Farewell, SCA Today, We Hardly Knew Ye

Christopher Rush

We kid because we love.  For the last few years, despite what light-hearted comments we may have made, in all sincerity we know that several of you worked many long hours (especially Mrs. Spaulding) putting together the quarterly newspaper for Summit Christian Academy.  We at Redeeming Pandora would like to salute your effort by including a list of rejected names for the newspaper.  We shall always think of it as SCA Today, but our hope is that as we peruse and delight in this list of rejected names, we shall always remember the good work you did.

1. We Did This Instead of our Homework

2. The Monthly Newspaper: Published Once a Month

3. Eagle Droppings of News

4. Summit Shenanigans

5. News: Fresh and Moist

6. Naturally Smooth News

7. News So Good You Could Spit

8. Piddlings, Twiddlings, and Resolvings

9. Yesterday’s News Today

10. Daily Summit Pantograph

11. Heraldic Triumph

12. Chiliast Reports

13. Achtung!  It’s Newstime!

14. Uncovered Items of Varying Interest

15. Now You Know

16. Big Bethel Tidbits

17. Hill of Beans

18. News: Hot and Saucy — Texas Style!

19. Straight from the J-Team’s Mouths!

20. Read This

21. The Last Newspaper of Your Lifetime

22. Not For the Squeamish

23. You Have to be This Tall to Read the News

24. Underclass Assessments

25. Kiss Me: I’m on the J-Team

26. We Could Have Done This Without You

27. Cheap News for Cheap Students

28. Fowl Ups

29. Egrets?  I’ve Had a Few…

30. Hydrophobic News for the Unwashed

31. News: Raw and Unshaven

32. WWJRTN?: Why Wouldn’t Jesus Read This Newspaper?

33. Behold, the News!

34. Quiet Please!  News in Progress

35. News to Cheer You Up or Depress You (Whichever)

36. Spauldinglicious

37. News You Can Trust (ish)

38. News for People Who Don’t Read Newspapers

39. News We Broke on Purpose

40. With 6 You Get Eggrolls

41. Which Newspaper Title Will Win?

42. Poindexter Press

43. Hearken to Our News Stories

44. News to Cleanse Your Shame

45. The Bee’s Knees Newspaper

46. Dishwasher and Microwave Safe News

47. Property of PCC

48. News So Clean You Could Lick It

49. E-News on Paper

50. Cheesy Gordita News Crunch

51. No I.D. Needed News

52. News Even Koalas Would Like

53. News to Your Mother

54. News with a Gooey, Nougat Center

55. You Don’t Rock

56. The Rest of the Rest of the Story

57. Value Added News (So You Don’t Have To)

58. Postnews, Postmodern Style

59. Wha-Bam!

60. usNews

61. Headlines Don’t Sell Papes: The J-Team Sells Papes

62. Covenantal Colloquy

63. Terpsichorean Twaddle

64. News to Gird Your Loins By

65. In That Day

66. Sorry I’m Late!

67. No Hands Allowed

68. Plundered News Booty

69. Based on Real Events

70. So Easy Even Summit Can Do It

71. Newslift: No Botox Included

72. This News May Include Peanuts

73. News for Sissy Britches

74. We’ve Got Your News Right Here!

75. Hot Fudge News

76. Don’t Go There

77. Oh Yes We Did!

78. Oh My!

79. News You Don’t Have to Write Home About

80. Headlines?  I Barely Know You

81. Snap, Crackle, News!

82. It All Started in a 500-Watt Newspaper Press in Yorktown, Virginia

83. News You Can Stick Anywhere

84. Splenda™-coated News

85. ¡Contenido Caliente!

86. Loquacivity

87. Extra Pulp News

88. Monozygotic Diatribe

89. Purified by Reverse Peristalsis

90. SCAtalogue

91. No Word from Our Sponsors

92. Screw This To Your Sticking Place

93. RenWeb Approves

94. It’s About to Get all Newsworthy Up in Here!

95. Go Ahead: Try Me

96. Buckle Up!  It’s About to Get Bumpy!

97. Flammable

98. Solitary Dialectics

99. For the Bumptious Articles Within All of Us

100. Reheats as Well as Macaroni and Cheese

101. Lather, News, Repeat

102. My Other Newspaper is a Scholarly Journal

103. We Tried

104. Goes Great with Stuffing

105. Shouldn’t You?

106. Giggles Aplenty

107. Deposits of Orichalcum

108. Lost Monologues of Plato

109. Michael Wood’s Hand-me-Downs

110. Who Watches the J-Team?

111. Translated from Linear B Texts

112. Intellectual Placebos

113. Silver and Gold Gilding

114. Eric Sevareid’s Forgotten Memoirs

115. Mimetic Reports

116. News for Commonfolk

117. Dispatches from the Near-Front

118. Candied Yams for the Mind

119. Join Us

120. Bigger Bethel Broadcast

121. Chongo-longo!

122. Bronze Age Nibbles

123. Come Rub Elbows with the J-Team

124. Stick a Fork in Us

125. You’ll Like It: It’s Not a Fundraiser

126. No Prescription Necessary

127. Wait ’til You See the Swimsuit Issue!

128. Florescent Light Orchestra

129. Earwood Lang Overdrive

130. Águila Discharge

131. Use Your Imagination

132. Wash Before Reading

133. Don’t Wait for the Movie

134. Recycle Later

135. Tú Madre

136. Free Dress Day Coupon Inside

137. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Summit (But Were Afraid to Ask)

138. News for the Untucked

139. Night Train to Newstown

140. Top Shelf News

141. Good Times

142. Why Not?

143. The Joy of Summit

144. Available in Magenta

145. This Will Make Your Blood Boil

146. No Nuts

147. Summit Fried News

148. Scotch-Guarded Missives

149. Lemon Bars are Extra

150. Top Off Your News

151. News from the Hoodie

152. Ding!

153. “Go Home and Study”

154. Lubricant for the Soul

155. Obligation-Free Notions

156. This is Pretty Much It

157. Dial: 4209

158. The Entrée Today: Summit News

159. Feelin’ Newsy?

160. Can I Tell You About the News?

161. A Good Ol’ News Rag that Will Help Wipe Up Your Personal Messes

162. Front-to-Back, Back-to-Front: It’s News

163. It’s the News, Baby

164. Here, Have Some News

165. Newspaper Today, Wrapping Paper Tomorrow

166. Fish-n-chips Free

167. Oh Snap! and Other Current Events

168. Bag of Chips Not Included

169. Stuffed to the Hilt with News

170. News — Unplugged After a Fashion

171. Seats 5 … Okay, 6

172. Time to Snuggle with the News

173. Kept at a Suitable Temperature

174. Twice-Baked News

175. Ready-Made News Fronds

176. Silent Lunch?  Seriously?

177. In English (Because You’re American)

178. Choose Your Own News

179. Tax Free for Now

180. Read This for Honors Credit

181. Newsflash Dances (Rain Extra)

182. Oh Yes

183. Say…!

184. Not Available for Downloading

185. Truly Magisterial

186. Periodic News

187. What Else Do You Have to Do?

188. Just Enough Bias to Make it Interesting

189. Bite-sized

190. Use Your Illusion III

191. A — E — I — Oh You Know It!

192. Today Yorktown, Tomorrow the World!

193. News: Pre-Dropped Low

194. Thank You For Your Custom

195. Aboriginal Inquiry

196. It’s Like a Petting Zoo for News

197. Organic News Harvested from Free-Range Reporters

198. Love-encrusted News

199. Ensconced in News

200. It Takes Time, Okay?

201. Postgnostications

202. What Sort of Hijinks Has Summit Gotten Itself into Now?

203. Situational Newsality

204. News: Double-dipped, Double-awesome

205. Come Bathe in Our News

206. Bringing Dignity to this Troubled Peninsula

207. You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

208. Newsborne Pathogens

209. Old Chansons in a New Key

210. We Hold These News to be Self-evident

211. You Dropped the News on Us

212. Spangled Globules of News

213. Putting on Eyries

214. Gentle News Caresses

215. Mostly Graham

216. If It’s Not Here, It Didn’t Happen

217. A Lovely Day for News

218. Won’t You Be Our Reader?

219. Newstastic

220. I Think Your Paper’s Fabulous!

221. You Can’t Afford Not to Read This

222. Caffeine-Free News

223. Good for the Gander

224. News d’Amour

225. Come News Away with Me

226. Steele in the News

227. Scrumptious News Offerings

228. A Third Ordinance

229. Tweetless

230. News ‘n’ Peppa

231. Stocking Stuffers

232. That’s What We Said, That’s What the J-Team Said, We Said That!

233. Take It or Leave It

234. Bright Shining News All Over

235. News from the Loft

236. News: Head Coverings Optional

237. Your News (Even if You Have a Man Purse)

238. Get Out Your 12-sided Dice: The News is Here

239. News in Low-Def

240. Hoo-Boy!

241. News from the 16th Hole

242. Oh Yeah!

243. Just Plain Radical

244. Actually, We Are College Prep

245. News to Shepherd Your Inmost Desires

246. Fifth Army Gazette

247. News for Left-handed Moths

248. It’s Either This or Study Hall

249. News by Which to Better Understand Wolves

250. More Than the Minium

251. Tessellated Patterns of Beauty

252. N*E*W*S

253. In Glorious Black and White (No Offense)

254. Classically Delicious

255. Newswich with a Side of Awesome

256. Idylls of the … Thing

257. Rock, Paper, Scissors — News!

258. News Up In Your Grille

259. Newsical Goo Goo, Newsical Ga Ga

260. It’s a Party (and You’re Invited)

261. News Box Hero

262. Better Than Cool

263. Remedial News Awash in Fortune

264. Hope for the Newsless

265. Could It Possibly Get Any Better Than This?

266. News?  More Like a Lifestyle

267. News to Save Your Love Life

268. Teenage Newsland

269. Caution: News At Play

270. Smile: The News is Watching

271. You Sunk My Newspaper!

272. Why Can’t It Be Us?

273. It’s Up to Us: Choose Now

274. News.  Plain.

275. News Outside, Joy Inside

Those were good times.  We were all so young.  The sun was bright, the birds were singing … people seemed to laugh more then.  It was a good run while it lasted, J-Team.  You did some good work back there.  Don’t think of these names as a jab or slight — remember, we kid because we love.  This list is included as a fun, fond farewell to the exciting opportunity you gave us to think of a name for you.  Every time we look at this list, we’ll think of you.  I know we kid around once in a while, but if we can be serious for a moment: you did something you can truly be proud of when you look back on your high school career.  Hail and farewell.

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