Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
May 3, 2012
Well, this is it. The season finale of Cheers & Jeers ‘011-’012. It’s been a good year for satire. For those who are graduating, good luck and I hope you’re not homeless soon, or ever. I’m among that category soon-to-be graduates. It’s high time I break things off with Le Moyne.... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
April 26, 2012
I’m starting to wonder if it’s a wise idea to let college students participate in psychology experiments, because at this point in the semester, there isn’t a student left with their sanity intact. Perhaps that means that making you laugh has become even more important. And of course... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
April 19, 2012
This week I decided that my occasional nod to the world’s most beloved anti-Semite, Walt Disney, is not sufficient. Therefore, I’ve decided that this week’s installment of Cheers & Jeers will be all about Disney. I won’t repeat my love for “The Lion King,” because I don’t... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
April 12, 2012
Welcome back. The name’s Jeers. Cheers & Jeers. We’re getting down to the wire here and we’re still accepting applications for the next Cheers & Jeers. Trust me, you want this distinction. The initiation to the job makes Le Moyne’s new student convocation look like an elementary... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
March 29, 2012
This has been a pretty big week: the quad is alight with student activity, Phin Fest advertisements have reached a new level of crazy and I’ve recently gotten rid of all my hoodies so that I don’t get shot buying Skittles. That’s not all, of course, so this week’s episode of Cheers... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
March 22, 2012
Hi. You may have noticed that I’ve been gone for a while. Between break two weeks ago and then last week having to go save the city of Townsville while the Powerpuff Girls were on their break, I’ve been so busy. I understand that it was a traumatizing experience not being able to read Cheers... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
March 1, 2012
Spring break is closing in fast, and personally I can’t wait. Lots of people make big plans for spring break, but not me. My plans include nothing, nothing, nothing, sleep and then more nothing. Exciting, right? I figure, if I want to see the beach or the ocean, I’ll save myself the $1,000... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
February 16, 2012
I feel that Cheers & Jeers hasn’t been controversial enough lately. I haven’t gotten death threats or horse heads in my bed in many a moon. Therefore, I’ve decided to dedicate this week entirely to one of the most controversial conversation topics besides apartheid: sports. Luckily... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
February 9, 2012
The weather’s been pretty interesting lately. We’ll get a few inches of snow and then two days later it’s summertime and it all melts away. I suspect Nargles are to blame. On this episode of Cheers & Jeers, we’ll be discovering the meaning of life and whether or not there’s an... (more...)
Cheers&Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
February 2, 2012
It’s the start of the spring semester. You can tell because of the warm weather and blossoming flowers that are right outside. Seriously, calling this a spring semester is the biggest lie since that one time a certain president “did not have sexual relations with that woman.” This semester... (more...)
Teen’s tweet causes controversy
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
December 8, 2011
Lately, a controversial tweet by a Kansas high school student, 18-year-old Emma Sullivan, has made national attention because she made fun of her governor and he threw a tantrum. The offending tweet? “Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot.” You... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
December 8, 2011
This is the last installment of Cheers & Jeers until next semester. I guess I should say things along the lines of “Have a nice break!” or “Safe travels!” However, I’m not gonna do that. Rather, I keep it real. My advice for you is more along the lines of “Fake a back problem... (more...)
CHEERS & JEERS
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
November 17, 2011
How about that weather, eh? Oh, and Joe Paterno. Well, I guess it just goes to show that good ways to get a riot going are either to be a Libyan despot, killing his own citizens for years and forcing them into third world living conditions, or to fire your football coach. Six of one, half a... (more...)
CHEERS & JEERS
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
November 10, 2011
Lately, I’ve been getting suggestions to outsource part of Cheers & Jeers. At first, I thought it was a horrible idea. Do you know how many people I had to kill to get this column? But, when I thought about it more, I realized that letting other people write or submit topics would be... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
November 3, 2011
We’ve reached that point in the semester. No, I’m not talking about midterm time or the inevitable week of the psychotic break (that’s usually before finals). No, instead I’m referring to the time when I realize how poorly I’ve spent my Den money.. Now I’ve got to ration the rest... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
October 27, 2011
They say that when you’re writing a paper to save the introduction for last, so that you know how your paper ties together and you can have a better intro that way. Well, this week’s Cheers & Jeers is such a myriad of different topics that there’s no way they’ll tie together. So... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
October 20, 2011
Fall Break is now behind us and this is the part of the semester when you start to wonder why you would ever commit to such a class schedule and ponder if you can make a decent living being an exotic dancer instead. I mean, think about it. Why learn about the Krebs Cycle or Shakespeare when... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
October 6, 2011
This week’s Cheers and Jeers will have a fun little theme to it, in that I’m only doing three topics and I’m going to both cheer them and jeer them. I’m afraid that you only get one side of a story when you read my column, so this time I’m going to be as fair and balanced as Fox News... (more...)
Cheers & Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
September 27, 2011
This week’s Cheers and Jeers is a much more eclectic collection of rants and praises than usual, some of which have been swimming in my head for years. (Don’t be afraid to go and look up the definition of “eclectic.” I’ll be here when you get back.) Luckily, I broke out my Pensieve... (more...)
Cheers and Jeers
Drew Acquaviva, Staff Writer
September 22, 2011
This week’s issue of Cheers and Jeers is pretty jeer-heavy, but deservedly so. Many things have gone wrong this past week that need addressing. No, I’m not talking about Michele Bachmann’s sudden expertise in the side effects of the HPV vaccine. Rather, I’d prefer to talk about much... (more...)