Hello Commons!

Let’s see…what did the Commons want to talk about this week?  Was it the CUNY IT Conference?  Well, a little.  Was it the student protests over at Baruch and the tuition hikes? Kinda.  Really though, most of you were blogging about national  politics.  I knew it.  Everyone went “home” for Thanksgiving and now were all back here on the Commons and hopped up because we just collectively remembered that the rest of America is bonkers.

Most of the blogging was happening over at ‘Campaign 2012’.  They were the first thing I thought of when Herman Cain dropped out of the race.  Sergio Luna suggested that America’s future got a little brighter.  Amy Schiller mulled over Newt’s chances against Romney-bot.  In a parallel universe Hillary Clinton won in 08 and now she must battle Newt in the national election.  She goes on to eviscerate him and all of us from the 90s feel some sense of order in the world.   That’s the only acceptable way to imagine Newt Gingrich anywhere near the Oval Office.  Zelda Elcin reminded us that the Cain campaign has merely been suspended – not dropped.  In a wrap up to the week of Republican primary drama, Tony Picciano pitched in with the last word.

Elsewhere on the blogs Ahilan Kadirgamar shared an article of his on Sri Lanka and it’s national budget.  If you’re up on Asian or world economies head over and check it out.  Lee Hachadoorian was back at ‘Free City’ talking about online voting and where we’ve dropped the ball.  Finally this week, new blog ‘CUNY Health Initiative’ wants your help to Fight the Fizz.  I thought that was fight the fuzz for a second and figured we were all about to show up Tony’s news blog.

I’ll leave you with fax machines playing The Animals. Where are you Helldriver!?

Till next week.