Friday night on a college campus. One thinks of scenes from Animal House or The Greek Life: people partying, carousing, and misbehaving. But Friday night—tonight—at Vassar will be very different.
Literally all of my friends will have their eyes glued to the television for the Presidential Debate. Every dormitory has a large TV room with a huge flat-panel screen. Usually there are just a few quiet couches in front of the TV, where friends occasionally get together in the evening to watch the World Series or The Daily Show. But tonight, the television will be surrounded by rows of chairs, dozens of couches, love-seats, ottomans, tables, stools... you name it.
Vassar is a very political place. Though people often assume that the entire campus is "liberal," I've found a great deal of diversity of opinions here. Tonight will be an exciting opportunity to discuss those ideas with my friends and neighbors, as we sit down to watch Barack Obama and John McCain face off for the first time—assuming McCain actually shows up...
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