“Trick or treat?” I asked myself on Halloween night. I could trick out to the holiday festivities, or treat myself to a little civic participation four days before the election. Fully equipped with door hangers informing voters to choose a candidate that supports green jobs, climate justice, and clean energy, I embarked on a late night dorm storm.

I must take issue with Angela Kramer’s column on Oct. 7, “The (un)constitutionality of Prop 8.”

By expressing a disinterest in discussing the definition of marriage and focusing on the “threat to equal protection,” Angela effectively refuses to take an overt position on the central issue of the debate but then proceeds on the assumption that her implicit position is an established fact.

Obesity is not the only neo-epidemic facing America these days. Sweeping across the nation in astounding and increasingly obvious numbers is the black plague of ignorance. There was the silver-haired woman who obliviously informed John McCain of her ignorance during one of his rallies when she associated the rumors of Barack Obama’s supposedly Muslim roots with her own stereotypes and labeled him an “Arab” – which shouldn’t be a stigma anyway.

Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006: My freshman year. I remember the day perfectly. It was dinner time. I was enjoying Garden Grille’s piece de resistance: a grilled cheese sandwich. Back then, I thought it was delicious; I couldn’t imagine a better dinner on a Tuesday night.