God Bless the Party
By Nat Bourne
Contributing Writer

The world is going to hell in a handbasket. I say this as our monkey of a president bombs people overseas in the pursuit of oil while millions of people go hungry. Others are attacking affirmative action and the freedom of reproductive choice. Do you want more proof of the coming apocalypse? Just look at reality TV: it's gotten completely out of hand.

But I digress. The point is, it might seem like people are just assholes in general. And you know what? They usually are.

If you look hard enough, though, you can stumble upon some goodness and generosity. For instance, take the endless bounty provided by those wonderful people who throw parties for us (this is college, after all). These people plunk down their hard earned money for the best in alcoholic refreshments (and by "best," I mean Pabst Blue Ribbon, selected as America's "best" in 1893), then subject their home to the feet of hundreds of strangers who stop by to sit on their couches and drink their beer before leaving without a word of thanks. After cleaning up the disaster zone of bottle caps and plastic cups, these do-gooders do it all again the next weekend. It's almost Mother Teresa-like.

So this is shoutout to all the people campus and worldwide that contribute to the social life of the rest of us every weekend. Tell whoever threw that bender of a party last weekend/month/year that you appreciate the effort and hospitality.

Cheers--it's been a great year.