History

So you want to know about the history of FRICH? No? Just here to look at the archives? Well, you could always just visit the "Archives" page to look at those...but if you want to hear a tale of magic and mystery, these paragraphs are the place for you.

FRICH was originally the brainchild of Tupac Shakur, an idea he had on his 158th birthday in 1879. He had the idea to start an "underground" (meaning at the time, of course, printed below ground level) newspaper to influence the minds of young children worldwide. Unfortunately for the idea, Future Jesus (see Future Jesus) was in town and he heard about the party. After speaking to Tupac about it, he deemed this idea as "evil." He promised Tupac a successful career with his a cappella band, Digital Underground, if Tupac would never carry out this plan. Tupac took this deal, but secretly wrote down his plan on a small piece of papyrus he found in his travels in Egypt. He then promptly hid said piece of papyrus in a small urn (conveniently made of a new product: plastique), one that was later used in the plastic of a desk, a desk that would be shipped to Niwot High School. Due to papyrus' strong properties, it withstood the heat in the desk factory, and resurfaced in the desk table. In the late '90s (twentieth century, of course), approximately 4 years after Tupac's eminent death, an unsuspecting student found this note and carried out Tupac's original plan.

Regrettably, the last paragraph is not exactly how everything happened. The following is. FRICH was born to a sophomore who was in a rush to finish an English paper. Desperate for sources, the sophomore fabricated The Forum for Research Into Communication History, or FRICH, or so legend tells it. The next year, said sophomore and friends started what was to be the greatest newspaper ever to be released in the halls of Niwot. Since that point, FRICH has dedicated itself to being "the peoples' newspaper," something The South Paw will never achieve.¹

¹ Yes, there is a footnote one line directly below the sentence notating the need for a footnote. "The peoples’ newspaper" in this sense, means that The South Paw will not print anything written by the general public, whereas FRICH is open to submissions from anyone, regardless of age or social standing.