Ok, let’s get it straight to the peanut gallery that Ben Heaton’s article on interracial marriage is a satire. However, if we are going to do that, then we are also going to have to get it straight to Ben Heaton that it was a very poorly written satire. The whole point of a satire is to expose the stupidity of a subject (in this case, anti-gay marriage laws) using irony, sarcasm, wit, ect. We can rule out wit from Heaton’s article… it was dry as a bone. Sarcasm too is only barely visible if one sits down, reads the article several times, and actually looks for something that may resemble sarcasm. Irony is simply not applicable because anti-miscegenic law activists do exist. Gay and interracial marriages share several parallels so it is ridiculous to use one to parody the other. George Orwell’s 1984 was a successful satire because he compared a government to talking farm animals. However, you cannot compare two equally serious subjects, and expect it to be obvious that one is a parody of the other. Heaton’s website criticizes the public for not knowing that his article is a satire. Well, from a literary point of view, it’s not.
first impressions
Making first impressions: Don’t get stuck in your head
Perhaps the only way to prevent yourself from sinking into that ocean of once-seen faces, to light a rescue beacon before it’s too late, is to do something remarkable.
clubs
RASA’s struggles highlight troublesome new club formation process
SA and Wilson Commons Student Activities (WCSA) endeavor to uphold the values of diversity and inclusion and to support students’ interests, but proposals for some new clubs have encountered difficulties on campus.
criticism
Israel Week promotes nationalism within our Jewish life on campus
The purpose and effect of hosting an “Israel Week” is to distract from and distort the historical and contemporary realities of Israeli occupation and apartheid.
