‘Metro’ Breaks Superman’s Identity

Dude, Chris. You’re supposed to put the Superman garb under your button-down shirt. Otherwise what’s the point of even having a secret identity?

‘Metro’ Debate Style: Hey, I Know That Guy!

It’s time for another edition of Metro Debate Style, where I take a look at the Temple students Metro interviews for their daily “Today’s Debate” and assess the fashion sense all three interviewees have.

Today, surprisingly, seems to contain just one Temple student! Let’s take a look at the three people who have their finger on the pulse of society today.

• Gabriel Gilwa: Hey, wait a minute, I know that guy! It’s Gabe! He works on the ad side at PW! And my back faces the sales side of the office! Hmm… probably best not to knock anyone who could sneak up behind me. And so, Gabriel Gilwa is wearing a fantastic pink shirt/jeans combination and a stylish jacket.

• Ashley Angela: Ashley is rocking the half Michelin Man coat, always a nice look. But know who she pales in comparison to? Gabriel Gilwa, the most stylish man in Metro.

• Evrton Lee: Everton is wearing a … jacket of some sort. And a hat. However, he does have a good plan of putting more police officers on the street. Would it save our community like the plans of Gabriel Gilwa? I think not. I’d like to go on record now that I think crossing our fingers would be just as good, if not better, of a plan than “one gun a month.”

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‘Metro’ Debate Style: Of Goggles And V-Necks

Yes, it’s time for another edition of Metro Debate Style, where I poke fun at the people interviewed for the Metro debate section, then they Google themselves and write me angry letters. It’s fun for the whole family!

Today’s topic is a, uh, topical one, with everyone obsessed with shopping as the holiday season quickly approaches. (Or, as some stores would like you to believe, is almost over, since they’ve had decorations up since Halloween.)

Let’s get to today’s contestants:

• Margarite Showers: Love the shirt, but not a big fan of the v-neck sweater. If it were a normal sweater, it’d be perfect. The glove-sweater matching is also very impressive. Nice attention to detail. But brown boots with black pants? Even I know not to do that. Er, wait, lemme check. No, nevermind.

• Antonio Harris: Our man Antonio — a very young-looking 47, might I add — is wearing the classic hotel employee outfit, complete with nametag and finely-pressed shirt. But, man, those glasses are hot. They’re like swim goggles, but, uh, glasses. Awesome. Now we all just have to figure out why he wants all the stores to be closing their doors forever.

• Tara Newman: Ah, the classic layered brown coat-over-white hoodie look. Fantastic.

‘Metro’ Debate Style: Uptown Man

Today’s Metro Debate Style is a bit truncated. Metro apparently redesigned the page again and now the debaters only get the bottom left hand side of the page. (At least today.)

But that doesn’t stop this from being one of the better Metro debates in a long while. While finally having a debate piece without any Temple students, two of the three debaters do have their eyes closed. Let’s hit the three of ‘em.

• Norman Sparrow: When his parents named him Norman Sparrow, I think it actually meant “our son is going to be an artist.” I don’t think there’s any other profession someone with the name Norman Sparrow can have. (Okay, maybe pirate.) Sparrow also appears to not just have his eyes closed, but to be meditating. Awesome.

• Brianne Donohue: These interviews were done either Tuesday or Wednesday. (Guess: Tuesday, since the question is non-specific.) Question: Was Tuesday an appropriate day to wear a leather jacket? Discuss.

• Uptown Shizz Socks: Uptown Shizz Socks! Our security guard appears to not just have his eyes closed, but to have fallen asleep as well. On the plus side, when your name is Uptown Shizz Socks, you can sort of do whatever you want.

Search: “Uptown Shizz Socks” [Google]

‘Metro’ Debate Style: Obamarama!

As part of its goal to make every single person interviewed in Today’s Debate a student at Temple University, Metro today interviews three more Temple kids.

Metro asks them about Barack Obama, who spoke at Temple Saturday, presumably the day after these three were interviewed. (Obama’s speech at Temple didn’t stop the man in the middle from sounding like he doesn’t know who he is.)

The responses? Eh, pretty normal. Good for the Temple kids. (They’re learning.) Now let’s look at what they’re wearing.

• Cody Glenn: Cody must have just hopped on the time machine from 1992, since he’s wearing what appears to be a Chicago Bulls pullover hoodie. Well, okay, 1997, because if it was 1992, it’d be a Starter jacket.

• Mike Korostelev: My God! Not only is he approximately 50 percent bigger than the rest of the interviewees, Mike Korostelev is rocking the look! He has a stylin’ leather jacket, uh, a sweater/shirt of some kind under it and what appears to be the makings of a beehive/mullet combination. Also, he may be I Love The [Whatever]’s Hal Sparks trying out a character or something.

• Steve Wood: He bought that sweatshirt at the school bookstore. (No, really, he probably did. Sorry it came out all sarcastic-like. Geeze.)

Sen. Obama gets a rock-star reception in Phila. [Inquirer]
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‘Metro’ Debate Style:

I have to admit, the whole “poke fun at the funny answers in the Metro Today’s Debate” schtick has gotten a little old, even for this website. With that in mind, I’m going to launch a new occasional feature that I hopefully won’t forget about.

This is Metro Debate Style, where we look at the fashions of the kids interviewed in the Today’s Debate column. (It’s almost always kids.) This allows me to make fun of the Metro debate even when there are no actual funny answers! Yes, that’s right: It’s more easy content for me to make.

That, uh, great introduction aside, let’s hop to it, the first edition of Metro Debate Style.

• Maria Hosephros: A true environmentalist, Maria is clad in a sweatshirt and stylish blue snowflake pajamas, a perfect outfit for the recent cold weather. The weird thing is her shoes appear to match her pajamas, which means she’s wearing footie pajamas. Awesome, Maria. Awesome. Your footie pajamas and your gung-ho two thumbs up attitude would make even the surliest of Metro readers smile.

• Nick Hasselback: I think I had that sweater when I was 19.

• Anne Ha: Now this is awesome. The whole schoolgirl, jeans (I think) with a loose tie, blazer, etc. Is this a proto-hipster sighting? Why, I do believe it is! (Well, either that or it’s a big Avril Lavigne fan.)