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by Cayman Robson

Occasionally, BlogDH will reach out to other Brown publications and ask them to publish a short preview of their upcoming issues as a means of showcasing their awesomeness.  Here we have a sampling from this semester’s issue of Clerestory Journal of the Arts.  The journal is having a release party tonight from 8-10pm in Machado Lounge (87 Prospect), so head over to grab a journal, listen to some music, watch some videos and hang out with some of the featured artists.

Like the rest of this campus, we have to peace out for a few days to enjoy t(of)urkey, cranberry sauce and a shit ton of awkward family conversations. If you start feeling symptoms of BlogDailyWithdrawal (a rash in the shape of an angry bear head, hashtagged speech and an overly inflated sense of self worth are all sure signs), please contact your physician. On the upside, we won’t be gone long: we’ll be back, posting regularly, on Sunday. In the meantime, be sure to keep track of your crazy Thanksgiving adventures, and send them in as stories for our Bru Life story contest.

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Thanksgiving dinners involve extended family, alcohol and turkey basters — naturally, they’re often be disastrous. Which is exactly why we’re launching our first ever BlogDH anonymous story contest!

Tell us your most embarrassing / hilarious Thanksgiving-related tales (we’ll even accept stories of Black Friday trauma) in 250 words or less, and your story could be featured right here on BlogDH as our contest winner! Stories will be judged on hilarity, impropriety and doh! factor. Submit your stories as a “tip” right here to ensure full anonymity — we re hoping for stories just as juicy as that 24-pound turkey in the oven…

We’ll be accepting your stories until 5 pm on Sunday, November 27, and we’ll post the winner, along with a few of our favorite runners-up, on Monday morning. Entertain us, Brunonia!

At long last, it’s Halloween. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to our inaugural costume contest. Once again, Brown, you’ve impressed us with your creativity, wit and debauchery. It’s been a brutal race, resulting in much heated debate among the BlogDH editors, but, at long last, we have come to a consensus. First place goes to:

Names (left to right): “Phish-Sticks” Zweifach ’12, Zana “Where’s-My-Joint” Salz ’12, Monty “Fatso” Simmons ’12,  AmeriLine “Dreamboat” Sholem ’12 and “Moe-Love-Less-War” Sachdev ’12.
Description: Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavors

Congratulations, ladies! As promised, this group’s photo will be featured in every post that we put up today. Check out the runners-up after the jump. [Read more →]

After a night of snow/rain/slush pellets and wind of Dust Bowl proportions,  it’s snow wonder that we want to go out tonight and celebrate the return to October (just in time for November to come sweeping around the corner).  Whiskey Republic is celebrating Halloween tonight with drinks, dancing, costumes, and $4 cover.  You’d think they owe us after dropping the ball on Wednesday night.  Let’s celebrate Snowtoberfest with our very own Drunktoberfest!

Halloween is awkwardly taking place on a Monday this year. What does this mean? Should we buy one less 30 rack because we can’t bring Natty to 10 am Econ class? Will Halloween still be as special as it was last year? Never fear, Brunonia.

Meet BlogDailyHerald’s first annual Halloween costume contest. The premise is much like any other Halloween costume contest with a slight twist: have a friend take a picture of you in costume this week, and submit it along with your first name, first letter of your last name, class year and a brief description of your costume to  blog@browndailyherald.com. We’ll announce the winner of the contest on Monday morning, and  — here’s the kicker — every post on Monday, October 31 will use your costume photo as its featured picture. In addition, we’ll post our favorite runners-up on the blog and on our Facebook page. So, even when you’re stuck in classes on Monday without any Halloweek spirits, you’ll still be able to check BlogDH and feel the Halloween spirit.

Creativity will be the main standard we’ll use, but you’ll of course get extra points for apparent drunkenness, Brown relevance and group costuming. We’ll be accepting submissions until 5 pm on Sunday. Happy Halloweek, and we look forward to seeing your submissions!

Check out the Facebook event here.

To the left, members of the Occupy Providence movement march onto the Main Green to greet College Hill Occupiers, right, who camped out on the Green overnight.

We’re at it again. Special correspondent Tony Bakshi is here at Brown Stadium to give you up-to-the-minute coverage of the Governor’s Cup. Can’t make it to the game? Don’t fret. Grab a beer, sit back and cheer on BSU from your computer screen.

Something exciting is cooking here at BlogDH headquarters. A new webseries entitled “THE BLOG” (clever, we know), directed by Travis Bogosian ’13 and written by Mike Makowsky ’13, is currently in the works. Each episode will be posted right here on BlogDailyHerald for all the world to see.

The series documents the daily lives of a ragtag team of BlogDH writers who, through a string of hilarious attempts to find their place in the Herald empire, end up finding themselves, too. Ever oppressed by the Herald’s editorial board, these bloggers are constant underdogs who are at once both awkwardly hilarious and hilariously awkward. Intrigued? Holler at us at blog@browndailyherald.com. We’ll send you a copy of the script and put you in touch with our film team. We are still looking to cast male roles.