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Lifestyles
The Clarion October 3, 2008
The Pupil's ABOVE ground?
The PupilUnderground
Issue # 4
The Pupil's Underground, a zine that was
the cause of quite a bit of ruckus on the BC
campus last semester has now apparently
come to the surface. The zine was banned from
being distributed on campus last year because
it was not an official campus publication.
The First Amendment was questioned, news
vans swarmed the campus, and the rest was
history. Now apparently the zine is an official
publication, with meetings every first Sunday
of the month at 8:00 p.m. at King's Creek.
The Chicago Cubs
and Jack Johnson
circa 1998
by Joseph Chilton
Editor-in-Chief
If you are a Cubs fan who
grew up in the Windy City; if
you ate your tirst hot dog at
Wrigley Field; if you carry a
.38 Smith and Wesson in your
belt at all times just in case
you catch a glimpse of Steve
Bartman on the street, then
you need not pay attention to
this warning.
If you are an adopted Cubs
fun, however, one who every
once in a while catches the
Cubbies on WGN and does a
wicked impersonation of Will
Ferell impersonating Harry
Carey, then take heed- it is in
yourbest interest to root against
the Cubs this postseason.
The reason why the Cubs
are likeable is because they
haven’t won anything in a
century, and everybody likes
an underdog. When they are no
longer the underdog, however,
their appeal will be gone.
Think Indie music. Think
about those people who had
The Shins posters all over
their walls until Garden State
came out and “New Slang” was
suddenly on the iPod of every
teenage girl in the country. All
of a sudden The Shins had sold
out. They became the butt of
jokes in SethRogen movies, and
now the only remnant of their
once underground coolness are
bits of tape on dorm room walls
where their posters used to be.
They became mainstream, and
their luster was marred.
That is how it will be with The
Cubs. Imagine the scene two
months from now if the Cubs
win the World Series. Yankees
hats will be replaced by Cubs
caps as the headwear of choice
for rappers in videos and school
kids on the playground. And
you, cheerer-on-of-underdogs,
will have to find a new team.
So swallow your pride, take
one for the team, and root
against the Cubs.
It is imperative,
unless you want
to search the
Major Leagues
for a new lovable
loser. And you
don’t want to
do that. You
can either root
against the Cubs
for a few weeks,
or be forced
to root for the
Royals for the
rest of your life.
It’s a pretty easy
decision.