BU article - The onion

[ryeguy212]

I found this article on Bradley's sweet sixteen run....the Onion has some very clever things, but this one isn't quite up to par.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46648

[LG281]

Wow...thats old...





...and bad. Stinky Onion.

[Biff]

The Onion occasionallly has some witty and original satire, but not often. And this one is reallly bad. It plays on the commonly used joke people might have that Peoria is a small hick town, but actually in the article they never mention that Bradley is in Peoria. Since most people don't know that, it sort of defeats the whole purpose behind their article.

Here is an interesting comaprison-
Peoria population based on the 2000 census- 112,936
Lawrence, Kansas, home for the NCAA Chanpion Kansas Jayhawks- 80,098

It would be more appropriate to joke about "everyone back at the intersection of County Highway 78 and Rural Route G" and that "the city would probably have to install a stop sign" for Lawrence than for Peoria. But that makes too much sense.

[Stryker]

Most people don't even realize that Peoria is on every one of the globes that kids learn their first geography on in elementary school. So much for being a hick town.

[Dubl R 1]

Most people don't even realize that Peoria is on every one of the globes that kids learn their first geography on in elementary school. So much for being a hick town.

Must not been on the ones that the ESPN guys learned on. If, in fact, they did learn at all.

[amckillip]

The Onion occasionallly has some witty and original satire, but not often. And this one is reallly bad. It plays on the commonly used joke people might have that Peoria is a small hick town, but actually in the article they never mention that Bradley is in Peoria. Since most people don't know that, it sort of defeats the whole purpose behind their article.

Here is an interesting comaprison-
Peoria population based on the 2000 census- 112,936
Lawrence, Kansas, home for the NCAA Chanpion Kansas Jayhawks- 80,098

It would be more appropriate to joke about "everyone back at the intersection of County Highway 78 and Rural Route G" and that "the city would probably have to install a stop sign" for Lawrence than for Peoria. But that makes too much sense.

These numbers are skewed as well. The Metro area of Peoria is about 350,000. The metro area of Lawrence? Less than 100K. Far less for Bloomington, IN where IU plays...

[SFP]

Let's just face it Peoria is not a major travel destination for good reasons, along with most of the Midwest. You live P-town and stay there for Bradley U, it's core values and citizens (except a few people like that councilwoman). Let them poke fun at small town America because like Sarah Palin knows that is where real America lives.