SubscribeColumbia University ‘Magazine’ Mocks 9/11
From the "Tragedy Issue" of the Columbia University humor magazine, Jester:
Here is more on the "Jester of Columbia," from Wikipedia:
Jester of Columbia
The Jester of Columbia, or simply the Jester, is a humor magazine at Columbia University in New York City. Founded on April Fool’s Day, 1901, it is one of the oldest such publications in the United States. Printed continuously at least through 1997. It was revived in 2001 after a short lapse in publication and again in 2005 after another, shorter one. Jester now produces magazines and sponsors comedy events on Columbia’s campus.
Excluding brief lapses in publication, the Jester has always produced issues. Jester publishes four or five times per year, with articles loosely centered around a broad theme. These have recently included "Justice," "Liquid," and "Technology." Issues contain a wide array of articles and jokes, such as narratives, dialogues, and articles composed of short paragraphs discussing a theme. To heighten the effect of period pieces or specific jokes, articles appear as fake documents found and scanned into the issue. Illustrations are a significant part of the magazine, with visual gags and fake ads bringing greater variety.
Granted college humor is normally juvenile and often in bad taste. But this is somewhat beyond that.
Of course what can one expect of a magazine that employed the despicable Ted Rall.
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July 12th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Somewhat beyond? Try way beyond.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
The only joke is that none of these bastards were on the top floor. Having to decide whether to jump or burn to death. NOW THAT would have been funny!
July 12th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
It used to be that one could go to college for an education. This proves how far gone that idea is….but if anyone would have attempted to put up anything against islam or muslims….it wouldnt have seen any ink. Columbia is socialist….and pro islam. They have proven it already…so I wouldnt worry about vapid liberal frat boy pranks like this….it is to be expected of any University today….it’s ideology that counts, not an education.
July 12th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
If it had been the Hindenberg it would be funny and I would get the joke.
Hey wait, wasn’t the Titanic an English ship and aren’t the English accepting Mohamadan law?
Hmmmm….
July 12th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Thank God the cartoon didn’t involve a noose. That would have been reprehensible.
July 13th, 2008 at 5:07 am
If this has been a conservative humor magazine, can you imagine the calls for getting the publication banned from campus?
That having been said, this is far from the worst that’s been done on college campuses; recall most college newspaper editors support Ward Churchill’s “little Eichmanns” comment.
July 14th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Check out the reaction of the Jester staff and other sensitive souls:
The Bwog: The Function of Illustration at the Present Time
http://www.bwog.net/articles/t.....esent_time
July 15th, 2008 at 2:05 am
SG,
After viewing the Jester cover and the pantomimic responses at BWOG, I assume that you (and we) hit a nerve with the “art staff, layout editors, publisher, editor in chief, printer, or distribution staff”. Apparently, we here at S&L cannot fathom the great humor of 9/11, and are too insipid to appreciate the satiric farce inherent to an event where so many Americans died. If only we were to relinquish our guns, or reject God - then perhaps we could join in the great laughter that the Jester thinks we are missing. If only the Jester would parody Pearl Harbor, or perhaps a good satire on Stalin’s or Chairman Mao’s intelligentsia purge - I’m sure we could all get a hoot out of that. Mass murder is so amazingly funny to the folks at Columbia’s Jester, and there are so many events in history to choose from, I suggest that they make this into a series - how about the killings of the Pennsylvania Amish schoolgirls as their next satirical cover art?
I’ll never forget the faces of friends I knew at Amex who worked in those buildings, many of whom I had laughed with only days before - whose laughter is now silenced forever. It is one thing to ease the wounds of pain with the balm of humor, but to mock the death of so many people with such a crass response is vulgar and juvenile. The students at Columbia should desire a better, less droll newspaper. I can only hope that the Columbian students are much better educated and more grounded than the staff at the Jester gives them credit. Of course, with the rampant nihilism in both the cover art and the BWOG responses, I begin to doubt that any credit is warranted.