Jwill's Log

I decided to go home last weekend, although there were only three days of classes and I was only on campus for a week after being home for three straight. When I came back to campus rather early Monday morning, I decided to go to the bathroom.

What I saw at that point horrified me.

There was brown stuff everywhere in the bathroom – on the toilets, in the urinals, and scattered over the floor. Having no idea and just walking in to the sight of it, I figured that someone let loose and vomited all over the place (since there was one previous incident in which someone did vomit near a toilet; we had to stare at that while using the stalls all weekend). Later on, I heard this whole brown-ness was chocolate soy milk that was deliberately splattered and sprayed everywhere by someone that was not on our floor.
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All links are from Boston.com.
This is just some short commentary on some things that have crossed my mind today.

Banning trans-fats: I’m all for it. They’re bad for you, and they shouldn’t be used in foods if their use can easily be avoided. Hopefully that gets through all of Massachusetts.

Illegal Immigrants getting In-State Tuition: I don’t agree that they should get the same tuition that we should. We pay taxes. They don’t.

Take Your Pants Off Saturday: I guess a group of people are going to get on the T this Saturday from 3 to 6 PM without pants on. The MBTA knows and says it should not be a problem as long as people pay their fare and don’t cause any trouble. As long as no one’s harmed, right?

And the bonus:
“Lost my Phone” Facebook Groups: The “lost my phone” Facebook groups are beginning to become too much. How many people lose their phone in a day? Are people beginning to do this for fun?

I reflect on my past to better my future.
~ Me

I’ve written more than one essay about how being the president of my senior class has changed me. Sometimes I thought I was overplaying its importance, but at this point, as I write this, I realized that it was important. It says something about how well I could manage being in charge of a group of people, how well I could take advice from advisors, and how well I could sway a class and convince them to buy into fundraisers. All of that is way easier said than done.

I led a campaign saying that I had experience and was in office already. This focal point seemed like a double-edged sword, however, given that the current state of the junior class office was not all that great. With a bit of luck, my strongest competitor was forced to drop out, and I eventually won the election against a pretty formidable opponent. I was so antsy and ready to go after the election, which was a few months before the senior year started. Once I did get into the swing of things, though, I realized that it was going to be much more complicated than it was before.
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