Spring Break
Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel
J. David McSwane
Issue date: 2/16/09 Section: Opinion
I've definitely got a case of winter depression.
It could be the fact that I'm nearing graduation to find work in the dying field of journalism, in a growing recession, with a degree from CSU, which let's face it, isn't quite what it used to be.
Or maybe it's that awesome Armageddon series I watched on the History Channel. We're all going down in December 2012, by the way, and President Barack Obama will reveal himself as the Antichrist.
It seems morbid, and maybe I'm just a sick, demented and jaded product of contemporary secular society. But I find solace in the idea that we're all going to die in just four short years. Evens the playing field, really, but still allows us time to get a master's or juris doctorate, to experience the horror of childbirth and, for those elfish-looking Honors Program dweebs, to find someone desperate enough to sleep with them.
Of course, I do not actually believe this superstitious lore, though the honors kids could use a little divine inspiration.
But the idea of us all being together in the same boat -- it's not too far-fetched with context to the economy, which is spiraling about in a vortex of hubris-induced collapse.
I guess it's just what I do best -- try to find the humor in a terrible situation. And it is a terrible situation right now.
If you have been waiting for the recession to hit home, wait no longer.
Last semester, across campus, departments and colleges identified areas -- we're talking classes, professors, programs of study -- that could be cut if things got really bad. This semester, the university's worst fears have come true and many of those, I would venture an educated guess, will be cut.
That means no American Sign Language classes to name just one, fewer experienced professors, more undertrained graduate teaching assistants (knock out your undergraduate teaching while bolstering your graduate program simultaneously, quite the scam) and a degree worth even less.
It could be the fact that I'm nearing graduation to find work in the dying field of journalism, in a growing recession, with a degree from CSU, which let's face it, isn't quite what it used to be.
Or maybe it's that awesome Armageddon series I watched on the History Channel. We're all going down in December 2012, by the way, and President Barack Obama will reveal himself as the Antichrist.
It seems morbid, and maybe I'm just a sick, demented and jaded product of contemporary secular society. But I find solace in the idea that we're all going to die in just four short years. Evens the playing field, really, but still allows us time to get a master's or juris doctorate, to experience the horror of childbirth and, for those elfish-looking Honors Program dweebs, to find someone desperate enough to sleep with them.
Of course, I do not actually believe this superstitious lore, though the honors kids could use a little divine inspiration.
But the idea of us all being together in the same boat -- it's not too far-fetched with context to the economy, which is spiraling about in a vortex of hubris-induced collapse.
I guess it's just what I do best -- try to find the humor in a terrible situation. And it is a terrible situation right now.
If you have been waiting for the recession to hit home, wait no longer.
Last semester, across campus, departments and colleges identified areas -- we're talking classes, professors, programs of study -- that could be cut if things got really bad. This semester, the university's worst fears have come true and many of those, I would venture an educated guess, will be cut.
That means no American Sign Language classes to name just one, fewer experienced professors, more undertrained graduate teaching assistants (knock out your undergraduate teaching while bolstering your graduate program simultaneously, quite the scam) and a degree worth even less.
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GOD
posted 2/17/09 @ 7:01 PM MST
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