This article was published on the website for The Skidmo’ Daily, Skidmore College’s only intentionally satirical newspaper. As this year’s sophomores enter spring semester, they face the decision of which majors to declare. While this choice can determine their academic and even career paths, few anticipate the surprising difficulty of choosing their minors. To help […]
For the past few decades, many people (especially those of an older generation) have argued that popular music is getting worse and worse. But what has changed specifically? According to Serra et al. (2012), the variance of timbre—the quality of sound as distinct from its pitch and intensity—is on a steady decline. This implies that […]
This article was published on The Skidmo’ Daily website. The Skidmo’ Daily is Skidmore College’s only intentionally satirical newspaper. If you’re like most college students, then you probably spend a lot of time on Facebook. And if you’re a Skidmore College student, then you’ve probably seen the daily posts from Facebook user “Skid Complimenter”—a page […]
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¡Salud!
My peers said studying abroad would “change my life”—that I just had to do it. This pissed me off. Who are they to say what I need to do with these crucial years of my youth? I need to pass my classes. I need to graduate. I need to find a therapist. My TJ Maxx […]
This article was published on the website for The Skidmo’ Daily, Skidmore College’s only intentionally satirical newspaper. Like any college, Skidmore takes pride in its ability to foster an active, inclusive community through student-run clubs. And when I say inclusive, I surely don’t mean The Sonneteers, because they sure had no problem excluding me despite […]
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MOTHERFUCKING SATAN
CHARACTERS – CARL: A short, stocky guy in his early 30’s with a scar near his eye. He is outwardly scrappy and has a thick Brooklyn accent. TONY: A tall, lanky guy in his late 20’s. He is more timid than CARL and also has a Brooklyn accent. SATAN: A seemingly average guy with glasses […]
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Love Me to Death
I used to be a teenage crybaby. Okay, I still cry a lot, like when an old person or dog is struggling in any minor way. In my freshman year of highschool, however, I cried about boys. In my English class, we read Romeo and Juliet, a play of star-crossed lovers, or at least that’s […]
People will insist that alcohol is good for you, that it lowers your blood pressure and helps you sleep. They’re not wrong, at least according to the Wine Moms of Fairfield County. Meanwhile, others scorn drinkers, accusing them of holding the bottle so close in attempt to warm their frigid hearts. I personally do not […]
This article was published in the December 12, 2016 issue of The Skidmo’ Daily, Skidmore College’s only intentionally satirical newspaper. You’ve heard of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, or maybe you’ve just heard of Christmas, which makes you kind of a dick. But whether you plan on decorating a tree or spinning a dreidel this winter, you […]
This article was published in the November 14, 2016 issue of The Skidmo’ Daily, Skidmore College’s only intentionally satirical newspaper. On November 7 at 4 PM, SGA sent out the official email revealing this year’s Junior Ring theme, which is, to many people’s excitement, Harry Potter. Some students have expressed less giddiness than others, as some […]