Archives - Eric Franklin
Nicolas Cage
Cage, the Elephant
Fans ranged from disappointed to infuriated as they left what they thought was supposed to be a rare Rochester performance…
Satire
Echo takes social media by storm
Rather than attempt actual, old-fashioned human contact, let our algorithms pick friends for you!
Narratives
Franklin and the chocolate factory
“Here we are,” said Scott Mistler-Ferguson, humor editor of the Campus Times, “this is the production room. This is where all the magic happens.”
Humor
Benefits of Douglass labeling
The opening of the newly-renovated Douglass Dining Center this semester has brought many improvements to the school.
2016 Election
First presidential debate sways undecided voters
Undecided voters discussed the first presidential debate and how it changed their views on the candidates.
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton’s real disease
Hillary Clinton has been struggling for years with the Presidential Bug.
Political Comedy
Arson bill gets burned
Late Friday night, the U.S. House of Representatives brought down a bill to ban Arson® brand lighter fluid in a straight party-line vote.
Political Comedy
Trump v. Yeezy 2020: A Bernie voter’s look back at 2016
This week, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Ryan Seacrest sits down for an interview with “Whitey McLiberal,” a voter who wrote in Bernie Sanders in 2016, allowing Donald Trump to narrowly defeat Hillary Clinton.
Abroad
Scandinavian shenanigans in Sweden
When I first came to Sweden, I wasn’t sure what to expect other than meatballs, cold weather, and every Swede’s almost embarrassing mastery of English.