The week in photos: off-campus town hall meeting, Brian Rosenthal, beer bread, Jell-O shots, massage, Stephen Colbert, and new VP of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin
The week started off with two big university announcements: a new VP of student affairs and, oh yeah, Stephen Colbert as this year’s commencement speaker. But no one was talking about Colbert after the Daily ran an article about the city’s plans to step up enforcement of the brothel law. And the student body quickly mobilized in outrage. Hey, at least we were banding together as a community. Morty should be proud.
We live blogged the chaotic off-campus town hall meeting where the brothel law took center stage. But to be honest, all this government and administration doublespeak was making things confusing, so we put together a timeline of events, a list of statements and retractions, interviewed the Daily’s editor, and published the e-mails one student received from government officials after writing them to question the brothel law. But Brothel-gate was over as quickly as it started. Big Daddy M swooped in after a weekend of tanning (and fundraising) in Florida, met with Mayor Tisdahl, and now the city says it will not change enforcement come July 1.
Wow, just reliving all of those emotions from the middle of week gets us a little tense. We could really use a good massage or delicious beer bread. Or if you’re the self-medicating type, our alternatives to Four Loko might help you relax. But if you’re the not the type of person to skirt the law, look no further than the Interfraternity Council’s proposed wet status plan.
Best of Buzz: NU may be hard to get into, but not as hard as McDonald’s Hamburger University. Yeah, that’s a surprise, but we’re glad some things never change: College is still depressing and students don’t know how to microwave popcorn in the library during midterm season.
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