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Volume XLV Issue XIII

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February 13th, 2013

HEAVEN'S GOT TALENT

Thousands of ‘Popefuls’ Arrive at Vatican City for Easter Training BY SUM DUM JOO EDITOR IN CHIEF

THE VATICAN-- With the announcement of the Retirement of Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican has been struggling to handle the media onslaught that has plagued Vatican City since the early hours of Monday morning. While the media is arriving in droves, thousands of Cardinals from numerous dioceses have arrived to prepare to take over the Holy See position. The hopeful Popes, or ‘Popefuls,’ as they were dubbed by the Associated Press, have been seen throughout the tiny nation holding impromptu prayer sessions and brushing up on their Latin. “I think this is my year,” said Cardinal Mateo Rodriguez, who played for the Archdiocese of Barcelona, where he once threw seven Hail Marys in the course of a minute, more than any in the organization’s history. “I hope the council sees me the most fit to take on the role of

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Pontiff. I don’t care how many frocks I have to ruffle, I will get that seat!” Rodriguez’s competition is fierce, with competitors coming from all over the world to attempt to fill the seat, including

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many Americans. The American team is led by Cardinal Walter Finkle of the Archdiocese of Cleveland. Finkle graduated from the Catholic University of America where he was an All-American Praying

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Olde Queens Flooded By U. Student Successfully Old Queens Navigates Transition From Social Drinker to Functioning Alcoholic BY KCIG HEAD WrITER

NEW BRUNSWICK -- After deep personal reflection, SAS senior Matt Tamsen successfully made the transition from going out drinking every night with friends to drinking heavily throughout the day by himself. Said Tamsen, "I gotta say, making the transition was tough, but I had to really actively make some changes because I wasn't truly happy in my life." According to Tamsen's associates, he would reportedly drink to the point of blacking out evAge is just a number, sugar ery night of the week at bars or These timeless beauties worked hard to hide the royal jewels all night at friends' parties. Now, Tamsen last Saturday.

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reports that he spends no time at bars, and will actively avoid going to his friends' parties. "My old friends were just enabling my really disastrous social drinking habit. I've found that I really don't need them in my life now that I drink alone constantly.” The change was allegedly initiated by a realization by Tamsen that he really didn't enjoy the 'social' part of being a social drinker, and really just enjoyed the 'drinking' aspect. "One day I was about to ask my housemate if he wanted to go drinking with me at a local bar. I knew he was going to say Continued on Page 2


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