Word: mindlessness
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...left, however, that it comes out on the far right. In encapsulating the alarming “free speech, just watch what you say” mentality, Orr’s opinion holds that students do not have the wherewithall to decide what is and is not mindless literary garbage for themselves; it takes a top-down approach to decide for them...
...Spring Break I finally got to watch cable (“Behind the Music: Meat Loaf!”) and catch up on videos. Ah, mindless TV. Besides learning that the insanely catchy “Oochie Wally” (by Queensbridge’s Finest) has the raunchiest video ever, I also learnt that Shea Seger’s “Last Time” has just been added to MTV2’s “Artists to Watch” show. Which makes it about three months since I wrote about her in this column. Remember...
...news media have become addicted to the supply of news from Washington. It's a reliable and steady flow of material. That's nothing to be sneered at. The general alternative is even worse: the mindless pablum of celebrity journalism, the endless stories about self-promoting actors and movie stars who pretend they dislike the press...
...legendary protruding chin as a battering ram to defeat Ginsu, a rival BattleBot wielding a nasty set of rotary saw blades. "I like anything that rolls and explodes," Leno says. "And it seems like a good outlet for kids--a chance to use technology and a youthful enthusiasm for mindless violence without anybody getting hurt." (Less obsessive kids will soon be able to indulge those impulses too. Tiger unveiled a line of miniature BattleBots--including Vlad the Impaler, $15--at the Toy Fair last week; they're scheduled for a fall release, angling to be the hot toys of Christmas...
Winter exams have traditionally been scheduled after break so that the University may begin the term after Labor Day. But such mindless adherence to antiquated tradition reflects poorly on an institution dedicated to the cultivation of reason. The archaic idea that finals should occur after winter break has vexed undergraduates for too long, and now, in the first year of the new millennium, the University should take the bold step of revamping our schedule to join the rest of the modern world...