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In This Issue
News
Family Weekend proves to be a success
MC brings recycling
Voting and debates
Presidential election discussion is continued
October Mentoring Month
Editorial: The just-us league
An open letter to campus
Features
Editor's review: 'The Shape of Things' as first production
Fresh 2 MC
Senior Spotlight
'Blindness' offers ideas, comes up short on answers
Old sound breaks no new ground
Weekly Top 10
Weekly Shout-Outs
ZBT Open Mic Night fills the air with music
Scotsmen's first show
Comedian cracks up crowd
Sports
Crawford leaves
Soccer teams face recent game defeats
MC volleyball team smashes Grinnell College 3-1
Golf team places 13th in the Milikin Fall
Invitational
Tennis defeated in matches by Beloit and Lawrence
Scots undefeated with Family Weekend win
MC XC continues to perform well
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Editorial: The
just-us league
By: Ryne Tate
Contributing Writer
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I’m lying in bed. Falling asleep while counting the
steps of a freshman above me waking up for an eight o’clock
class. I snicker to myself as I roll over and set my alarm clock
for two thirty in the afternoon. I close my eyes and doze away.
I wake up and shower. The cold water offsets the nicotine
craving. I walk out of the Winbigler and glance at the stack of
bikes next to the stairs. I walk toward Wallace and feel the
ground shake. The sky lights up with an eerie spark as a man
falls from the roof of Stockdale. The man stands and shrugs off
inches in front of me. My cigarette falls down to the ground
beneath me. A redheaded vixen shrieks down from above Stockdale
at the man who is literally steaming below. "Palin doesn’t
represent me!" she yells as the hot-head launches himself up and
rages aloud "At least she can cook, Riveter, I’m sending you
back to the kitchen." I run into McMike
hall. As I get inside, a young woman asks me where my escort is.
I tell her there is a battle raging outside. She shoves me
towards the door. Suddenly a forceful burst of air comes blowing
through the hallway. I turn and look to my left and see a man
dressed in black blowing musty warm air at us with an incredible
strength, both physically and in potency. We are blown back into
the hallway. We are tossed aside by a man standing in a tight
white suit. He runs toward the other man screaming. "McCain is
full of hot-air too, Traditionalist!" The white knight turns to
walking flame as he lunges at the winded villain trying to
mutter, "Is this what you call diplomacy, Liberator?" I jump to
my feet and run out toward Broadway as Wallace explodes in
flames. Twenty costumed figures are battling on the front lawn.
I look on, trying to decide if I should run for my life or try
to stop them before they destroy the college. Jerry Justice
comes running out of Poling and grabs me. We rush to his car and
drive away. I curse, I cry, Jerry keeps his eyes on the road. I
ask him what in the hell is going on? He tells me. The
Conservative Coalition has come out of retirement to face the
new Liberal Legion. And as they battle over the hearts of
students they are tearing down the institution.
I wake in a cold sweat. It’s only
eleven. I go out in the hallway to get a sip of water. I hear a
freshman talking about the financial bailout and they ask me
what I think of free-market economy. I tell him I am going back
to bed. He laughs and tells me that a liberal would just sleep
on it. I shut my door and sit at my desk. Back to schoolwork.
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