October Issue, etc.

Excellent job on the latest issue, we had a lot of great articles so check it out. Ben Lee is on the cover.

In other news, a few weeks ago, we conducted interviews for various editors and we'd like to announce Sarah Holmes as our new Opinion section editor and Ashleigh Whitfield as our new Theatre section editor.

Dylan Wise will be taking over for Laurel as Assistant Editor starting next semester, and beginning in Fall 2008, we'll have Justine Mann as our Movies section editor and Melissa Amarianos as our Music section editor.

We will also be participating in Take Back the Night, so if you're free at 5pm this Friday 10/26 at 5pm, please come down to the Rotunda and join us in taking a stand against domestic violence and sexual assaults.

Our next issue will come out in the beginning of December, and we're going to have our next meeting this Sunday, 10/28 at 9pm in the Student Center alcoves.

See you there!

-Amanda

October Issue Distribution

Generator's first issue of the 2007-2008 year will hit the stands this Wednesday, October 10.

We've revamped the graphics a little bit and we're all really excited about the issue.

Distribution will be at 11am on October 10. We'll meet down by the mailroom at the loading dock.

If you're available to help distribute to the following areas, please email Amanda at amanda.waas@marist.edu and let her know which area you can cover.

Champagnat
Leo
Sheahan
Midrise
Student Center
Cafeteria
Cabaret
Gartland
Upper New
Lower New
Foy
Upper West
Lower West
Fulton
Jazzman's
Fontaine
Dyson
Donnelly
Lowell Thomas

Generator Info

Generator Magazine's first issue of the semester will be debuting the first week of October.

Keep an eye out for our Generator basket at the Parents Weekend Raffle. It'll be loaded with stuff that our writer's have reccommended in past issues.


Our first general meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 8pm in Student Center 348.


See you there!


-Amanda

Generator Magazine May Issue Preview

The Generator's final issue of the 2006-2007 academic year will hit the stands the first week of May.

Here's a sneak peek at everyone's "favorite" column, "What Does Waas Think?"

What Does Waas Think?

My Dignity is Worth $5,000

By Amanda Waas

What Not to Wear is TLC’s bitchy show that takes clueless and ugly young women, humiliates them on national television, and leaves them with a new wardrobe that they’ll never wear and a new haircut that was given based on what fruit their head is shaped like.

The problem with the show is that while the hosts are well-meaning, the fashion disaster is usually a hostile party. Think about how you would feel. You’re out bowling with some friends on a Friday night, you get a gutter ball, you turn around to drown your sorrows in a basket of curly fries, and you see every person you’ve ever met along with a camera crew and two well-known fashionistas cheering and telling you that you dress like crap.

But wait! There’s more. Your friends have been secretly filming you, just to show the world how awful you really look on several different occasions. Hey, those are some great friends you’ve got there! During the show, they even interview the slob’s friends and they all say something along the lines of, “Peggy would be so pretty if she wasn’t so ugly.” And off you go! Box up your entire wardrobe and head off to the Big Apple so we can make fun of everything you own.

Now, from the premise that I’ve described above, many people would think that I wouldn’t like this show because it’s so mean-spirited. However, most often, the things that I love the most are mean-spirited. I love What Not to Wear almost as much as I loved the short-lived reality show on A&E called Designing Blind, where an unsuspecting couple gets their house redecorated by a blind man. It’s gold, I tell you, pure, evil gold.


For the rest of the article, check out the May 2007 issue of Generator Magazine.

Generator Magazine October Issue Preview

The Generator's first issue of the semester will hit the stands the second week of October.

Here's a sneak peek of the new column by Kristin Kaschak,
"Sex in the Poughkeepcity"

“This one’s on me.” It’s a line that you’ve either heard or spoken at some point in your four years of academia. The purchasing of a drink is one of the most fundamental conversation starters in the world of relationships. A proverbial mating-call, if you will. The male specimen uses this clever little trick to show, not only that he is generous in paying for his target’s vodka-cranberry, but it’s also a nice little sign that an interest has sprung (among other things). This advance is almost always made in the hopes that this lovely young woman will get sloshed enough to throw herself at him by the evening’s conclusion. Either way, it’s a classic.

The female view of this cliché, but appreciated move is three-fold. She will accept 9 out of 10 times (who is going to turn down a free drink when funds are low?) However, the intention of this acceptance is what really matters. First, there’s the “Aw, that’s so sweet” response. In this case, Betty is interested in her Daddy Warbucks and sees this gesture as a sign that this young man is interested in her. Here, our man not only has a chance for some loving that night, but she might be considering him a candidate for a shout-out in her AIM profile (which will probably send him running home to Connecticut). Second, we have the “Score! Free Booze! Hey, you’re hot.” This is probably the most common inner-monologue of the lady in our story. Stoked on her free drink she has just received, she is equally amped that she can add a pretty face to her roster of conquests (yes, boys, we think like that too. Shocking, I know.)

For the rest of the story, check out the October 2006 issue of Generator Magazine.