Confessions of a student journalist
(9 parts)
These pieces were written in 2003-4 for inclusion in the Wasting My Youth book, where they were sprinkled betwixt the orginal columns to provide background and context. Can be read in any order. For best results, read lots of other stuff in this archive before reading this series. Enjoy.
I run afoul of a clique of politically-correct vegetarians, and discover my destiny. The introductory chapter of the Wasting My Youth book.
When a shitty car spontaneously combusts on campus, I have no choice but to risk my life for a photo.
You don’t have to be sexually depraved to work at The Peak. But it helps.
Once upon a time, in a more innocent world, it was fun to antagonize Muslims.
A co-worker can’t bear to tell his mother he has terminal cancer, so he recruits me into his plot to tell her indirectly.
When a comic-strip heroine gets spanked, a campus witch-hunt ensues. Warning: contains the worst kind of pornography!
Pathetic mayhem ensues when a co-worker’s gaydar goes hideously awry at a conference of student journalists.
The paper’s editors censure me for using “offensively racist” language. As opposed to “inoffensively racist” language?
I take a wizened look back at my long career in student journalism. The final chapter of the Wasting My Youth book.
This was my Peak swan song. As you might expect, I pet a few bunnies and grind a few axes on my way out.
Sample columns from my long-running satirical horoscope. Includes material from the infamous “Cuntscope”.
A collection of editorials I wrote for The Peak, some of which relate to events described in Confessions of a student journalist.