The Brown Noser: Difference between revisions

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| logo = Brown_Noser_Logo.png

| name = The Brown Noser

| type = [[Satirical]] [[Newspapernewspaper]]

| owners = [[Brown University]]

| foundation = =December 2006

| headquarters = [[Providence, RI|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]]

[[File:The_Brown_Noser_Comic.png|thumb|left|Caption:When A tragedy of errors??]]Founded in 2006, "''The Brown Noser" is the university's second oldest humor publication (behind' ''[[The Brown Jug]]Noser'', founded in 1920).<ref>{{Citation |first = Michael |last = Becheck |title = Brown Noser Gets a Whiff of Success |publication-date = 13 March 2007|url = http://www.browndailyherald.com/2007/03/13/brown-noser-gets-a-whiff-of-success/ |accessdate = 8 February 2015’}}</ref> When the Brown Noser’ss founders first applied to the Board of the Undergraduate Council of Students to request a financial endowment for publishing, they were denied funding. The founders then stormed the Undergraduate Council of Students meetings covered in body paint until they received funding sufficient to print the''The'' ''Noser'' five times a semester.<ref name="UnofficialHandbook">{{cite web|url = http://barrelunofficial.tumblr.com/noser |title = The Unofficial Brown Barrel Handbook |access-date = 15 February 2015 }}</ref> The first article was "''Brown Noser'' to Replace ''Daily Herald'' as Campus's Premier Comedy Newspaper"," a joke on the [[Brown University]]'s oldest publication, ''[[The Brown Daily Herald]]''.<ref>{{Citation |first = Ross |last = Stackhouse|title = Brown Noser to Replace Daily Herald as Campus's premier Comedy Newspaper |publication-date = 1 December 2006 | |url = http://thenoser.com/article/Brown-Noser-to-Replace-Daily-Herald-as-Campuss-Premier-Comedy-Newspaper |accessdate = 8 February 2015}}</ref>

In Fall 2009, the''The'' ''Noser'' adopted and revived ''[[The Brown Jug]]'', the student satirical magazine founded in 1920.<ref>{{Citation |first = Ben |last = Schreckinger|title = Humorists at Noser, Jug Are Joining Forces |publication-date= 15 October 2008 |publisher = Brown Daily Herald |url = http://www.browndailyherald.com/2008/10/15/humorists-at-noser-jug-are-joining-forces/|accessdate = 14 February 2015}}</ref> ''The Jug'' features humorous content which mocks popular culture, fashion trends, politics, humorous illustrations, and events around the [[university|Brown University]]'s campus. ''The Noser'' is part of a collective of Brown comedy groups, along with Improvidence, [[Starla and Sons]], Out of Bounds, and ''[[The Brown Jug]]'', known as the "Brown Barrel."<ref>{{cite web|title= More Than Four Humors: Campus Comedy Culture Thrives |first = Andrew |last = Smyth |url = http://www.browndailyherald.com/2013/03/18/more-than-four-humors-campus-comedy-culture-thrives/|date = 18 March 2009 |access-date = 15 February 2015|}}</ref>

''The Brown Noser'' publishes fivesix times per year and unloads hundreds of copies within hours of its release by stationing memberswriters at frequented campus intersections. ''The Noser'' is printed in [[Seekonk, Massachusetts|Seekonk, MA]] by TCI Press.<ref name=UnofficialHandbook/>

== Notable Alumnialumni ==

*[[Ian Spector]], American humorist known for creating [[internet meme|internet phenomenaphenomenon]] "[[Chuck Norris Factsfacts]]"