Go Cardinals!!

Ok, as a guy from Southern Illinois (Nashville, IL to be exact...yes, there is one), I love the Cardinals. Obviously I'm pretty stoked about them being in the World Series. Last night's game was incredible. I've been reading all the predictions about the series, and far too many of them have the Cardinals losing pretty badly to the Tigers. Hopefully the 7-2 win last night clears the air about the ability of the Cardinals.

I must admit that I do have a great deal of respect for Jim Leyland, the Tiger's manager. He gave the call to pitch to Pujols, which proved to be a mistake (as Pujols hit a home run). Leyland, however, took the heat for it. He said it was his call, and it wasn't what they should have done. It takes a lot for a manager to admit that, especially during the World Series. So props to you, Jim Leyland.


In other news, tonight the Student Government Association is having its first live meeting on the UIS TV station. We've come a long way to make the meetings accessible to everyone. This is really quite a big step for us.

Oh, and midterms are over (at least for me). I'm sooooo happy to be done with them. For my political philosophy midterm (a take home essay exam), which I totally loved reading for, I wrote a good-sized paper (20 pages). The subject is so interesting. If anybody has a desire to get some good philosophy time in, I suggest reading "Reason in History" by Hegel. Another good book is "One-Dimensional Man" by Marcuse, which isn't philosophy, but rather a critique of society. Good stuff.

For any potential political studies majors out there--don't get scared about the size of the papers for classes. This is a graduate level class. My paper was on the short side compared to some others, but as an undergrad you won't have to go that far...although you may want to, since the subject matter is so interesting.

Anyway, another cool event wasn't too long ago. United Students Against Sweatshops has a "Coffee Pong" tournament. I think my fellow blogger Suraj will be writing about that, so I'll let it to him. He competed, I just helped run the event. Be sure to check out his blog for a better story (oh, and if I learn that he's decided not to write about it, I'll post a separate entry about it!).

On an entirely different note, I graduate in May! I know it's still a while away, but I'm getting to the point where I'm finding my internship and classes for my last semester. It's exciting, but also kinda crazy. College has been awesome, and I've definitely grown a lot while I've been here. I'm not going to get all sentimental in this post (although I reserve that for my last post of the year...), but I have been thinking about it a lot lately. I'm joining the Navy (yes, the liberal is joining the military!). It should be quite the experience.

Well, I've got to go get ready for the SGA meeting. Catch you later!