SPW Preparations: How to Not Die

HAMILTON, NY — In April, Spring Party Weekend AKA: SPW AKA: the Reason 42.0% of Colgate Students Attend Colgate 2k19 will take place. With another SPW comes another class of first-years and transfers to experience the weekend festivities for the first time.

“SPW is wild. Can you see this? In my mouth right here? That empty space between my incisors right there in the top row? SPW ’17. God, I love this school,” the class of 2020’s probable Salutatorian Hunter Warbucks said.

The first thing to do in preparation for your inaugural SPW is calling your mother. “I hadn’t talked to my mom in, like, 3 months. Calling her from Community Memorial Hospital to ask my blood type was definitely not how I wanted to reopen that line of communication. I cannot stress this enough—know your blood type before SPW,” Jenny Hawkins, class of 2021, said.

After learning your blood type, you should promptly make some reservations before all the rooms are reserved on this very special weekend. “I was a dumbass my freshman year; I was left out in the cold like a schmuck. It really ruined all my plans. Now, I just make sure to call and reserve a room a couple weeks ahead. They get the IV drips prepped and the cot all set up for you if you call early. They also get you some Gatorade. Make sure to ask for nurse Carol, she’s the sweetest,” Xander Martinez, class of 2019, said.

The final step for SPW preparation is limited to Colgate athletes. “You need some clean piss. No matter what, you will need clean piss. I was straight-edge my freshman year. After SPW, I tested positive for weed, coke, LSD, e, and benzos. Thank god there were no games left. Shit could have really fucked up my career. I make sure to have a couple bottles of clean pee at all times now. The system of pick-ups at Curty are fucked now, but let me know if you need any; I know a guy,” Zachary Quinton, class of 2020, said.

New Bicentennial “C” Logo Beloved By None

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HAMILTON, NY — Earlier this month, select Rag writers and editorial staff were summoned to James B. Colgate Hall where we were told that, due to the fact that we have a readership that extends beyond our own aunts, for once we would be given the honor being able to just reprint the administration’s words verbatim and call it an original article. Beloved University President Brian Casey granted the Rag an exclusive interview to outline his new plans.

“The occasion of Colgate’s Bicentennial celebration is an opportunity both to reflect on our storied past and great traditions and to look forward on our bright future. Our new C is designed to embody that spirit. This elegant new design will represent our proud university for a whole new generation of students, while paying homage to our past, by being designed on the Black Ops II Gamer Clan Tag Generator. Using cutting edge 2012 in-game design technology, our new C draws inspiration from some of the greats, like PuzZyLIKKeR, rayray69, and PAWGwgGAYNG.

“We recognize that, in the spirit of Black Ops II, our next 200 years will likely be pretty fine but not as good as the first. People come up to me and they say ‘President Casey, what was wrong with the old logo? This C looks like dogshit, seriously, it’s one of the laziest things I’ve ever seen,’ and I reply ‘Indeed, it perfectly captures the essence of an essay someone wrote the day of after going to the Jug.’

“Its smooth edges represent our proud hill, its toilet lid shape recalls the bathrooms at Tach, and its dark gold color represents the only shade of yellow available on the game’s color palette. When our student athletes travel to compete across these United States, their opponents will remark ‘Hey, your C looks like a logo I designed to use on my friend’s XBOX in middle school when everyone was yelling at me to hurry up so we could play,’ or ‘That logo looks like something a guy who’s trying to run a fake college out of a Tallahassee trailer park to scam the government for student loan money might come up with,’ and they will be right.

“Was changing our emblem an idea that some administrator came up with to justify the existence of his own job? It was, and this fucked up looking C will still wave proudly over our great campus when your children are accepted here due to their legacy status. By the way, we’re changing the motto too. No more Deo ac Veritati, it’s going to be Call of Duty from now on.”

Main Moon Employees Tougher than Most Navy SEALS

HAMILTON, NY — A recent senior research project by Psychology major Hava Brayn has found that Main Moon employees have the same stone-cold mental abilities as CIA operatives and Navy SEALS. The study examined the brain activity caused by “high pressure and terrifying” scenarios, according to Brayn.

“Not gonna lie,” she said, “I was inspired to do this research during a trip to the Main Moon buffet after fraturday. I witnessed dozens of students mobbing the restaurant and grabbing orange chicken out of the buffet with their hands while the employees calmly manned the front counter and replenished the food.” Brayn told the Rag that at first she assumed the employees were “dead inside” from weekly exposure to trauma post-fraturday, but when she watched more closely she noticed they were actually simply immune to the entire cluster-fuck going on around them.

The experiment involved monitoring brain activity of the Main Moon employees during a regular business day and a Saturday evening, and comparing them to the brain scans of CIA agents in declassified government documents. “When I first compared the brain scans, I was confused,” Brayn said. “I thought I accidentally copied the same results, but it turns out the employees brains are indistinguishable from a CIA agent under extreme pressure.”

The Rag asked other Colgate students their experiences with post-fraturday Main Moon. “Honestly man, I’ve seen some shit,” said a student who wished to remain anonymous. “I won’t name names, but I’ve definitely seen a tray of Lo Mein dumped on the floor and used as a medium for snow angels.” Another student, John Hammeredstein, mentioned a time that he witnessed a “Main Moon employee calmly step over two passed-out students in order to refill the water jugs in the fridge and wipe down the tables.”

The next time you see a glassy-eyed, stone-faced restaurant employee just remember that you might actually be face to face with one the toughest minds society has to offer.

Community Memorial Officially Runs out of Tylenol

HAMILTON, NY — Disaster recently struck Hamilton’s beloved Community Memorial Hospital after their supply of acetaminophen and ibuprofen, commonly sold under the brand names Tylenol and Advil, was deemed empty. While the hospital usually purchases a bulk order for the entire school year, the overwhelming number of cases of mono, strep, and other “kissing diseases” has tested the limits of our local healthcare system. After much deliberation regarding their budget and capabilities, the Board of Directors at the hospital decided the best course of action was to step outside of their comfort zone and begin practicing medicine more advanced than The Coop Store’s mini pharmacy.

Some concerns have been raised regarding how well a facility made up almost entirely of interns can treat diseases without their go-to panaceas, but Community Memorial’s Dr. Trevor Corey assured The Monthly Rag that all would be well.

Dr. Corey also had some opinions regarding the origin of these outbreaks, claiming “John Jug and his House of Whoring has cost the hospital thousands in easily accessible over the counter drugs. His business’s ability to convince freshmen to trade saliva with strangers is truly the worst disease I’ve ever seen.” He also attacked frat parties and their hookup culture, but some of our freshmen writers’ hopes to get a bid next year will keep these comments in the dark.

Community Memorial Hospital emphasized that their lack of the weakest painkillers known to man will only affect a small portion of their day to day work, as the majority is made up of alcohol poisoned lightweights who are convinced they are heavyweights. As for the future, the hospital plans to entirely revamp their treatment programs. Starting next school year, acetaminophen and ibuprofen will no longer be given to every sick student that walks through their doors. Instead, their staff will begin using essential oils and healing crystals to cleanse students’ bodies through their souls.

Haze the Intern

End of the school-year means the end of fun with your friends for about 4 months as you struggle to apply to unpaid startup company internships in Bumfuck, Idaho while Brad the econ major gets into Bank of America “all on his own.” For the best results, the Rag recommends that you apply to many jobs at the same time, while drunk.

Materials:

– (1) handle of hard alcohol of your choice, bonus points if it’s punny for your industry

-(1) rack of breadwater or similar

Instructions:

-Sip your can every time you are required to write out something that was already written on your resume.

-Chug for three seconds every time you try to apply to a job only to find it was filled three weeks ago and the company refuses to take the listing off of LinkedIn.

-Shotgun one brewchacho for every cover letter you write. You deserve it.

-Take a pull every time you get rejected.

-Take a shot and beer-chase any time you land an interview.

-You are required to chug one beer for every business you have applied to that has not responded to your application yet until they finally accept or reject you.

-Finish your materials as soon as you land your dream internship.

Sex Position: The Spring Break-Her

This Spring Break-inspired position is all about fucking destroying that phat puss, broh. That’s right we’re gonna show you all the best ways to wreck your lady lover’s hot box. Before you embark on your journey to Punta, be sure to stock up on Red Dragon boner pills, a signature favorite of PKT. Just one dose will have your cock thick and throbbing, ready to absolutely obliterate your girl’s panty hamster all day long. Don’t forget coconut oil, which can double as lube and tanning oil, covering all your bases for the non-stop beach sex you’ll be having all week. Once you’ve gathered your supplies, definitely do some quick stretches to open up those hip flexors, because you gotta be loose to make it in the big leagues. Alright, now pop those pills, lather up and down a few margs, and just bambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambam until you collapse from exhaustion.

‘Gate Student Body Partakes in Touching Religious Ceremony

HAMILTON, NY — Violent waves of students have stormed the streets this weekend for a holiday that celebrates the Saint that brought Catholicism to the Irish. This display of religious piety is truly inspiring to the entire town of Hamilton. In keeping with tradition, students wore green, a nod to Saint Patrick’s love for Shrek, and guzzled the limited edition Shamrock Shake, another favorite of Patrick’s. Some exceptionally devout students were seen fighting their way through the Jug line, eager to pay their respects to Saint Patrick as soon as possible.

It is said that the Jug on Saint Patrick’s eve is a magical place. One can truly connect with Patrick through John Jug’s limited edition cocktails that are greener than that girl puking in the corner. We interviewed a traditional dancer during the celebration by the name of Skylar. We asked her what inspired her moves with Bradley, the young man performing with her. “Well,” she remarked, “I just think that everyone can be a little Irish today! It’s too good an excuse to not get fucked up, ya know? I also look really hot in green.” It is truly clear that Saint Patrick brings young people together.

We also talked to Vanessa, a sophomore who attended the Old Stone Jug services this past weekend. When asked about her connection to Saint Patrick, she replied, “Well, my dad’s great grandmother’s cousin moved to Ireland. I went on Ancestry. So I just feel really connected to her today, and I want to celebrate the person who founded Ireland. I’m seriously considering studying abroad there.” This statement is truly a testament to the deeply spiritual and emotional nature of St. Patrick’s Day. Vanessa was clad in traditional fashion: a green crop top paired with green clover pajama pants, and some shamrock glasses. Observing the others who celebrate this famed and glorious holiday, there are some men wearing basketball jerseys, in honor of one of Saint Patrick’s favorite pastimes. Every person in attendance additionally drinks the sacred nectar of Saint Patrick: watered down Keystone Lite. Saint Patrick himself was said to have founded the Keystone brewing company, after he invented alcohol. His stores have now become the holy sacrament taken by his followers to channel his good graces for another year of relative sobriety.

Let us never forget the true meaning of Saint Patrick’s day: “celebrating” our distant Irish heritage as an excuse to get plastered at 8 am, or spending all of our money on bar crawls while blasting “I’m Shipping up to Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys. Drink those Shamrock Shakes, and guzzle those beers, Hamilton, for Saint Patrick is up in the clouds shotgunning a FourLoko.

Research Shows Floor Stickiness Directly Proportional to Party Litness

HAMILTON, NY — Last week, Colgate’s chemistry department published findings related to sticky floors at parties. “The results are absolutely astounding,” said head of research and chemistry Professor James Jamison. “The data show us a bell curve related to party litness. The party reaches a peak but when the floors become too sticky, partygoers leave.”

Professor Jamison said the research question developed when one of his students described how she left a party after her Adidas Superstar stuck to the floor. “It was so disgusting. I stepped on DU’s floor with no shoe barrier. I don’t think I’ll ever recover,” said Emily Reid. When Jamison probed his class and discovered other students felt the same way, he knew he had his work cut out for him.

“If the floors are too clean, I just don’t trust it, you know?” said sophomore Olivia Reynolds. “Like, am I here too early? If the floor sticky you know that everyone has been having a good time for a while now. I think it’s way harder to slip on, too.”

“Best fucking research job ever. I just had to go to as many parties as possible, take samples of the floors every so often, and describe how lit it was. Jamison didn’t care what I did as long as he got his data,” said John Wilson, one of the student researchers working on the project.

Many frats plan to implement the findings into their parties. “We’ve learned that if the floors are a bit sticky before we start, the party will get crazy way faster,” said Isaac Dean, president of Phi Delta Theta. Jamison plans to mimic the study based on ground muddiness on Fraturday. “I want to see if it has the same impact. Is there a level that students will not endure?”

The Rag Investigates: Pep Band Mannequin Challenge

HAMILTON, NY — On Friday, March 22, the Colgate Raiders made the trek of a lifetime to Columbus, Ohio to play against the Tennessee Volunteers with the support of the entire school behind them; we all remember this day well — or at least the bits and pieces in between brown-outs—and how our basketball boys made everyone shit collective pant. The rest of the world was shocked. Who are these warriors of the court? Where in the world is Hamilton? Why do all of their band-members look like human dolls?

You may have seen them briefly as the camera panned past 30 identical, robotic faces,. To quote a bystander who walked past them on the court, “They all looked dead, yet stood at attention. They were white, pasty band nerds, but I knew there was a problem because none of them suffered from any acne or anxiety or the willingness to die at any second, you know, like a usual college kid. They were so… smooth… and maybe even a bit slimy… like a bunch of 5’8” newborn babies.”

Immediate outrage hit social media after the game, but not because the Vols literally almost lost to a team that hadn’t been in an NCAA tournament since 1996; instead, many Colgate students were, according to some interviewees, “fucking pissed” that these lifeless automatons had replaced the pep-band we had all come to kind-of-but-not-really know. One sophomore, Sechs Uwalin Nuendo, was available for comment:

“You know, I had always seen some kid wearing some pep-band merch in my class, and I’ve heard that they’re fucking weapons but I’ve never seen them perform. [March 22] was their day to shine—was their day to ‘doot doot!’ or whatever the fuck they do; I don’t know—and the administration stripped that from them and replaced them with sentient mannequins. It was the most Colgate thing I had ever seen, like giving Summer Funding to kids going into finance instead of non-profit.”

As of press time, Rag reporters have launched investigation “Mannequin Challenge” hoping to identify other instances in which members of the student body may have been replaced by these humanoid creations.

Colgate Student Body Still Haunted by Bottle Pissers

HAMILTON, NY — “Bottles of urine have been found in trash cans on the 1st floor Curtis hallways. This is unacceptable and unhygienic. Students should be utilizing the rest- rooms within their communities.”

The above quote by Ciccone Commons leader Yur Inn sums up the sentiments of The Monthly Rag as a flood of reports have rained in. What started as a local Curtis phenomena has now turned the entire Colgate campus into an abyss of piss.

“I remember the good old days when people had the decency to pee out their window” reminisced local Senior Oreen Ar as she disgustedly stared at the bottle of urine by the front door of Gate House.

An investigation was taken to determine just who, or what, is producing all this urine. Investigators were concerned with the fact that there were ten new 16.9 oz urine bottles found between March 4th and 5th. That would equate to 169 ounces or about 1.3 gallons of urine.

“Either one person is a pee making factory and was able to casually stroll around with a gallon of urine unnoticed or we’re dealing with a group of misfits. We suspect this is a fraternity doing a midterm hazing to weed out some of the less radical members” Speculated Campus Safety Officer Veer Tsa.

When asked for a response all of the fraternity leaders banded together for once to draft the following response: “Ew, gross.”

One of the more fortunate leads however came in yesterday as a freshman, who has asked to be referred to as a POS (Pissed Off Student) for anonymity, came forth with his shocking experience.

“Look I know everyone thinks it’s me because I sometimes ricochet my piss at Phi Delt but that’s different! There is no art in just pissing in a bottle and even less in just letting it idle in a common room. But despite all these inconsistencies I got this letter outside my dorm.” Exclaimed the POS as he dug extra long in his pants pocket to retrieve the letter. The contents read:

“You have been pissing a certain someone off and now yuo [sic] will be pissed on as well (no homo not that there’s anything wrong with that). Upload a confession of your sins by Friday night or Colgate’s official color will become yellow. Share this letter if you please, it will not do you any good. -ICUP”

Despite the threat, the POS puffed his chest up for the golden shower of ruin that may befall him, refusing to answer any questions regarding the ‘sins’ the letter mentioned. Only time will tell of just who, or what, is responsible for pissing off the populace.