Hokey Pokey

You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out… but the song doesn’t call for pulling QB’s in and out.

He put his right foot in, he put his right foot out, he put his right foot in, and shook it all about in his time here as the head coach of the football team but in the end of his Hokey-Pokey, turned himself around and out; and that’s what it was all about his time here at  the University of Michigan.

I’m no hard critic on sports -others are much better at that than I am. But what finally happened Tuesday was the result of a tedious back-and-forth between someone who’s lost face and the people who’ve lost faith in him and his ability to perform his duties. If anything, Machiavelli would shake his head at how things went down -things that went south and could have prevented. 

Let’s Talk Turkey!

Guess what time it is! Thanksgiving Time!

The Classic “First Thanksgiving” Image doesn’t look too different from Thanksgiving now but there definitely is something different to it!

It is arguably the most American holiday -no religious ties, no prejudice, just plain old fun, food, and festivity. But what made it so popular? So widely accepted? So distinctively American? It is simply astounding how a simple harvest dinner in 1621 with the Pilgrims and Native Americans has become possibly the biggest national holiday. Although we’ve certainly deviated from the original Thanksgiving, who’s to say that these changes weren’t for the good, more practical side of things? The little changes we made in history gave us this festive holiday today, one might even go as far as to calling these changes as Burkean changes. But what is most interesting, is the social contract we make with national holidays “not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born” (Burke).

Boy Meets Hockey

Hello Readers, here’s a candy-bar of a blog to help you get the shredded ideas from bizarre articles out of your mind. But since you’re not doing your mind any favors by loading up on junk like this, feel free to suck down some ideas from high-vitamin, astronaut blogs while you read on. Wait, there isn’t any gravity in space so I suppose you gotta suck it up and bear with me as I give my impression on the first hockey game I’ve ever seen or attended. (Also, I’ll stop using “Boy Meets World” quotes).

My First Hockey Ticket!

To be fair, the only sport I really follow is soccer. Unfortunately, football has games at better times and Everyone goes to experience the Michigan Difference. But what about the soccer difference? What about the hockey difference? Boy, when I walked into Yost Stadium for the first time, I didn’t even know how to get to the students section. But the setting wasn’t the only thing that was new for me. Walking into Yost to see my first hockey game ever was like walking into a whole new world with its own set of rules, customs, and manners! You’ve read this far, now come along for a story! (cue sit-com intro music)

BEER PONG (Best Exhibition of Established Rules in Playing One Notorious Game)

“Heroes are made one cup at a time”

Beer Pong.It’s the most common drinking game found at any party. With people, a table, and just a bit of intoxication, this renown game seizes the nightlight and ‘raises the roof’ of the party. But as the game progresses, how does its participants and spectators abide by the rules while intoxicated? Shouldn’t the lines become blurred and rules ignored as alcohol decreases the sense of judgment? Maybe perhaps, playing the game surpasses the limit of sound judgment and absolutely isolates the player into a whole separate from that of reality.

This in itself is both exciting and frightening regarding society’s inner workings. 

Balancing C.L.A.S.S. (Communication Loss Across Social Subdivisions)

I’ve heard it’s pretty hard to have effective communication between the professor and students