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Posted: 1/17/06 Section: Opinions
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Tom Amenta is a sophmore in international studies. He spent five years as a member of the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment. With his extensive military background, he will be focusing primarily on military and foreign policy topics. Tom was the morning drive disc jockey at WPGU 107.1 under the name Ranger. His life motto is "Better a smart ass than a dumb ass," and he attempts to live up to this creed. When not writing his column or driving around in his sports car, you can find him in the gym or on the quad making fun of people.
John Bambenek is a research programmer at the Coordinated Science Laboratory, a non-degree seeking graduate student at the University of Illinois, and a masters student in theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He received his bachelor's degree from the University in physics and astronomy. John is also a blogger contributing to several top blogging sites as well as his own (Part-Time Pundit at http://jcb.pentex-net.com). John joined the DI this fall as a result of the many letters to the editor he has sent the DI during the years. He figured he might as well get paid for giving his opinions.
Ben Griffiths is a tea-sipping exchange student from Great Britain. Educated as a choirboy at Westminster Cathedral, Ben no longer speaks Latin and is now slowly picking up the subtleties of American English. Ben's choirboy skills helped him in his brief spell in a British pop boyband. He confesses that the imaginatively-named "Fourplay" never did break America. His pathetic lies to American females that his band is "huge in Europe" - and that he has come to the cornfields of Illinois to escape the pressures of fame - are entirely transparent. He hopes that readers will appreciate his foreign, distanced perspective on events. In all this, he will try to keep his Redcoat blazer locked firmly in the closet.
Se Young Lee, a junior in communications, can most often be found assaulting his liver and lungs at a local bar when he is not busy testing the bond of camaraderie with his roommates during a Halo 2 LAN game. He likes to find time to read snobby magazines like "The Economist" and "The New Yorker", but it is becoming harder because of undue social pressures to act like a reasonable and responsible human being with jobs. While Lee has stepped into the dark side by becoming the director of communications for the Illinois Student Senate, true menace looms on the horizon in the form of the LSAT. He plans on preparing for the exam by drinking a lot of scotch while reading the Old Testament and talking smack about Roger B. Taney.
John Bambenek is a research programmer at the Coordinated Science Laboratory, a non-degree seeking graduate student at the University of Illinois, and a masters student in theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He received his bachelor's degree from the University in physics and astronomy. John is also a blogger contributing to several top blogging sites as well as his own (Part-Time Pundit at http://jcb.pentex-net.com). John joined the DI this fall as a result of the many letters to the editor he has sent the DI during the years. He figured he might as well get paid for giving his opinions.
Ben Griffiths is a tea-sipping exchange student from Great Britain. Educated as a choirboy at Westminster Cathedral, Ben no longer speaks Latin and is now slowly picking up the subtleties of American English. Ben's choirboy skills helped him in his brief spell in a British pop boyband. He confesses that the imaginatively-named "Fourplay" never did break America. His pathetic lies to American females that his band is "huge in Europe" - and that he has come to the cornfields of Illinois to escape the pressures of fame - are entirely transparent. He hopes that readers will appreciate his foreign, distanced perspective on events. In all this, he will try to keep his Redcoat blazer locked firmly in the closet.
Se Young Lee, a junior in communications, can most often be found assaulting his liver and lungs at a local bar when he is not busy testing the bond of camaraderie with his roommates during a Halo 2 LAN game. He likes to find time to read snobby magazines like "The Economist" and "The New Yorker", but it is becoming harder because of undue social pressures to act like a reasonable and responsible human being with jobs. While Lee has stepped into the dark side by becoming the director of communications for the Illinois Student Senate, true menace looms on the horizon in the form of the LSAT. He plans on preparing for the exam by drinking a lot of scotch while reading the Old Testament and talking smack about Roger B. Taney.
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