Collegian annoyances

I'm deeply peeved at the online Collegian. Not just because they seem to forget to upload their photos with regularity, but because they have no sense of news judgement when selecting lead stories that make it to the index page. Meaningless drivel with a photo somehow trumps the fact that the Union's south parking lot is being turned into a parking garage with parking permits doubling in price as a result. And today your lead stories are either "Students more at risk for identity theft because of ID cards" (file under "D" for "duh") and "Suspect arrested for theft, drug possession". On the printed page, though, above the fold on the right, you'll see "Serial rapist targets local women", and any person who doesn't think that deserves play on the front page of your online edition needs to be beaten with a large, blunt object, like a piano. Rrrrgh.

Wanted: online copy editor

Headline of the day: Taliban kill 7 with vote cards. They're like ninjas.

squirl

There is a crazy little squirrel greeting drivers as they cross the Hulton Bridge to enter Oakmont.

While he's not exactly one of the crazy little squirrels who force drivers to stop suddenly throughout the borough, he will soon hold the same warm spot in residents' hearts.

Oakmont Chamber of Commerce has launched a new campaign to boost tourism and encourage more people to come to town to shop and the squirrel is going to help. He's on a billboard near the Hulton Bridge beckoning drivers to veer their cars to Oakmont's business district.

And the web site itself deserves some kudos. Look! Squirltummy!

Also, the prez writes a note wanting a bathroom break. No, not made up. Fiction pales before the daily calamity of reality.