Correction appended.
Humor is about to hit Thayer Street.
Starting Thursday, copies of the satirical newspaper the Onion will be available on campus and in 14 other locations throughout Providence, according to Jonathan D'Onofrio, general manager of the newspaper's Providence branch. Onion newsstands appeared on the streets yesterday, most of them in the downtown area.
The Onion has been planning its Providence launch since July, D'Onofrio said. Just Monday, the paper received permission from the city to install the newsstands. The Onion will also be delivered to buildings on campus and establishments on Thayer Street in the near future, he said.
Satire is not new to campus, and the Onion will circulate alongside the University's own humor publication, the Brown Noser. The Noser, which launched in 2006, makes light of campus news and undergraduate culture. It will not directly compete with the Onion's satire of national issues, said Zack Bornstein '12, editor-in-chief of the Noser.
Bornstein said he hopes the Onion will give students a taste for satire, leaving them hungry for more. "It's the funniest publication out there," he said. "If they only read the Onion, that's for the best."
— With additional reporting by Tony Bakshi
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the day the Onion received permission from the city to install its newsstands and the day the newsstands appeared on Thayer Street. The paper received permission Monday and the newsstands were installed Tuesday. The Herald regrets the error.
