Coal to the student activities fee at Brown, which is higher than the fees at Harvard, Princeton and Yale. But a diamond to the students at Brown, who are higher than the students at Harvard, Princeton and Yale.
A cubic zirconium to Cranston resident and Occupy Providence supporter David Gilbert, who said, "I believe the march is about exercising rights." If Gilbert were aware of the situation at the Bears Lair, he'd understand the march was actually just about exercising.
A cubic zirconium to rapper Jermaine Cole, who proclaimed on stage at Lupo's Monday night, "Cole under pressure, what that make? Diamonds." That's the most blatant pandering to get into this section we've seen in a while. And we kind of like it.
A diamond to Loui's Family Restaurant, which provided free breakfast to Occupy College Hill participants as they prepared to protest the Corporation's arrival on the Main Green Saturday morning. Instead of grilled muffins, Loui's served Occu-pie.
A cubic zirconium to ResCouncil, which is considering moving the housing lottery online but is wary of the "catastrophic problems" should the system crash. This marks the first time ResCouncil and "catastrophic problems" have appeared in a sentence not about living in a single in Chapin House.
Coal to Frank Flynn, president of the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, who said at a pension reform hearing Wednesday, "The bill has been characterized as a math problem, but right now, it's a civil and human rights problem." We used a similar argument with our calculus professor, and she still failed us.
A diamond to Professor of Economics Glenn Loury, who called for a popular anti-finance movement to "get our money back from these suckers" a month before Occupy Wall Street began. His words are destined to become the rallying cry of the next big movement on campus: Occupy the Laundry Rooms.
Coal to Steve Pare, the city's commissioner of public safety, who yesterday informed Occupy Providence participants — many of whom are homeless — of his plans to evict them from their encampment in Burnside Park Sunday. After evicting the homeless, Pare said he plans to maul the lame and sneeze on the sick.
And a diamond to Dabba Radio, the independent Indian news radio station founded by Thane Richard '09. If we played kickball against other independent news outlets, we would be honored to have Dabba Radio as an opponent. As it stands, we'll have to settle for tomorrow's match against the College Hill 'Dependent. In honor of Halloween, the Indy's players will come dressed as real journalists.
