Daily Archives October 30, 2007

Who are those students who constantly take the seats in the last few rows at Quick Center and Oak Room lectures? They are students who either have lecture requirements or extra credit options offered from professors. But besides boosting the final class grade, there is much to be gained from attending these lectures.

Halloween is the time of year when, between the scary movie marathons, the haunted houses and the ghost stories, many people find themselves a bit more afraid of the dark than usual. Of course there are also the common superstitions that scare people every day of the year: black cats, walking under ladders or stepping on cracks.

The scale by which we measure ourselves is unto itself a measure of who we are. This thought was far from my mind though as I read the flyer announcing the San Diego Chicken Challenge. Visualizing 30 inches of chicken sub, I wondered why I had accepted this assignment.