JUST DarWIN BABY!

The book I would choose to save would be the collective writings of Charles Darwin. My hope is that people surviving the apocalypse would not let humanities judgment be clouded by religion. Rather I would have them focus on progression and science and how to survive. The theory of evolution is a valuable learning tool in survival. Survival of the fittest is essentially what will be taking place. Also people having a working knowledge of genetics could explain a lot of the mutations taking place and figure out a way to isolate them from the main genetic pool. On a brighter note the second book I would save would be a George Carlin book because people need to be able to laugh during times of adversity. This is a very interesting topic and I am very excited to see what books my peers have chosen.

Happy Halloween Jerk!

My major complaint with Halloween as a parent is not what you might think. Most parents dread the candy and the out of control kids, not me. I love that excitement that comes with young kids celebrating Halloween. I hate the aspect of making Halloween overly gory and gruesome. For Pete sakes it’s not a celebration of torture and serial killers. I know Halloween has a tradition of fear and horror movies have their time and place on that holiday. However, when people do not know when to draw the line and start scaring your kids to the point they want to go home and not trick-or-treat any more. Case in point, this year we were out and about in our neighborhood gathering goodies and having a blast. When we got to a seemingly normal house and a man jumps out of the bushes covered in fake blood and wielding a severed arm, fake also I hope. Now you have to keep in mind my kids are 2 and four, this scared the crap out of them. We had to cut our evening short and I had to have an awkward conversation with some jerk I did not want to give a lecture on Halloween manners to. So my kids Halloween was ruined so some 40 year old schmuck could feel like a big man. Other than that I love it. Mainly because it occurs on my favorite season, autumn

Why can't I walk to class?

The biggest thing I would change about Wright State is its location. Do not misunderstand me, this is not a problem with Dayton or Ohio. My problem is where our college is located in relation to a major town center. The residential areas where students live off campus are located at such a distance walking or biking to class seem like to big of an inconvenience to outweigh the benefits. Thus students are required to drive and spend their limited funds on gas, parking passes, and the dreaded parking ticket. We have created a commuter campus. At my previous institutions of higher learning I never once drove to class. I could roll out of bed and stroll directly to class. Also, during breaks I could walk to the restaurants I wanted to go to because it was located in the town. Aside from the inconvenience and financial aspect there are severe environmental implications to students making multiple trips a day to and from campus. Think about the hundreds of thousands of gallons of gas. Other than that I quite like Wright State and it has been a good fit for me in my return to academia. So the location in relation to a town center of residential area is what I would change.