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Yea for not running the Yeas and Nays on Wednesday. We've got to keep you on your toes. Sometimes that means confusing you. Nay to being confused. That's what we feel every time we log onto our Facebook accounts to find our friends have been transformed into post-Halloween sluts.

On Monday night, Nov. 10th, I attended the Socratic Club debate between Rev. Martin Emmrich and Tom Walmsley. The debate essentially consisted of a philosophical standoff between Emmrich and Walmsley, in which Emmrich stated that truth was objective and real, and that Walmsley said it was not.

Since the day after Halloween, a steady stream of Christmas music has been pouring from my speakers. When questioned about the appropriateness of the music given the current time of year, I tell people to blame the lack of good Thanksgiving songs. Come to think of it, how many holidays really have songs associated with them? We play scary music for Halloween and patriotic music for Independence Day, but what about the other holidays - what of Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day? When was the last time you heard someone strolling through campus singing "Five Little Turkeys" or "Valentine Valentine?" When most people think of "Holiday Music," they think of Christmas songs and the like, which is rather unfair to the other major holidays.

Do you ever have those days when you feel like the boat left and you weren't on it? One of the hardest things to do in life is admit when you're wrong. However, following closely in second is changing somebody else's opinion of you if you are right but are perceived to be wrong.