Lake Forest College's very own Ron Paul
By: Paul Henne
Issue date: 11/13/08 Section: Opinion
Since Ron Paul was elected President last week, there has been a change in the air. It seems a lot cooler, Russia seems angrier, the sunset is prettier, dancers dance more often, and the economy is more capricious. Mary Volk, however, remains as malevolent as Ann Coulter herself.
Seriously though, I feel an essential change that occurred when Paul was elected.
The whole change thing extends to our more immediate campus life with the coming elections of the Lake Forest College Student Senate. And with the election of our prestigious President, it reminds me that we have our own Ron Paul on this campus, and his name is Jonas Mikolich, and he is running for VP of your school's Senate, and he is kind of cool, and - yeah - he is the guy that gets us all the good food in the cafeteria.
Earlier this week, I heard Jonas speak about his passion for Student Government. I know that I could never be passionate about something such as VP of Student Government, but if Jonas has the emphatic desire to accomplish things on campus, which make my unenthusiastic life easier, then I'm all for it.
What's most interesting about Jonas actually is all of the cool stuff that he wants to accomplish; he wants to give me more freedom, and he has won my vote because as a college student, I can never get enough anarchy in a weekend.
Since most of us here on the Lake Forest College campus are mature, responsible, kind, compassionate, and good-looking, we can handle ourselves, and we don't need our parents, big brother, or God watching us.
Similar to Ron Paul, Jonas wants us - responsible and capable students - to act as appropriate and mature students so that the big bad administration doesn't get all up in our biz (this is my paraphrase and not his words). I want more freedom, and I know that you do, too.
I want security (who has been freakin' awesome this year) away from me when I am not in danger (not in danger = secure). Also, those of you in administration shouldn't have to deal with our antics anymore, so I, as a student of LFC, vow never to smear feces on the walls during Homecoming ever, ever, ever again.
Seriously though, I feel an essential change that occurred when Paul was elected.
The whole change thing extends to our more immediate campus life with the coming elections of the Lake Forest College Student Senate. And with the election of our prestigious President, it reminds me that we have our own Ron Paul on this campus, and his name is Jonas Mikolich, and he is running for VP of your school's Senate, and he is kind of cool, and - yeah - he is the guy that gets us all the good food in the cafeteria.
Earlier this week, I heard Jonas speak about his passion for Student Government. I know that I could never be passionate about something such as VP of Student Government, but if Jonas has the emphatic desire to accomplish things on campus, which make my unenthusiastic life easier, then I'm all for it.
What's most interesting about Jonas actually is all of the cool stuff that he wants to accomplish; he wants to give me more freedom, and he has won my vote because as a college student, I can never get enough anarchy in a weekend.
Since most of us here on the Lake Forest College campus are mature, responsible, kind, compassionate, and good-looking, we can handle ourselves, and we don't need our parents, big brother, or God watching us.
Similar to Ron Paul, Jonas wants us - responsible and capable students - to act as appropriate and mature students so that the big bad administration doesn't get all up in our biz (this is my paraphrase and not his words). I want more freedom, and I know that you do, too.
I want security (who has been freakin' awesome this year) away from me when I am not in danger (not in danger = secure). Also, those of you in administration shouldn't have to deal with our antics anymore, so I, as a student of LFC, vow never to smear feces on the walls during Homecoming ever, ever, ever again.
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not sure I agree here
posted 2/18/09 @ 11:52 PM CST
Ron Paul is a principled senator and defender of the constitution. Are you really comparing Jonas to Ron Paul?? Perhaps he will be the next Ron Paul in the future, but not quite yet. (Continued…)
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