!
The story we mentioned yesterday, about Holocaust mockery at Reed College, is so much more fascinating than it has the right to be, according to this account in Inside Higher Ed. Sounds like some kids out west are going to be taking a very short march off a long institutional pier! So, what happened is that editors at tiny Reed humor paper Pamphlette wrote something that made fun of an article in Reed's main student paper. Problem is, it was about gassing Jews. READ MORE
Small Campus Paper Causes Huge Offense
Hmm, sounds like one Seattle resident is very angry at the one-page satirical college newspaper Pamphlette, which is very slow to update online. Pamphlette is based out of Reed (that's the west coast school that's not as stoney and hilarious as Evergreen nor as outdoorsey and earnest as Whitman but instead is sort of anxious and competitive and goth) and contains articles such as "Establishing Consent," a guide to consensual sex (handy!), and a lot about how awful the Renn Fayre is. Yes. Here is the Flickr pool for the college paper. The real college paper. Somewhere in there are pictures of their Renn Fayre. Just sayin'! ANYWAY. So what else did this outraged alleged parent say? Okay, I'm warning you.... READ MORE
