Don’t forget
All the talk in the news about financial troubles is a great distraction from the election. Don’t forget about the joys of Obama-McCain silliness — their first debate is Friday.
— Holly

       
The plague
I’m sick, and everyone keeps treating me like a leper. Isn’t it bad enough that I feel completely disgusting; is it really necessary to ostracize me from society as well? Someone actually crossed the street early so I wouldn’t walk behind them. Would Jesus do that? I don’t think so.
— Lianna

Stop the spread
I think the school should have mandatory fever checks for all students before they walk into class. It’s great some have the dedication to show up when they’re sick, but then they give it to me, and I can’t afford to miss anything this semester.
— Alexis

Vice President Schrute
John McCain spoke in Scranton, Penn., Monday and joked that he had originally hoped to pick The Office’s Dwight Schrute as his running mate. Even in hypothetical fantasy, McCain would run with someone with a weak concept of women’s lib. That’s consistency you can count on.
— Kevin

Overwhelmed
Anyone who is a literature major and planning to take the GRE literature subject test has my mammoth empathy. That thing is a beast. Are you reading all the Norton Anthologies too, effectively sacrificing your social life for an acceptance letter? I feel sorry for both of us.
— Sydney

Crocheting isn’t easy
I recently decided to pick my crocheting back up, and I realized that I’m still pretty bad at it. I suppose practice makes perfect, but I piss myself off with my lack of skill.
— Lulu

Hugs from home
This weekend I traveled to and from Boston for a conference at Harvard, but nothing was as educational all weekend as what I saw as I stepped off my last flight. 
A mother in my terminal was holding up a welcome home sign for her veteran son returning from Iraq. As soon as she saw him, she threw down sign and ran straight for him, crying as she held him for the first time in two years.
I can’t describe how moving it was to see someone come home to a family that had missed him so much. It reminded me of how much sacrifice some people go through, and I can only hope we can soon find a way to bring all of our women and men home quickly and safely.
— Christina

All jammed up
They should put a sky-bridge on Sixth Street where all the crosswalks are in front of the Marketplace. Every time a car or bus drives through they have to wait forever for the endless stream of pedestrians to cross before they can move forward a few more inches to the next crosswalk. It works great on the Washington State University campus. We should really give it a try.
— Jake

Death to the man
By man, I mean the garbage man. There is one dumpster within three blocks of my apartment, yet this garbage man insists on driving back and forth by my window a minimum of 15 times per morning. The result? Awakening me from my slumber far too early. Figure it out, garbage man. I know you couldn’t possibly know this, but I need my beauty sleep.
— Levi

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