:: Third time's a charm? ::

Friday, November 07, 2003

I don't know what they're doing right, but my alma mater was selected once again to host the presidential debates, marking the third time it's been chosen in a four-election window (1992, 2000, 2004). I'm sure there will be a big hoopla in the alumni magazine to which I don't subscribe (too cool for school! disaffection rules!).

The pep-squad side of me wants to be proud, but the Judd-Nelson-from-The-Breakfast-Club side of me is perplexed: three out of four elections is unusual. Either the past two went off so smoothly that the administration cultivated an impeccable reputation for logistics (having attended this institution, I will rate this as unlikely), or strings were pulled / pockets were lined with cash-money / favors were exchanged (for the same reason, I will rate this as likely). It was probably nothing illegal, just obsequious.

I must admit to having a blast at the last debate though, printing up fake Secret Service IDs, contributing to the special debate issue of The Potato Listings, and mocking, to their faces, the myriad journalists overrunning the campus (I've seen more meaningful reporting in Psoriasis Connections).

Posted by morland @ 02:33 PM

:: Comments ::

i happen to suffer from psoriasis. thanks for the meaningful link. you're awesome, morland. well, aside from not ever calling and not commenting on my blog.

Posted by: The guy who lives in vail on November 11, 2003 12:55 AM

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