Thank you all for two amazing years. We had so much fun writing this column, and we hope you had as good of a time reading it. We were considering getting all sentimental, but instead, we’ll just leave you with this picture (above) and this list (below) of many of our wonderful memories:
Scene of a crime
We at SU get a unique education. No matter what major we’re in, we go through three philosophy courses, one of which specializes in ethics. By the time we’re seniors, ethical case studies and scenarios are drilled in our heads, to the point where we could turn eating a sandwich into a matter of ethics (seriously). So let me extend your education past the classroom. Let me present an argument of ethics involving someone you may very well know.
Genuine smiles from Lauren and a dog after seeing "How to Train Your Dragon" in 3-D
I’m sorry, Lauren. I’m sorry that an innocent person like you had to be dragged into Jake’s ramblings. Your love for 3-D is okay. We all understand. Well, all but one of us, apparently (ahem, Jake). See, there are many others like you. There are people all over this world that have fallen in love with this new universe brought to our movie houses. THIS ENTIRELY NEW DIMENSION that can be accessed simply by putting on a pair of glasses. You’re not alone.
Little known fact: Bob Dylan loves emoticons (Photo by Ramsey Haefner)
Yes, the catastrophic issues that have befallen our nation certainly call for the immediate attention of our ASSU president-elect. What might lie at the top of our university’s list of concerns, we ask? Thankfully, my colleague Adam Toth has neatly laid out our most pressing priorities:
*Ridding ourselves of cat pee-stained carpets
*Creating more coffeehouse-esque atmospheres in Seattle (since we don’t have enough)
*Using Bob Dylan’s lyrically historic assertions for causes that are neither ironically fit nor causally relevant in the case of Toth’s present argument
*And, finally, fighting to keep a rustic, outdated, and utterly obsolete color of tiling for the Bistro floor.
If these are really that pressing, then I’m not sure Adam has successfully awoken from 2008. Read more…
“The times they are a changinnnn . . .” Oh, wait. They’re not.
It’s a year and a half later from the last time I brought this up, but I feel it’s still pretty dern relevant. Every day that Seattle U students step into the Bistro, they have to deal with one of the ugliest floors in human kind. Oh, you have no idea what I’m talking about? Let me bring you up to speed:
Despite all the talks on healthcare, bottle banning, economy, and war (sheesh — not much has changed in the past year, has it?) there’s a more pressing issue than all of these political nuances combined: the new bistro floor.
Senate reconciliation is a good thing. No, you know what, it’s a glorious thing. We should all reconcile our differences and simply be happy!
Perhaps Obama (left) should take moral guidance from his historical counterpart, Swedish General Gustav Horn (right)
Justice, my dear internet. Have the final measures of our congressional last-stand scenario truly come to bare? I refer, of course, to the proposition by President Obama to take reconciliatory measures in the Senate concerning health care legislation, which has been meandering its way through Congress for well over a year now. Reconciliation, for those who don’t know, is the measure by which Democrats could push through final revisions of their legislation with a simple majority vote, thereby giving a “f*ck-you” nod-of-the-hat to every Republican hoping to filibuster the bill. The debate has long since overstepped political grounds into accusations of moral insidiousness. It is no longer a simple question of who will control heath care (answer: Death Panels). Rather, will reconciliation be the best means to achieve it?
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