The Brolagio

So in college it is a unwritten rule that you should name your place so everyone knows what to call it.  This year my roommates and I decided to take the name from the hotel in Las Vegas and name our place The Brolagio.  I know this doesn't come as a surprise to you Bro J, but everyone knows on this campus if you say the Brolagio exactly where that is at.
The name as is crucial to the party status that you will be able to have at your house.  Other friends in my fraternity have named their houses as well.  For example The Country Club, The Roxbury, and The Powerhouse.  All of these have been named in the past and just had different tenants during the years.  But The Brolagio is by far the best house on Eastern Illinois Campus.

Michael Vick

Vick played for the Eagles last week because Kolb was hurt.  He had a great game but they are going to start Kolb again who didn't play well the first week.  I feel that Vick is getting pushed aside because of the things off the field that happen with Vick.  He is an athlete and is in the spotlight more than a regular person but if he is helping his team win why would they stop him from doing his job which is to win football games.  Kolb is unreliable and can't make plays like Vick can.  Here is a video of what Michael Vick can do as were Kolb is just a regular quarterback nothing special. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-7JFSsMVM4

Prohibition

Tonight on HBO there is going to be a series called the Boardwalk Empire.  I'm really excited to watch it because it is all about prohibition and the bootleggers that used to smuggle booze into the city and country. I feel as it ties into a debate that many people are having today with legalizing marijuana.  At a certain time like now this substance was illegal because of the law so no one could have alcohol, right now no one can possess marijuana legally.  Once the government found out how much money they were spending on trying to bust people drinking instead of taxing the drinks they repealed the prohibition act.  If the government would take a long look at legalization I feel that they would be able to tax that as well to help out with some of the financial crisis that we are in right now.

Quizzes

After all of my years at Eastern my least favorite part of all classes are quizzes.  They do nothing to help your grade but add more points to the final total.  Most of the time they are planned but the worst are the pop quizzes that you are unprepared for.  I would much rather have more questions on a test that I am thoroughly prepared for than to have it on a quiz that I may or may not have read for.  I believe that quizzes hurt more students grades than help them.  Recently they are called opportunities and I don't believe that they are good opportunities.  So please teachers stop giving quizzes and just add those questions to the test that I studied for.

Football

Every year football season rolls around and it completely takes over my weekend, along with all my friends weekends.  Saturday I sit around and watch college football until its time to go out.  Then on Sunday I watch it all day and then do all my homework at nightime.  I'm purposing that we move one game to each day of the week so that I don't procrastinate my homework until the last minute.  I know its never going to happen but maybe if i start the theme it will catch on.  Go Bears!

The Rec Center

While working out at our amazing recreation center here at Eastern, I've noticed a couple patterns that happen every year.  The first is all the freshman come for about a week at all different times and its extremely crowded and hot.  But after that first week they discover drinking and girls so the gym becomes the last thing on their mind.  The second is the people who are serious about getting a good workout in the gym all know each other and don't need to have a ten minute conversation about nothing.  The people that are just in there to say they went to the gym will talk your ear off.  Lastly my personal favorite if a girl comes into the free weight section everyone starts working out a lot harder, lifting more weight and making the biggest scene possible to be noticed by this girl.  This is also why I think that most girls are intimidated by that part of the gym.

Fighting In Baseball

Two nights ago I was watching a baseball game where the pitcher hit the batter intentionally once, then threw behind him meaning he was trying to hit him again.  The batter then charged the mound and took a swing at the pitcher before both benches cleared and a brawl broke out.  I think that the batter was right to charge the mound I played baseball for 10 years of my life and hitting the batter once sends a message to him that whatever he did in the past wasn't acceptable.  Going after him twice in two games is just unprofessional.
Whatever the suspension is for the batter that charged the mound it should be the same for both the pitcher and the first baseman that came in and took out the batter.  If I was in the same position as the batter I would of done the exact same thing, there becomes a point where you have to protect yourself and getting thrown at twice is just unacceptable.

The BCS

The BCS (Bowl Championship Series) is one of the worst things in all of college sports.  It is a computerized system that decides who will play who not based on rankings but on statistics.  Every real college football fan wants to see a playoff system, like every other professional or collegiate sport.
This system would not lose money, contrary to belief the NCAA would make money because more games will be played. Each game could then in turn would be sponsored generating more profit.  It would also involve more schools and give smaller schools the chance to be the underdog a lot like march madness in college basketball.
If the system was fixed to a playoff I believe that college football would overtake any other playoff system, the allegiances that alumni and students have to their teams is tremendous and letting them have a chance at a national title is much more exciting than the BCS where two teams are selected and the winner gets the be national champion.  So heres the message fix the postseason of college football and it will be the most watched playoff of all sports.