Opinions
Opinions
Monday's lottery for the Penn State vs. Alabama game left some students both empty-handed and frustrated by the university.
About 40 students waited in line outside the Bryce Jordan Center were denied football tickets, including the first 16 students in line, leaving those who had been there longest angered at the situation.
It's your turn now.
The Daily Collegian's Friday opinion page is renting real estate out to you. There are plenty of things to sound off on in our community, so we thought we'd turn the pen over to you one day a week on our opinions page.
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My gay friend Jack has been obsessed with Betty White since high school. Honestly, he had Betty fever long before she made her sudden comeback at the ripe old age of 88.
It's hard to mark the exact moment when my love for this white-haired lady came into my life, but if I don't count all the times Jack made me watch "Golden Girls," it was probably when she played the eccentric grandmother in "The Proposal" (2009).
I like to consider myself a rising expert on everything Irish. My last name is Sullivan, I've studied abroad on the Emerald Isle and I consider Guinness as its own category on the food pyramid. I've got my family tree tracked back to ancestors that fled Ireland during the infamous potato famine of the mid-1800s and I have a twisted, dark sense of humor that many Irish people have, too.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican John McCain ran a series of negative ads, calling Barack Obama "the world's biggest celebrity," while juxtaposing images of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears with the Democrat.
Conservative pundits followed McCain's lead, saying that Obama could speak to huge crowds of supporters but that his popularity hurt his credibility as a leader. Obama was only a "rock star," not a man fit to lead the country.
Yet at least one conservative pundit seems to have reached "rock star" status.
In general, I agree with the use of a lottery system for selling sporting event tickets.
It's how a large portion of tickets will be sold for the 2011 Nation Hockey League Winter Classic game that will be held in Pittsburgh on New Year's Day.
A lottery system helps to address which Penguins fans or which Capitals fans are the most deserving of tickets outside of regular season ticket holders
My gay friend Jack has been obsessed with Betty White since high school. Honestly, he had Betty fever long before she made her sudden comeback at the ripe old age of 88.
It's hard to mark the exact moment when my love for this white-haired lady came into my life, but if I don't count all the times Jack made me watch "Golden Girls," it was probably when she played the eccentric grandmother in "The Proposal" (2009).
Disclaimer: I love THON. During my time at Penn State, I have served as a THON Chairman for my fraternity, fundraised thousands of dollars for the cause, spent hours with our Four Diamonds Family and I have danced.
I have also lost both friends and family to cancer and have received meaningful emotional support through THON. As such, I fully support THON's goal of keeping the philanthropy's primary focus on conquering pediatric cancer.
That's how it should be.
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