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A day in the life of a physics and political science major creates some interesting thoughts. In the style of the great economist Thomas Sowell, I would like to provide you with a few curious ponderings of the day.
Is there a way to avoid groupthink in industry? The whole point of industry recruiting is getting a bunch of like-minded people together to build things.
Why does Bill Snyder get a free check? The man was a genius in the day, but his second-to-last season before retiring was worse than his second season. He’s got a long way to go to prove to the nation he’s the same Snyder who led us to 11 straight bowl games.
Want to see a turnaround? Look no further than Denver where Josh McDaniels has posted a straight-up 5-0 record after the Broncos were shut out of the playoffs for three straight years.
After nearly nine months, Obama’s only accomplishment is winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Even “Saturday Night Live” is making fun of him for it. How long will it take Obama to establish his credentials as the next Carter?
You can’t please all the people all the time and nowhere is that clearer than in religion. Look at God: We have a campus group dedicated to his non-existence.
This week a professor told me half of American marriages end in divorce. The reason: they marry for love. “Don’t get married because of love because two years later, that love will go away,” he said. Call me crazy, but I still believe in a little thing called love.
Advice: Enjoy the little things in life. You’ll miss them soon enough either way and having a few fond memories to reminisce over is a comfort when you’re feeling lonely and deserted.
The Manhattan City Commission seems a little confused as to whether they should be legislating morality. First they rid us of cigarettes in establishments because it might make other people sick from secondhand smoke, and then they decide Demon Rum should be sold seven days a week.
Civility, if measured in the number of people tarred and feathered, has increased a remarkable amount since Mark Twain’s time.
Look at what Rush Limbaugh did to talk radio; it was a dying enterprise before he revived it in spectacular fashion. It might have been even worse off than the Rams are. Don’t tell me he couldn’t help out St. Louis by buying up a franchise or two.
There was a recent police incident where a man was arrested for dressing up like a ninja and swinging around nunchucks while ranting about wanting to beat up Sen. Joe Lieberman. The police responded, brandishing Tasers and bean bags. That’s right, bean bags. Even if they are launched out of shotguns, traditionally, they just don’t sound intimidating, especially when deployed against a ninja.
-Frank Male is a senior in political science and physics. Please send comments to opinion@spub.ksu.edu.
