How The Fuck is This Newsworthy?
Last night on Dateline, the powers-that-be trotted out correspondent Hoda Kotb, and had her speak on camera for several minutes about her alma mater.
Today, I’m wearing orange, one of Virginia Tech’s colors. The school colors are actually maroon and orange. I remember in college, and we didn’t love the color scheme— we thought the two colors clashed. Today, there is not another color I would rather be wearing.
If she’s so proud, she could’ve worn orange AND maroon. Oh, is that suggestion ridiculous? How about talking about your fucking SCHOOL COLORS in the context of bringing an understanding to a mass shooting??
When most people think of Virginia Tech, the very first thing that comes into mind is sports: football and basketball. All you would see during Virginia Tech’s football season was a sea of maroon and orange. You would hear the chant in the crowd. I can still hear it in my head, “Hokie, hokie, hokie high…Tech, Tech V-P-I.”
What does this have to do with ANYTHING?
The school always meant something really warm and fuzzy to me. Today, I have a horribly sad feeling.
Why, why, why, is banality the media’s go-to response for everything?
Maybe I’m still in a fevered delirium, but this makes me want to give up.
One Response to “How The Fuck is This Newsworthy?”
1 rory 20 April 2007 @ 10:08 am
first:
What the fuck is a hokie anyway? I’m pretty sure it’s a carpet sweeper.
second:Orange and Maroon? WTF?
Answer:
The Hokie Bird is the official mascot of Virginia Tech. It is a turkey-like bird that more closely resembles a “maroon cardinal with a snood.” Contrary to popular misinformation, the term “Hokie” does not refer to a castrated turkey.
Apparently it’s not a carpet sweeper, but rather a fictional bird that happens to be the same god awful color combination as the teams’ uniforms.
ok, nevermind the fucking hokey bird rules:
Before games, he leads the charge onto the field as students jump up and down in the stands to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”.
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