Poll of the Week: Results!

Hey Y'all! Just checking in! Hope everyone is having a fantastic break so far! Mine's been pretty boring, SO boring that I was compelled to post here.

Naw, it's not so bad, I just wanted to post last week's Poll results!

Last week's poll asked "How do you Feel about Tuition Possibly Going Up?" the results are as follows:

Sucks, but it's inevitable.: 39
Sucks, let's try and stop it!: 25
Meh, My parents pay so who cares?: 11

Only 75 of you guys voted! Get with it guys! I wanna get back to having the voteage go past the 100 mark again!

No poll for this week, but I'll return when we all get back up to Oneonta. Have fun with the rest of break!

From the founders of Pwneonta.com...

Have a great break!

See you in December!


Love,
FrEakquency, Zingy, and Greyscale

Bob Dylan: Hero or Heroin?

On November 19th, 2008 SUNY Oneonta held it’s biggest concert ever, hosting Bob Dylan and his band. Overall it was a great success, and most people seemed to enjoy the show. Here’s one E-mail I received from a happy fan:

“Thank you, SUNY Oneonta, for a fabulous show last night. I've been to more Dylan concerts than I care to count - and this was perhaps the best ever. The venue was absolutely perfect for the size audience Dylan performs best with.”

Now a lot of people I’ve talked to were quick to complain about the show, saying the sound wasn’t good and they couldn’t understand what Bob was saying. While I in fact didn’t know what He was saying,(It took me about two minutes to realize “Like a Rolling Stone” was being played) it really didn’t matter at all. Dylan could of came out, burped the ABC’s, took a crap on the bass drum and left, and my reaction would still be the same: “Oh my God, I just saw Bob Dylan!” Now Dylan addressed the audience only once and that was to introduce his band. That’s ok, he’s a legend, we are not worthy. At first I was hoping for some cool interactions, or at least have him say the name of our town: maybe a “Hello Oneonta” or “I did a line of coke off a stripper’s ass in 1963 in Oneonta”.

Also Dylan’s keyboard was faced in a way that if you were sitting on the far right of the auditorium you could only see the back of Bob Dylan’s head and his oversized mariachi band hat. That was ok for the first few songs. But once I realized I wasn’t going to be able to recognize any of his classic tunes, two very important senses (sight and sound) were now cut off. Dylan also had a band playing with him, about six other guys all of whom that played with the enthusiasm of Christopher Reeve on valium.

If you enjoyed the show or not, you at least be able to say you saw Dylan in concert, one of the most influential singer-songwriters in history. For those not enthused by that fact, OH Fest Four is commin up, maybe your greedy little ears will be impressed with a post-mortem John Lennon Concert. Imagine.

Kevin Devine's coming to SUNY Oneonta

Music Industry Club Welcome Back Show:

Kevin Devine
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Hunt Union Waterfront Cafe
5:30PM
$5 students / $7 non-students
(openers to be announced)


A singer/songwriter from Brooklyn, New York, Kevin Devine is releasing his upcoming album, Brother's Blood, on Favorite Gentlemen Records in February 2009. This is the follow-up album to 2006's Put Your Ghost To Rest (released on Capitol, re-released on Procrastinate Music Traitors) and his fourth full-length album as a solo artist after his days in the band Miracle of 86. Recently, Kevin has played shows and toured with Rachel Yamagata, Owen, Matt Pryor (Get Up Kids), Jesse Lacey (Brand New), and an impossibly long list of other artists. This December, Kevin will be on tour with Manchester Orchestra once again.

For those of you who don't know who Kevin Devine is or haven't heard of his music, I've created a list of reasons you should attend this show in a Youtube Guide to Kevin Devine:

1. These two new songs with the God Damn Band (his full band) are phenomenal: My Brother's Blood & Carnival.
2. Some other recommendations: All of Everything Erased, Cotton Crush, Brooklyn Boy, Ballgame, Trouble, Yr Damned Old Dad, Noose Dressed Like a Necklace, Go Haunt Someone Else.
3. He wrote a ton of political songs way before we all got interested in Obama.
4. He does a variety of cool cover songs: Elliott Smith, Sinead O'Connor, Nada Surf.
5. He has awesome dance moves.
6. And tells weird stories.

For more information on Kevin Devine, visit: http://www.myspace.com/kevindevine
For more information on the show, visit: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=45313416755

Poll of the Week: Dig in yr Wallet?

That time of the week again folks! Let's examine the results from my lackluster poll from last week. (Seriously! I went from 95-100 voters to just 77 this week, what gives?) I asked you what kind of pet you think you'd want for your dorm room:

Dog - 16 votes
Cat - 36 votes
Rodent - 14 votes
Other - 11 votes

Cat wins in a landslide! Some of you who picked "Other" commented on the post that you'd like all manner of creatures, including Spiders, Hedgehogs, and Monkeys! On to this week's poll.

Ok, so a poster who commented on my story from yesterday about the Budget Cuts/Tuition Increase pointed out that maybe I didn't have all my facts straight, and she/he's probably right. Either way though it's probable that our tuition will go up, and I'd like to know how the Pwneonta readership feels about it. So tell me: How do you feel about the prospects of our Tuition going up?

Choices:
1. Sucks, but it's inevitable
2. Sucks, let's try and stop it!!
3. Meh, my parents pay so who cares.

Something for the Bookworm in All of Us...

It's getting to be that time of year again where it's snowing and cold and some people would like nothing more than to just curl up with a good book.  That's where the Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta's newest little independent business can help you out.  There are tons of books, plus it's connected to the Latte Lounge, what more could you want? Now you don't have to go all the way to Southside for your reading needs.  Plus there's a bear skin on the wall, Borders can't live up to that.

Budget Cuts, Tuition Increases, and Protests, Oh My!

So by now I'm sure all of you have heard about the Tuition increase that this economic crisis has wrought us. Starting next semester our tuition per-semester will go up by $545, or $1090 a year.

News of this came down last week, and people started to flip out. Even our very own confessions board was all a flutter about it. People are understandably not happy. The good news is that this week there will be stuff that you can do about it.

First off, today from 11-3 in IRC(EDIT: Probably actually out in the Quad now, not IRC), Democracy Matters will have a table set up where you can phone your congressmen and tell them just exactly how uncool this whole tuition hike is.

If calling your congressmen isn't enough for you, Aliex Aiello is leading a rally tomorrow morning at 9:20 in the Quad to have everyone meet up and march to the Library to send faxes to all of the state legislators and Governor Patterson urging them to not slash the SUNY budget.

Don't just sit idly by and let them butcher our budget while asking for more money! Get up and make sure your voice is heard!

Best "Kitchen" Contest!

Do you or your roommate(s) have an awesome dorm room kitchen/food area/pantry set-up? If the answer is yes, submit a photo of your ''kitchen'' to pwneonta@gmail.com and we'll feature it on our front page!

Include in your email your residence hall, and anything you want about what inspired you to organize your foodage in the manner you chose. Deadline for all submissions is November 20.

There's nothing wrong with Oneonta

SUNY Oneonta is a great campus. I don’t have many complaints. However there's some things that kind of bug me. Here’s a few.

There’s no football team. This kills me. There’s nothing better than some skin paint to skin paint love at a college football game. The reason why we don’t have a football team is that there is a significantly higher percentage of females here at Oneonta, so the budget wouldn’t allow so much money to go to a male sport. I would love an SUNY Oneonta football team. I know I would end up following the quarterback around campus leaving him love notes on his desks.

When I need to write a paper in the library but there are no computers available because there’s 25 different girls just gawking at dress designs for their fashion class. Now I respect fashion majors (especially that sexy fashion show, wakka wakka) But 2am is no time to get in a fight over plaid when i'm trying to study for one of those scantron tests.

That Oneonta is a dry campus. What a giant joke. You put 5,000 college kids in the middle of nowhere and tell them they must remain sober at all times. Not gonna happen. The fact is that students are never going to stop drinking in their dorm rooms. Why not embrace what is already everywhere. SUNY Oneonta is as dry as it’s weather.

There’s no Starbucks. This is really a city issue, but still really sucks. As much as I hate all Starbuck employees, I really love their coffee. I know Jazzman’s isn’t an awful substitute, but it doesn’t match up to Starbuck’s coffee in my opinion. I ussually end up buying the coffee from Hess that taste mostly like a cat urinated in a coffee machine, and then someone switched the "on" button.

That Yella's Pizza taste like Stale Microwaved Digiorno. I am never surprised by the low quality of this chewy doughed yucky mouth pizza. (I can't stop paying 3.75 a slice for it though, yuk yuk yuk)

Friday, November 14
Free Food! Free Entertainment! Free Cultural Awareness!
S.A. Funded

Do You Like Manatees?

For those of you who have never seen these or heard of these glorious animals before, Manatees are slow-moving aquatic herbivores that live in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Amazon Basin, and West Africa. They're naturally gentle, curious animals with an enjoyment for warm water and both of these things lead to the unfortunate early death of many manatees.

Specifically in Florida, there are currently only between 1,000 and 3,000 manatees. Though the manatee has no known predators, manatees are being killed or mutilated at an alarming rate due to human fault. In 2006 alone, there were 300 reported manatee deaths due to human activity, most of which was caused by boats, being crushed in canals, and some illegal poaching, despite being on the U.S. endangered species list. They are also frequently harassed in their natural habitat by swimmers and snorkelers.

So if you love manatees or just hate all the assholes running animals over with their speedboats in Florida, you'll want to visit Fine Arts 212 on December 9th for some fun. More details and reminders to come as the date approaches.

For more information about how you can help manatees (and some awesome manatee merch like manatee soap, manatee socks, manatee mugs) , please visit: www.savethemanatee.org

And for the lighter side of manatees:
Jim Gaffigan's manatee joke
Conan O'Brien's Horny Manatee site

Tonight - Percussion Ensembles

Go check out the Classical Percussion Ensemble and the World Music Ensemble tonight!

When: 7:30PM

Where: IRC 3

Poll of the Week: Pets on the Down-Low

It's time again for everybody's favorite Poll of the Week! I am incredibly pleased by the results of last week's poll that asked the simple question of Did you Vote? 96(!) of you answered the poll and the results are as follows:

Did you Vote?:
Yes! at the Polls - 18
Yes! by Absentee - 61
No...Not Registered - 10
No...Don't Care - 7

I love those numbers, because they show that 81% of our Pwneonta readership that clicks on my polls cared enough about their civic duty to make sure their voice was heard! Good job guys!

This week's poll asks a little less important of a question. This week I want to know What kind of Pet would you get for your Dorm Room? This has been a topic of much discussion in my Apartment as of late, and I want to hear your thoughts. Here are the choices:

Dog?
Cat?
Rodent?(Bunny, Hamster etc.)
Other?

If you answer "Other?" specify what pet you would get in the comments section of this post! Don't forget to vote!

Monday 11/10/08: Comedian Kelly McFarland

Comedian Kelly McFarland is in the Hunt Union Ballroom, Monday 11/10, at 9pm.

This show is free for all SUNY Oneonta students. Kelly has been on Comedy Central's Premium blend, as well well as Season One of NBC's The Biggest Loser.

Come support comedy at the hunt ballroom , and especially tonight because this lady is wildly animated and simply hilarious. (very little she doesn't cover) Cya There ! ! !

SPAR Presents: Earthlings

Join Students Protecting Animal Rights for a showing of the documentary Earthlings!

"Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit."

When: Monday, November 17, 7PM & 9PM

Where: Red Dragon Theater, Hunt Union

Cost: Free

Want more info?

SPAR meets every Wednesday at 6:30 PM in Schumacher 102

WONYpalooza

WONYPalooza 2008 is showcasing 4 rock bands including Zero Hour and The Mothers of Intention (Zappa band)
Where: The Fox (Market St.)
When: Sat. 11/15 at 7 pm
Cost: 3 berries

Cute-sy Music, and why it's Not Lame to Love it.

Surprisingly this is going to be my first Post on here remotely related to music!

Here's the lowdown: I am so so tired of having to closet my love of certain groups/bands/artists because of fear of being lame. Let's look at a few examples. Here is the cover of an album called "Night Falls over Kortedala" by a Swede named Jens Lekman who I have yet to meet another Male fan of.

That's right that's a picture of him getting his haircut by some clouds with a really freakin' weird look on his face. Yeah sure it may be outwardly "lame" and yeah maybe he does make cute-sy Indie-Pop songs with names like "Sipping on the Sweet Nectar". So?! He fucking rules. I bet Jens could beat some macho metal jerk in a boxing match.

Or even forget Jens for a second. What about these lovely ladies? That's right, I love The Pipettes. There. I said it. What's that? Oh yes, they are dancing choreographed moves in matching polka-dot dresses. Still waaaay more Punk than these jerk-offs.

On that note, I'm going to leave you this weekend with a Cute-sy music video by one of my favorite new bands. Learn to look past superficiality and you may just find yourself liking some "lame" music too.

A Small Note

You know, I am often, fairly or unfairly, called out by friends and family for having gloomy and pessimistic outlooks on a great many things. However, occasionally something so big and so momentous happens that I get this great feeling that "Wow if this went right..then maybe just about anything can go right.."

The last time I had this great feeling was after the New York Giants won the Super Bowl back in February. I felt after that fantastic victory as if nothing could ever go wrong again. That very night I had a friend tell me that I sounded "so optimistic!" and for months afterward I would shrug things off and say "Meh, so what, the Giants won the fucking Super Bowl."

Last night was another one of those moments. The Election of a dude named Barack Obama to the Presidency of the Untied States truly makes me feel as if anything is possible in this country again. Up until last night for our generation the defining moment in History was 9/11. Now finally we have a much happier defining moment-->the election of the first African American President of the United States, less than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclomation. I'm fairly certain we will all remember exactly where we were when they called this election for Obama.

For his entire campaign, Obama has told the country that "Yes We Can," and last night "Yes We Did." But now that the campaign is over, all of us have to look to the future and all of the challenges these next few years(For us college students, critical years..) will bring and keep thinking "Yes We Can."

Facebook aka Republican Indentifier

I, like clearly most Americans, am ecstatic that Barack Obama is our next American president. And Obama didn't only win, He embarrassed McCain in terms of the electoral college. In my eyes it was an important move by America, as we needed a strong leader with a strong beat. (unlike McCain's ticker lololololol)

Because I have been becoming quite the insomniac facebooker lately, I couldn't help but check everyone's facebook status after the election. Most were positive, reading something like "Go Obama" or "Do you smell what Obama's cooking". (Ha, its a reference to something different) However I quickly saw the sore losers via facebook due to people's facebook status. A lot of my republican friends called Obama out, naming him a Socialist or even an Islamic terrorist. First off, if you honestly believe that Obama is a socialist or muslim or islamic, I kindly urge you to go take a hike or jump in a lake. Your party lost. Your candidate lost gracefully. Now please shut your conservative yapper and drink some Obama Kool aid (probably purple, obama's favorite).

I could not believe some of the actual comments I stalked out on facebook early Wednesday morning. Here are some of my favorite facebook ramblings from the sore losing republicans:

"those who have money will now have to give to the blood-sucking parasites who don't have jobs with this socialist bastard of a President. And not to mention since he will be cutting back on the military and national security so he can help out the bottom-feeders of this planet, forget me getting on any goddamn plane. "

"didnt really vote but are wondering why people are all happy if their taxes are just going to get raised more?" ( you should of really voted, now pay up mother fucker)

"were in for four of the worst years of our lives with obama here comes denzel Washington secretary of state." (doesn't make any sense but i love this idea)

"I Am appalled by ignorant americans..and is prepairing for a communistic social-facism country"

-Clearly many conservatives have a bad case of the Grumpy Republicans. My advice to all you sad mini GOP's out there: keep your chin up. I know it kills to see a well meaning black guy pouring his heart and soul into fixing our troubled Country. I really hope Palin sticks around in the media though. There's even talk about a Palin Campaign for 2012. Here's some advice If you run for president, Governor Palin: Don't ever talk. Instead just smile a lot, popularize catch phrases, and wink. Oh, and do not develop a hideous fake laugh, a strong desire to wear pant suits, or kankles .

Barack the Vote

Historic...Looks like we've got a new prez.

Poll of the Week: PWNing the Vote!

Welcome back to the latest installment of my Poll of the Week! Once again I got an incredible amount of votes for last week's "Are you Ready for Winter?" Poll. 92 of you answered my poll. The results are as follows:

Are you Ready for Winter?!

What?! It's Friggin' October: 31 Votes
Yes! Gots my Mittens and Hot Chocolate: 32 Votes
No! Fuck all I have is Flip Flops: 14
Don't Panic yet, this snow's just a fluke!: 15 Votes

Interesting. It does certainly seem that last week's snow in fact was a fluke, but who cares about last week's poll. The real poll is this week.

Today is Election Day folks! November the 4th! I'm posting this Poll from my hometown where I fled to last night so I could vote this morning. I really believe 20+ years from now we will be able to look back at this election as perhaps the most important in our lifetime. That being said, this week I want to gauge just how much of our readership here has exercised their right to vote!

Pollsters expect record voter turnout today, let's have record turnout on my Poll of the Week too!

How Do You Figure Out...

...That you can juggle chainsaws? So apparently this dude is coming to the Hunt Ballroom tonight. I can only hope that he burns or maims himself or something... that'd be awesome.

I'm so there.

Scare Your Friends Into Voting!

I received a late night call from Barack Obama last night using one of these goofy-ass (bi-partisan) soundboards. Last time I used one of these was in like... 8th grade. Comon' people, crank calling never gets old. W00t!