Satire from "The Onion"

I'm not sure what the cause of the trouble on blogs.setonhill.edu was yesterday, but it seems to be working fine now. To celebrate, here is a little something to get you all in the holiday mood. Note to the (fictional) Seton Hill Blog Review Board: This is a tasteless and potentially offensive joke, but I think it is a good way to drive home a lesson we have been learning in "The Practice of Journalism" -- journalists and consumers of news should be on the lookout for people who try to misuse or misinterpret science in order to advance their own agenda.

The Onion | Generic Candy Corn Will Give You AIDS

Once again, Halloween season is upon us, and with it, the wonderful anticipation of dressing up and trick-or-treating for delicious Brach's candy. With that in mind, it's important to remember all the ways that you can make your Halloween safer and more fun. It won't put a damper on anyone's holiday spirits to wear high-visibility costumes when going from house to house, to have kids trick-or-treat with an adult, and to inspect all candy for tampering. Perhaps most importantly, keep in mind that eating just a single kernel of candy corn manufactured by a company other than Brach's Confections will give you a deadly case of full-blown AIDS.