division III still requires school pride.

you know you go to a division III school when the school sends out its twice-weekly news bulletin, and the fact that the school will host the 2008 vice-presidential debate appears above the fact that the women's volleyball team just won the ncaa championship.

even though wash u is a division III school, i still do not think that is okay. i think that was a major faux-pas on the part of who put together the news bulletin.

life does not revolve around sports at a division III institution. the students don't get scholarships for their play, and they have to take the same rigorous classes as everyone else. there's no athlete track as compared to the regular track. there's no special treatment, there's no multi-million dollar athletic endowment, and there's no one in the school fawning to lay out the red carpet for athletes. the athletes are students first. even though i was not a student athlete in college, this situation makes me proud to be a graduate of a division III undergrad, and a current student at another division III university.

even though sports do not get top billing at wash u, the administration giving a national athletic championship second billing in the news update was disrespectful. sure, it's exciting that the university is hosting the vice-presidential debate. it'll be a big news event when it happens. but, the school should take pride in that achievements of the members of its community--be they academic achievements, or anything else. getting a presidential debate on campus doubtlessly involved some machinations by university faculty or administration, but wash u always gets a debate of some sort nowadays. i doubt anyone poured their heart and soul into getting that debate, and i doubt that anyone doubted wash u would get a debate.

all the girls on the volleyball team were working hard. they were practicing and frequently travelling to competitions, in addition to doing their classwork. those girls won a national championship for their athletic efforts. that achievement had top billing in the student newspaper yesterday morning...and should have had top billing in the school's news bulletin as well.

athletics aren't the be-all and end-all at a division III school, but that's no excuse for everyone in the school community to not take pride, celebrate a little, and embrace the sports teams. a national championship is huge news--even in division III. the fact that the administration found it appropriate to bill that piece of news below scheduling a debate for a year from now is sad, and disrespectful to the students on the volleyball team.

*halo*

...because maybe, if i do post this to my blog, everyone will forget what a naughty girlie i really am.

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In March I helped wmjeff1693 across the street (6 points). Last Tuesday I gave change to a homeless guy (19 points). In November zie_verse and I donated clothes to the needy (11 points). Last Wednesday I stole foofy_attorney's purse (-30 points). In January I pulled shaph's hair (-5 points). Overall, I've been nice (1 points). For Christmas I deserve a Nintendo Wii! Sincerely, faceless_wonder

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i deserve a steaming cup of duncan hills coffee.

i got five shiny gold stars this afternoon.

how, you may ask? apparently guitar hero 2 gives you five gold stars if you hit every note in a song. i finally got 100% on my first song ever on guitar hero 2: it was "thunderhorse" by dethklok. i had been one note short for more times than i can remember...and i finally nailed every note this afternoon.

*does a little dance*

i am the internet.

this is so disturbing.

click play, i dare you.

come on.

i know you want to.

aren't you happy you did? that song is now stuck in your head, and when you shut your eyes, you see really frumpy people dancing around in weird costumes! it's amazing!