Scott Says

As the old adage goes, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all, unless you have an 800-word column to write.” It is in this spirit that I recap spring semester 2008, which we would all like to forget, but not until after reading this piece. After all, The Daily Illini needs to sell more advertisements to bus companies trying to convey the important transportation-related message that their competitors would sell you to a tribe of cannibals if the opportunity presented itself.

JANUARY

The Fighting Illini football team plays USC in the Rose Bowl. All eyes in the nation are on the game until midway through the first quarter, when USC takes a seven-touchdown lead, at which point all eyes in the nation turn to “Seinfeld” reruns. (more…)

Graduation is the first day of the rest of your life, by which I mean “Ha ha, you have to be an adult now.” Not that I would know. I got my Political Science degree in 2006 but began law school that fall, so I’ve staved off adulthood at least until I get my Juris Doctor in 2009, and possibly until after medical school and barber college.

But if you’re an outgoing senior, you should be proud of yourself that you showed up to class often enough to not fail out. No one understands better than me how hard it is to crawl out of bed every morning at 2 p.m. (more…)