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New Physics Placement Test: F is for Splat readme Gives Poor Kid
It was leaked out on i~londati~ b~ the Phti~sics
Chocolate Factory After
Department that a new pass/fail/free vaca- Tour of AB Office
tion placement test will be implemented for
the Sp~ng semester entitled "F is for
Splat." The test will be divided into two
parts: calculation and application. Students
will be required to calculate the correct
length of bungee cord needed to jtunp off
of Wean and dip their head into a bucket of
water. 1~fter doing so, thetiT must also calcu-
late the velocities, trajectories, and torques ;~~ti:>:
of flti7ing canon balls while negotiating a
maze of convex mirrors. This part of the Last week, read~.ne placed special golden tick-
test comprises oniti~ ?5% of the grade to ets in five issues, as part of a grand contest to
emphasize the true importance of real- Not even ACME could get him an A see who would take over readme's possession
world application. of a Chocolate Factor`T. Five students showed
other CF~~ student the readme reporter up at the ~3B Office two nights ago to redeem
had planned to question ran away fearfullti~. the tickets for their prize. What they got was a
Students will be encouraged to "walk the
So did the readme reporter after stealing joLu~etir into their own souls. Ok, so it was
planck" and to "sttidtiT hard" for the test, as
the wallet of Ti-umbal and the Phti~sics I actuallti~ just a toux of the two rooms of the
phtiTsics department spokesman, Francisco
student. 1~B office.
~~radajT said with a devilish gin. ti~Uhen
asked why this test was chosen, ~~radatiT
Most students are not looking foz-ward to Tlie five students, a greedy Southern girl, an
said, "~~fter 1-tuzning a battei-~T of tests, we
the test. "I'm a football platiTer - I didn't overweight Ge~nan student, two other stereo-
realized that the `l~ is for ~'~tom Splitting`,
think science would be so rough, so I took ~~Apical students, and a poor ~~neflcan boy
`B is for Burn-You-With-Lasers`, and `C is
ph~Tsics. Can I transfer to business now?" who's grandparents all sleep in the same bed.
for Cannon Ball Catching' exams just did
Greg Parkman asked anxiously. The Tlie tour started with Cl~.ris Rotella emerging
not produce the quality results that `F is for
readme reporter gave Parkman a strange from the office limping and supporting leis
Splat' did."
look and promptly pushed him off Wean. meager, emo weight on a cane. However, once
Students were asked bti= the readme he put on his magical Rivers Cuomo brand
To ease stt.~dents doubts, review sessions emo glasses, lze sprang up to greet the guests.
reporter what their reactions were to the
have been held and will continue to be held Tlie students were welcomed into the office
test. "Who cares? I'm in CF~," complained
on i~Iondati~s and Fridays at 9Pi~I, on top of and the tofu_ began in the first room. Students
Irving Tnunbal. Two seconds later, lze was
Wean Hall. EIS will be standing by, in were scared of what they thought were
sgtushed bti= a falling Physics I student. The
China. Oompa Loompas, but thetiT were actualljT just
the ~-~B Tecli members sittitzg around looking
Cohon Busted for Egging Wean Hall at magazines about lights or something.
~~t 11:30 on Halloween night, Campus regarding the distiubance, in which he is Tlie German student was the first to break the
Police responded to a report of a distur- quoted as sa~-ing, "UPenn woL~ldn't get all n~les when he tamed to eat the readme pretzels
bance outside the 5th floor entrance of pisstiT about this. That's cuz UPei~uz knows without pa~~ing $"10, so Chess Rotella lead the
tiYlean Hall. Upon arflval, theti foLuad Ci~IU how to chill out. They'z in~T hoinies up .~~B Tech members sing a song and kick hi.m
President Jared Cohon giggling madltiT and there. ~~TlitiT `~ou gotta hate the player? out of the office. IVText the bratty- Southern gul
throwing rotten eggs towards the weird Kizew I shot~lda taken that job." Cohon wanted to buti~ the Street Fighter II machine
sculpture. Seeing the arflval of the campus then proceeded to fip off his clothes, and wouldn't shut up about it, so Chfls Rotella
police, two other Luzidentified individuals smear himself down ~-itli paste, and set was again forced leave the Tech members kick
immediately fled the scene, but Cohon l~nself afire in anon-denominational sort her out after singing a stupid song about it.
remained huddled behind the giant idiotic of protest against "the man" keeping him The two other stereot~~pical kids were later
orange blocks shouting "tijUe draw the line down. kicked out in the second room for doing
I~ere~" Cohon's pupils were slightly dilated, something stereotypical.
but he showed no other signs of beifig Computer Science freshmen were to be
intoxicated. Cohon was unable to offer anti assigned the task of cleat~ulg up Colion's .~~t the end of the tour, the only student
reason for his actions. Under izztense ques- mess, but the~~ were all tflck-or-treating for remaining was the poor, l~Ynet7can boti~ and his
tioi~zg, he sLu:rendered two small white computer parts in Crert Hall. Therefore, Grandfather, who he brought along for some
pills that were revealed to be sugar pills on an odd odor continues to emanate from reason. readme rewarded the boy- with R-
testing. the vicinitti of Wean Hall. Cohon was I~ellti's hit albLun, Chocolate Factoi~cT, and told
hitn to leave. Readrne also corninented that he
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before the flightless bird where your mouth will also be a lecture b`T the films Director Frann~-
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