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McDaniel College
The Messenger
Volume 7, Issue 4
December, 2006
Internationally Twisted, or how to survive in Budapest: student-made
documentary film to have premier
By: Katya Ivanova
Time is flying fast. The week of
final exams has arrived. It seems like
midterms were just yesterday. Most
students spend their last days reading
books, memorizing notes, and hoping
that their memory will not give up two
minutes before the actual exam. It is the
tensest time of the semester.
During such psychological
pressure, however, we all need a break,
and such a break will be provided this
Thursday, December 14th at 6 p.m. when
Internationally Twisted will finally be
screened. This documentary movie will
be shown in the Assembly Room (#100)
on the first floor, free of charge for
everyone who is interested.
Internationally Twisted
introduces nine McDaniel students who
took visiting Professor Jonathan Slade’s
Documentary Film class, and it will
show their experiences living in
Budapest during the past four months.
Loaded with trips, drinks and casual
60 Seconds
chitchats in bars, the film is a good way
to ease the mind and soothe the soul. The
main theme of the documentary is
surviving Budapest. The city will be
shown from different perspectives: from
innocent touristy walks to the disturbing
riots with tear gas and angry
demonstrators.
culinary sessions at George’s house, and
there’s also a segment on a searching for
English speakers in the local
MacDonald’s. And, if you missed
George’s 21st birthday party, then this is
your chance to see it, since it is also a
part of the documentary.
Everything in the movie is real
and not staged, from a scary boat ride in
a watery cave to a visit to Amsterdam.
So grab you friends and come to watch
Internationally Twisted, a movie really
about all of us, and one that you will
never forget.
Crew members and characters:
Paul Colbert
Daniel Goczo
Taylor Hebden
George House
Katya Ivanova
Kori Koppany
Tamás Palcso
Sven Pomykalo
Eszter Torocsik
Assistance provided by Professor
Jonathan Slade
Of course the documentary is
not only about aggression. Segments
include students’ everyday problems,
such as finding a flat in a foreign country
and discussions about McDaniel
College. Food is covered with some
Avi Dukhno: “Hungarian.”
Maja Florsic: “The scary Metro ticket
Rebecca Dooley: “That I would leave people, because they are so rude and
here a different person and may not be intimidating! They should be much poAs the semester is drawing to a close, I able to fully relate to my friends back liter.”
remember the chaos that surrounded the home or vice versa.”
transfer students coming from McDaniel’s main campus, and the first year stu- George House: “A little more of the
dents in Budapest. So I went around the language, but I’m thankful for what I
campus and asked five random students learned during my time here.
a simple question:
By: Paul Colbert
Bodwin Simons: “I would have liked to
What is the one thing you wish you have been informed of the Hungarian
had known before coming to Hun- poverty issue.”
gary?
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Jokes
Submitted by: Maja Florsic
Gratitude
The patient shook his doctor's hand in gratitude and said: "Since we are the best of friends, I would
not want to insult you by offering payment. But I would like for you to know that I had mentioned
you in my will." "That is very kind of you," said the doctor emotionally, and then added, "Can I see
that prescription I just gave you? I'd like to make a little change..."
90 And Going Strong
A 90-year-old man said to his doctor, "I've never felt better. I have an 18-year old bride who is
pregnant with my child. What do you think about that?"
The doctor considered his question for a minute and then said, "I have an elderly
friend who is a hunter and never misses a season. One day when he was going out
in a bit of a hurry, he accidentally picked up his umbrella instead of his gun.
When he got to the Creek, he saw a rabbit sitting beside the stream. He raised his
umbrella and went, 'bang, bang' and the rabbit fell dead. What do you think of
that?"
The 90-year-old said, "I'd say somebody else killed that rabbit."
The doctor replied, "My point exactly."
Submitted by: Katya Ivanova
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Jokes
Submitted by: Dadvey Zargaran
Hunter
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and
his eyes are glazed. The other man pulls out his phone and calls emergency services.
He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator replies in a calm, soothing voice: "Take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."
There is a silence, then a shot is heard.
Back on the phone, the hunter says, "OK, now what?"
Prepositions
Texan: "Where are you from?"
Harvard Grad: "I come from a place where we do not end our sentences with
prepositions."
Texan: "OK - where are you from, jackass?"
Strawberry
Patient: "Doctor, I've got a strawberry stuck up my bum."
Doctor: "I've got some cream for that."
Submitted by: Julia Fila
Frog Meets Girl
A frog telephones the Psychic Hotline and is told, "You are going to meet a beautiful young
girl who will want to know everything about you." The frog says, "This is great! Will I meet
her at a party, or what?" "No," says the psychic. "Next semester in her biology class."
Wishes
A grad student, a post-doc, and a professor are walking through a city park and they
find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a genie comes out in a puff of smoke. The
genie says, "I usually only grant three wishes, so I'll give each of you just one." "Me
first! Me first!" says the grad student. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat with a gorgeous woman who sunbathes topless." Poof! He's gone. "Me next! Me
next!" says the post-doc. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with a professional hula dancer on one side and a Mai Tai on the other." Poof! He's gone. "You're
next," the genie says to the professor. The professor says, "I want those guys back in
the lab after lunch."
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Submitted by: Tina Okeke
Tina will be graduating this semester.
Thank you, Tina, for all the work you
put into The Messenger! We'll miss
you!
Rules for dieting
•
If you eat something and no one sees you eat it, it
has no calories.
• If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are cancelled out by the diet soda.
• When you eat with someone else, calories don’t
count if you do not eat more than they do.
• Food used for medicinal purposes NEVER counts,
such as hot chocolate, brandy, toast and Sara Lee
Cheesecake.
• If you fatten up everyone else around you, then
you look thinner.
• Movie related foods do not have additional calories because they are part of the entertainment package
and not part of one’s personal fuel. Examples: Milk
Duds, buttered popcorn, Junior Mints, Red Hots and
Tootsie Rolls.
• Cookie pieces contain no calories. The process of
breaking causes calorie leakage.
• Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something.
• Foods that have the same color have the same number of calories. Examples are: spinach and pistachio ice cream; mushrooms and mashed potatoes.
• Chocolate is a universal color and may be substituted for any other food color.
• Anything consumed while standing has no calories. This due to gravity and the density of the caloric mass.
• Anything consumed from someone else’s plate has no calories since the calories rightfully belong to the other person and
will cling to his/her plate. (We ALL know how calories like to cling!)
Dearest Readers,
We hope you liked this rather concise, jokefilled issue… We figured you might need
some lightening up during exam time. Good
luck to everyone, very happy holidays, and
never forget to laugh!
From the Messenger Team
The Messenger staff encourages
our readers to send their
comments in letters to the editor.
E-mail: [email protected]
Editor:
Estefania Luraschi
Layout:
Sven Pomykalo
Staff Writers:
Tina Okeke
Estefania Luraschi
Dadvey Zargaran
Julia Fila
Paul Colbert
Katya Ivanova
Maja Florsic
Gabriella Rakos
Copy and Distribution:
Sven Pomykalo
Advisor:
Dr. Mandy