politics Here are the choices we were given for our term paper in Introduction to European Politics class. This will give you an idea what we're studying in this class (although we haven't covered all of these subjects yet).

1. Does Britain need a written constitution?
2. Is cohabitation good or bad for French politics? (I just learned today that cohabitation in this context is NOT when people live together before marriage. It's something to do with France's "hybrid" political system.)
3. Is Berlin the right place for the capital of a unified Germany?
4. Does the EU undermine state sovereignty? (I'm leaning toward this one so far)
5. What does Europe mean?
6. Are referendums a good thing or a bad thing for democracy?
7. Which electoral system is more useful - First Past the Post or Proportional Representation?
8. Should states limit political party participation in elections?

I was very irritated in class today. This class is comprised mainly of first-year students. And mostly males, which I find interesting, since apparently Bishop's has more female students than males. This dude who sits beside me is not interested in listening, or in being there. Today he was all sniffling, coughing, rustling papers around, re-adjusting his hood (strategically placed to cover almost his entire head while he rested), dozing, bumping me. I wanted to tell him to go back to bed. Oh, and he stunk like smelly teenage-boy feet. Ugh.

Also, only seven people (out of 40 or so) passed the geography test. I got 27 out of 50. But we needed to answer 35 correctly. Re-write in October...  | ¶ 2:03 p.m.