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04/26/04 12:42 AM: Wow

So its been like two months since my last correspondence with all our faithful readers. I guess that means that I haven’t had any massive papers due recently. A lot has happened in these two months. I kept waiting for a lull in the excitement here in the Big O, but there hasn’t been one in a long long while. Heres a rundown of what I can remember.

Both of my IM soccer teams went winless this season. The Mens was a good team, we just couldn’t finish. The CoRec was also a good team, we just played 2 games the entire season. We never fielded a full team and were always scrambling for players. The other 3 games were forfeits on the other side, so I paid a whopping $65 to play two games with that team.

Sadly, two people passed away within a month of each other. The HF people know the Scott Simms tragedy, and the subsequent problem that arose within the broadcasting department. I’ve been reading in newspaper with great interest the letters that have been published supporting the students and have actually thought about writing in a letter explaining the implications if the students were to actually not be punished. Another more recent tragedy is the death of Marlon Blue. I ran track with him in high school and it is very sad to learn what happened.

Its my brothers bday today. He is finally 17. I actually think hes older sometimes. Crazy. I’m still trying to find a job here. I don’t really want to go back home because most of my friends are staying at school or working their asses off. Not that I won’t be, but I’d like to have a little fun while I’m at it. I got a job back at the museum, but that is strange weekends and very tiresome work.

What else is new? I play Fifa Soccer 2004 a lot. One of the greatest soccer games out there. I went to a Jet concert. It was awesome. The gf is doing fine. I guess I should put songs to rock out to here.

Maroon 5-Sunday Morning

Thats all for now. I need to crash. I promise my next one won’t take two months to write

Chris Barr   

Comments made.

  1. What happened to Marlon? I played baseball with him when I was younger…

    Apr 26, 11:46 AM
  2. He was found in a pond last weekend. Details are still coming in. Check the Trib for more information or the NIU newspaper because I only heard last thursday.

    Apr 26, 11:00 PM
  3. Here is probably the best link I could find on him:

    http://www.star.niu.edu/metro/articles/042004-accident.asp

    Apr 26, 11:44 PM
  4. holy shit, the 3rd drowning in the past month and a half of someone who went to HF. I just asked Comstock about him. Apparently he was in the broadcasting program for a couple of years.

    Apr 27, 09:31 AM
  5. Comstock thought he was in broadcasting, but he was not.

    Apr 27, 11:46 AM
  6. He was on the VTV sports intro for a couple of years as the shot putter who fell at the end of the race. You might be able to check the archives (If you have them) and see him.

    Apr 27, 07:32 PM
  7. WOW!! I knew Marlon as well. I was on that baseball team with Dave and I guess that’s the year I played with Marlon too. He might have been on a team with me after that too. This is all very sad. I also remember him from HF. Everyone always thought him falling was the funniest thing on VTV.

    Apr 28, 09:36 PM

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