Shame(s) We have a national championship cheerleading squad. Our baseball team is stacked with major league prospects. Circle K is one of the world’s greatest community service organizations. Northeastern is a fun place. Boston is a great town. Blah blah, right? Often times we forget how young Northeastern is. NU doesn’t have a multi-billion dollar endowment. We are a tuition driven school. Indeed, Northeastern is a student driven community. The administration does its thing, but it’s student leaders, people who commit themselves to US that make the difference. Kevin Spacey came to my school. The Surgeon General came to my school. I chose to enroll at Northeastern University because they share in my belief that education can only partially happen in a classroom. We are all sick of hearing it, but we go to the number one school in the nation for coop. Like it or love it, we are students at a good school. After four midterms, twenty hours of work, and five hours of sleep, I needed a good laugh. For $10, that is simply what I wanted. That was simply what I got. If anyone has ever watched Saturday Night Live and seen Darryl Hammond, you should know that he is how he is. This is the same person who did Sean Connery for Celebrity Jeopardy. This is the guy that did Al Gore’s “lock box” debate. Hammond is an impressionist, and that’s what he did. Some people don’t like that type of material Either way, I heard laughter on Saturday. Yes, every student should vote yes in the referendum. I’d love to see Dave Matthews or Eminem come to Matthews. Margaret Cho would put on a funny show here. Club baseball is a great idea… So now I’m going to step away from my reserved, calm Student Government demeanor and just be a pissed off student for a second. I’m not a member of the class of 2005, but if you are, you are constituents of Craig Shames, your Class Council President, so you are all more qualified to talk to him than I am. I’m going to anyway. “The realization that Northeastern Sucks,” That’s great, Craig. It reminds me of an e-mail that you sent to the entire class council on November 26: “Go home for Thanksgiving and never come back…..you won’t be missed…..” Now, granted, that’s not all you said, so don’t get me wrong. The point is, you wrote it off. Not only that, your mouth moved before your mind could catch up. Later that night you wrote a retraction to all of us. “I hope no one decides to leave cause everyone’s doing a great job.” I know you don’t hate Northeastern, Craig, but you’re the president of a class. You’re the president of the governing board. It is your job as well as mine to work to make this school even better. It is not our place to show our anger, tell our constituents that the school sucks and it’s all their fault. John Guilfoil Student Government Association College of Criminal Justice Class of 2007