The Excuse the Interruption panel discusses this week’s biggest topics in sports. If you don’t agree with Andrew Newfield (’07), Jason Seher (’07), Jake Stark (’07) or Josh Weinstock (’07) join the discussion here.
Many have compared the heated rivalry between the class of 2007 and the class of 2008 to the brutal hostility between the perilous L.A. street gangs, The Bloods and The Crips. Others have speculated that the gap separating a victor from the lowly position of second-place might be so indiscernible that a recount, similar to that conducted following the 2000 Presidential Election, is ultimately inevitable.
Nevertheless, comparisons and speculations aside, the events that occur during this scholastic year’s Spirit Week will undoubtedly alter the lives of all of those involved.
A plethora of students and teachers alike have devoted hundreds, nay, thousands of tedious, back-breaking hours, to make sure that every final detail of every single event is intact.
For the student not deeply involved in these activities, Spirit Week may present itself as a sequence of trivial events, whose official outcome is just as meaningless as the means of getting there. However, this is simply not the case.
What is at stake is much more precious than one’s grade-point-average (GPA), or even one’s SAT scores. The only feeling other than happiness that can be held to such a high level importance is pride. That feeling you get, looking over the disappointed faces of your defeated nemeses is obviously worth more than that perfect 7.0 GPA or that faultless 2400 SAT score. Pay no attention to the strident warnings of 18th century novelist Jonathan Swift, who argued in his satirical masterpiece Gulliver’s Travels that pride is mankind’s most appalling and unforgivable flaw, because eventually Swift lost his mind and expired soon thereafter. After all, having a high opinion of one’s self is truly necessary.
Brace yourself. With this much pride out on the table, it is almost a certainty that we are all about to witness a battle of the ages.
The only question left unanswered is, who will be Bush and who will be Gore?
To listen to some fun interviews and more information on Spirit Week, listen to the audio clips attached to this story.
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The Excuse the Interruption panel discusses this week’s biggest topics in sports. If you don’t agree with Andrew Newfield (’07), Jason Seher or Josh Weinstock (’07), join the discussion here.
Excuse the Interruption, a show created by Eastside last year, returns to Eastside Online, available through the host website and as an international podcast.
In the first episode, Editor-in-Chief Josh Weinstock (’07) talks to panelists Jeff Bennett (’07), Andrew Newfield (’07) and Jason Seher (’07) about the NHL, NBA and the big match-up NCAA football match-up between Louisville and Rutgers.