By Julie Depenbrock ’13

“We are not a newspaper. We are not the literary magazine. We are…something else.”

So reads the masthead of the first edition of Non Cur, “Lafayette’s only Absurd Underground Journal.”

You may have seen copies scattered about Farinon, Pardee and Skillman. Or perhaps a dark-haired gent handed you one, using the marketing ploy “Support Greek Life.”

Either way, the new magazine made waves with students and administrators alike, mostly because of its offensiveness and vulgarity.

One of the editors, a freshman who wished to remain anonymous, fearing the response from the school, said Non Cur is intentionally hard to follow.

“We were trying to bring together a humor magazine and an arts magazine,” he said.

He is one of four editors—all male.

“This is strange. I don’t even know what to say,” Ciera Eaddy ‘14 said, looking at a copy of the satirical magazine. “I don’t even understand the point of this. Who did it?”

The administration takes issue with the magazine’s anonymity.

“I think somebody needs to take responsibility for the things that they’re saying in here,” Coordinator of Faculty Management and Evening Events Janice Pigga said.

Associate Dean of Students Pamela Brewer began collecting copies because the magazine was anonymous and unrecognized by the college.

“They haven’t earned the privilege of publicizing their paper campus-wide,” she said.

Another Non Cur editor, also a freshman, said the administration has not contacted them directly. Students have been more vocal.

“They seem to laugh, joke about it,” he said. “But then you also see them in the trash.”

He hopes Non Cur will get a healthy readership and become a recognized student organization.

Brewer maintains that the college is within its rights to block the publication.

“We’re all about protecting educational freedom,” Brewer said. “But this is not really freedom. They’re hiding.”