Archives - Melanie Earle
UR Joking
A letter to future UR kids
You can be bent over for two reasons at this school — either you're laughing so hard you can’t breathe, or you’re getting fucked over.
controversy
Acta, non verba
You bring the University value and add the dollar signs to the piece of paper they sell to thousands of families every year. Without you, this school is worthless.
human sacrifice
Plans for Third New Religious Center Announced
A third center will now be joining their ranks — a building to facilitate the practice of the Harga.
cult yelp
Grading the cults on campus
Student Association: You think they would have better things to do with their time instead of larping House of Cards.
speaking out
Speaking up
I didn’t want to cause more drama in an already drama-filled season. I thought I could get through it.
alabama shakes
‘Gimme All Your Love’ is better than a passionate love affair
The song is ageless, as if it could take up a smoky room in a detective 1960s film or a late 80s coming-of-age romance montage.
art
Chris Samnee proves to us once again why he should draw the Batman comics
Don’t know where to start looking from years worth of Batobers? Here are some of my favorite pieces from the years of Batobers.
caffeine
Sue Connections!
You aren’t paying for a cold brew, calling it one is misleading, and there are these really cool things called lawsuits!
Cafe
Latte art in Rochester: Ugly Duck Coffee
Van Grol finds that the best place to go when you’re in a new place is the coffee shop. “I think that's my tidbit. If you're traveling or exploring somewhere new, find a coffee shop and ask the people working and,how to explore their cities and towns and places.”
humor
Melanie Throws A Coup
I am tired of the self-serving bureaucracy in the rigid walls of academia standing strong at this institution. So I, like Miley Cyrus on a wrecking ball, will knock them down to liberate our society from the siren’s trap of capitalist academia.