Speak Banned!

Griff · 11-16-2007, 06:21 PM

C'mon it is inevitable. How long a run will she get?

monster · 11-16-2007, 07:43 PM

Is it going to be available electronically? That's harder to ban...... otherwise I'm going for the pre-emptive

Cloud · 11-16-2007, 07:56 PM

A collector's item, definitely.

ZenGum · 11-17-2007, 03:41 AM

The signs indicate that Speak will end, not with a bang, but a whimper.
I'm guessing that it will peter out after three issues, when Ibram realizes that he doesn't have enough time to write the entire thing and no-one else is up to writing for it.
The school newspaper I was involved in trying to start made it as far as one edition, with a second in the pipeline when it died of terminal apathy. Turns out there wasn't much news in our high school that was both fit to print and not already in the official newsletter.
So if you make it to two issues you've beaten me, Ibram. Good luck. IIRC the most interest was generated by funny articles, a horoscope, and a sports report. Serious stuff that made people think was mostly ignored.

Sundae · 11-17-2007, 05:36 PM

I read somewhere that two is indeed typical, once everyone involved realises just how hard they have to work, and differences within the editorial board raise the hoary issue of censorship.

That saying, I ran my staff newspaper for 3 years, although I admit it was officially sanctioned and I worked mostly with the CEO who liked my writing and sense of humour. We were secretly pleased when we got the thing to ourselves!

Happy Monkey · 11-18-2007, 12:58 AM

No! Not Speak!

queequeger · 11-18-2007, 01:20 AM

... what is Speak??

Griff · 11-18-2007, 07:34 AM

Ibram is starting an alternative newspaper at school.

richlevy · 11-18-2007, 07:38 AM

Is this Ibram's school paper?

Ibram, if it is and you only end up with one collectors issue, send me a copy. I'll collect anything that's one of a kind.

I thought about collecting gay Republicans until I found out there were so many that I wouldn't have enough closet space.

Still looking for the elusive liberal Republican.

Ibby · 11-18-2007, 09:18 AM

You can't get your hands on giuliani?

classicman · 08-10-2008, 11:23 AM

bump. Update please - whats up with SPEAK?

Ibby · 08-10-2008, 12:33 PM

Nobody would write for it. There's no revolutionary spirit at all at TAS. I might try again this year but i hardly see the point.

richlevy · 08-10-2008, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

Nobody would write for it. There's no revolutionary spirit at all at TAS. I might try again this year but i hardly see the point.

I'm still hoping for that collector's edition.

ZenGum · 08-11-2008, 12:24 AM

Terminal apathy, then. A pity, I think.

You might resurrect it as a games/singles introduction/porno with more success.

DanaC · 08-11-2008, 09:07 AM

Ibram, I know this sounds really boring, but I think you'd be better throwing that energy at the course itself. Extra-curricula stuff is all very well, but if you're the one running the club/magazine/society, it's an amazing amount of work and energy to keep it going. Personally, I think you'd be better trying to find an existing enterprise to which you can add your talents.

View Poll Results: How many issues before the ban
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one collectors issue	7	70.00%
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11-16-2007, 06:21 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Speak Banned! C'mon it is inevitable. How long a run will she get? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-16-2007, 07:43 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Is it going to be available electronically? That's harder to ban...... otherwise I'm going for the pre-emptive __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-16-2007, 07:56 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	A collector's item, definitely. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-17-2007, 03:41 AM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The signs indicate that Speak will end, not with a bang, but a whimper. I'm guessing that it will peter out after three issues, when Ibram realizes that he doesn't have enough time to write the entire thing and no-one else is up to writing for it. The school newspaper I was involved in trying to start made it as far as one edition, with a second in the pipeline when it died of terminal apathy. Turns out there wasn't much news in our high school that was both fit to print and not already in the official newsletter. So if you make it to two issues you've beaten me, Ibram. Good luck. IIRC the most interest was generated by funny articles, a horoscope, and a sports report. Serious stuff that made people think was mostly ignored. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-17-2007, 05:36 PM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I read somewhere that two is indeed typical, once everyone involved realises just how hard they have to work, and differences within the editorial board raise the hoary issue of censorship. That saying, I ran my staff newspaper for 3 years, although I admit it was officially sanctioned and I worked mostly with the CEO who liked my writing and sense of humour. We were secretly pleased when we got the thing to ourselves! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-18-2007, 12:58 AM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	No! Not Speak! Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-18-2007, 01:20 AM	#7
queequeger Hypercharismatic Telepathical Knight Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The armpit of the Universe... Augusta, GA Posts: 365	... what is Speak?? __________________ Hoocha, hoocha, hoocha... lobster.

11-18-2007, 07:34 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ibram is starting an alternative newspaper at school. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-18-2007, 07:38 AM	#9
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Is this Ibram's school paper? Ibram, if it is and you only end up with one collectors issue, send me a copy. I'll collect anything that's one of a kind. I thought about collecting gay Republicans until I found out there were so many that I wouldn't have enough closet space. Still looking for the elusive liberal Republican. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

11-18-2007, 09:18 AM	#10
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	You can't get your hands on giuliani? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-10-2008, 11:23 AM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	bump. Update please - whats up with SPEAK? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-10-2008, 12:33 PM	#12
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Nobody would write for it. There's no revolutionary spirit at all at TAS. I might try again this year but i hardly see the point. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-11-2008, 12:24 AM	#14
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Terminal apathy, then. A pity, I think. You might resurrect it as a games/singles introduction/porno with more success. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-11-2008, 09:07 AM	#15
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ibram, I know this sounds really boring, but I think you'd be better throwing that energy at the course itself. Extra-curricula stuff is all very well, but if you're the one running the club/magazine/society, it's an amazing amount of work and energy to keep it going. Personally, I think you'd be better trying to find an existing enterprise to which you can add your talents.

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