L.A. Sublime
One of my favorite pieces of writing that I’ve ever read is “Pafko at the Wall,” a novella by Don DeLillo that also serves as the opening to his massive novel _Underworld_. The story is about “The Shot Heard ‘round the World,” New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thompson’s home run off of Brooklyn Dodgers closer […]
That Darn Cat
Garfield is a terrible comic. I hate to say it, but there’s no two ways around it. Whatever pep, zang, or originality the comic may have had at its inception has long since been drained over its twenty-two year continuing run. The sad fact is that nobody, not even the best person who ever will […]
Club 125
Editor’s Note: The Nass dispatched Ben Taub to investigate a strange trend among the freshman class. He decided to term this peculiar sociological phenomenon a “fiefdom,” alluding to its similarities with the feudal system of medieval times. This is the story of one fiefdom, known as Club 125. Much like raunchy advertisements on adult websites, […]
Two Poems
The Beacon Down there, by the Old Red River in the woods by the darkened elementary school, out where the painted scary people shoot up wan drugs and shiver all night, empty cans sparkle like mirrors. The moss on the roots grows damp and hairy. Look, a small statuette of the Mother Mary, the paint […]
Dear Editor,
While walking behind Nassau Hall, I saw a single piece of paper fall from a second-floor window above me. It started towards the ground slowly, and I watched as torrents of air swept the paper left and right and up and down. It was like a paper ballet, choreographed and performed for my eyes only. […]
Layer Cake
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past two weeks, you know about the mass demonstrations in Egypt, Mubarak’s decision to turn off the internet in order to stop Twitter (sorry Kanye, revolution is #thebestthingevertweeted), how Anderson Cooper got assaulted, and how Cairo has become like L.A. in the 1980s but minus […]
Being There
Egypt is the place to be right now. Personally, I don’t want to be there, but it is certainly the best place to be. I am jealous of those who are there right now. Before I explain why, a little background: On December 17, 2010, a Tunisian man, Mohamed Bouazizi, self-immolated in front of his […]