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Leaves - It's been a long time coming, but to the dismay of the BC grounds crew, the leaves are beginning to fall. Piles have accumulated, tempting students to run, skip, and hop into them. The life of a college student is an extended youth; take advantage of it.
Guy Fawkes - Remember, remember the fifth of November … by burning this legendary traitor in effigy, lighting bonfires, setting off fireworks, and other pyrotechnic tomfoolery. All over England tonight, proud citizens will happily toast and drink their mead, although, this will probably happen here at BC for widely different reasons.
David Coleman - On Tuesday, the love doctor made famous in Hitch was at BC to give much needed dating advice. What followed was a raucous hour and a half filled with poor pickup lines, animal qualities, and relationship advice. Conclusion: men and women are more confused by each other than ever.
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One Hour - Welcome to the Dark Ages. Biological clocks all over campus were thrown off kilter on Saturday night when the hour of 2 a.m. magically went back to 1 a.m. That extra hour of sleep was soon overshadowed by the pitch black campus at 5 p.m. Sunday. Say goodbye to the sun until the spring.
FarmVille - This Facebook application is ruining lives all over the world, but its presence is especially felt on campus. Ever since Bubble Spinner, Jetman, and Scrabulous fell off the map, denizens of the Internet found themselves tweeting, blogging, and sporcling sans purpose. Enter FarmVille. This application allows students to mimic the backbreaking and purifying labor undertaken by their ancestors from the comfort of their rolly-chairs. It actually doesn't matter that FarmVille users outnumber actual farmers 60 to 1, or that consolidated agribusiness is poisoning Americans with corn-fed cattle and e-coli, or that … I would finish, but I have to harvest my blueberries.
Shorts - Speaking of the fifth of November, the season for shorts is dead like the leaves on the ground. Put away your knobby knees and hairy gams until the sun returns. Also, if your toes are persistently blue, it might mean that it's time for the sandals to be stowed away as well, just for your foot's sake. Finally, to those people who try to tough out a late fall day while wearing a T-shirt and shorts - you are not proving anything to anyone. We can see your goose bumps.
Brandon Spikes - Last weekend in a game against Georgia, the Florida Gators' senior linebacker Brandon Spikes was caught gauging another player's eyes on national television. Spikes has decided not to play in the upcoming game against Vanderbilt because he "doesn't want to be a distraction." Apparently Spikes didn't consider how distracting losing one's eyesight could be as he was assaulting Washaun Ealey's retinas.
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