Meet the Cornell Daily Pun’s 127th Editorial Board

D. Evan Mulvihill — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:30:44 +0000

As they say, the Pun rises in the yeast. What I mean by this is that the newly elected Daily Sun’s 127th Editorial Board loves to pun, and also that this new Sun is “rising” in an alcohol-fermented haze much akin to the Friday mornings of most “journalists.” On all counts, I wholeheartedly approve! Mostly because they layered on the puns so thick it makes me look like, I dunno, someone who is not that big of a pun fan. Someone like Sarah Palin, maybe. Anyway, here’s just a taste of the pun-dried tomatoes that discerning punsters may chuckle about while pundering over the Board’s intropuntory article:

On Arts Editor Ann Lui ‘10, who happens to be an architecture student:

It’s too aptly ironic to simply say that she brings down the house. But it’s true: Lui’s off the train.

Well-played, Daily Pun. This next one’s not quite pun material, but it illustrates my point about journos being alcoholics:

Chief flip-cup organizer Emily Cohn ‘10 will be in the big office, making big decisions. Her keen ability to not only induce people to play drinking games, but also to win, will serve her well as Editor in Chief.

E-Cohnz for the win! Another one that’s not a pun in the strictest sense, but that we adore anyway:

Cara Sprunk ‘10 coined the term [phrase, you mean?] “how fratty are you?” which has since inspired many a mixer. She also single-handedly made Juicy Campus popular, and she subsequently killed it. It must be because she’s from Ho-Ho-Kus.

Oh, fratty silliness and silly New Jersey towns. Lastly, on super-reporter/News Editor Venus Wu ‘10:

[She] revolves around The Sun.

If only for its effortless simplicity, I think that one’s my favorite. Pun on, Sun, or else I’ll start yearning for the “best ever” glory days of the 126th.

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Meet the Cornell Daily Pun’s 127th Editorial Board