Monday, November 9, 2015
Did You Read __________? / News Did you read about Chi-Raq, the New Jersey Italian accent, and poetry?
Posted By Reader staff on 11.09.15 at 11:13 AM
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Hey, did you read:
• That black players at the University of Missouri are warning, "No justice, no football"? —Steve Bogira
• About Obama's social media team? —Brianna Wellen
• About the evolution of the New Jersey Italian accent (or why "capicola" is pronounced "gabagool")? —Aimee Levitt
• How poetry is doing better on the Internet? —Sue Kwong
• That we've reached "peak pointlessness" with criticisms of Spike Lee's unreleased film, Chi-Raq? —Leor Galil
• About what it's like to drive Alaska's desolate and lonely 400-mile-long Dalton Highway? —Kevin Warwick
• How Norwegians are able to enjoy long winters? —Sue Kwong
• That a Christian evangelist is fighting the "War on Christmas" by whipping up an anti-Starbucks campaign for taking "Merry Christmas" off their red cups? —Ryan Smith
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