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The Year of the Oddities

Number of memorable storms on the rise

The recent storm Allison hit the gulf states hard and caused damages that may cost upwards of $1 billion. Scientists claim that there will be more "storms of the century" in the next 18 months than there were in the period of 1951-2000. Scientists are warning people to prepare for anything as the next "storm of the century" may hit any region within the next month. However, it is not all doom and gloom. Meteorologists state that the wave of storms of the century will subside by the end of 2002. After which we will return to the usual routine, where a storm of the century occurs only once every decade.

Maybe it's the Coke

If you have seen this year's Coke Card commercial, then you will probably notice that this year's version is very similar to last year's. A year has passed, yet the two guys still can't figure out how the gals get all the free stuff. Is the marketing department of Coca-Cola Corp. too lazy to think of a new ad or is it that the two guys have drunk too much Coke over the past year? Since I don't think either of them lives within an earshot of UW, we can only speculate.

Jason "the Screamer" Lau