Last night I was watching Season 3, episode 8: “Lover’s Walk” of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show is so brilliantly campy, and still such a great example of a teen drama. In “Lover’s Walk” Buffy and the rest of the Scoobie Gang get their SAT scores. Buffy, not known for her academic prowess, is totally shocked to find she got a 1430. (Remember when SATs were only out of 1600?)

My ears always perk up when I hear college-talk on the television. It’s sort of funny how in TV-land years of bad grades can be wiped out with one amazing SAT score. Like in the OC when Summer gets into Brown because of acing the SATs and picking up the trombone last minute. I dunno, but I’m not buying it. Although I’m sure being the Vampire Slayer would win big as an extracurricular activity, even stellar SAT scores might not be enough to boost the twice-expelled Buffster’s college chances to Carnegie Mellon. These schools are competitive for students with great scores AND class rank AND extracurriculars, let alone those few Slayers out there who may have been too busy kicking butt to pass Chem. Any other examples of Tv stars wrestling with their college search?

In groundbreaking news, President Barack Obama will be joining the blogosphere with his new website, change.gov. When the President of the United States has his own blog, you know that internet blogging is a big deal. Instead of the yearly state-of-the-union address, we can now look forward to more regular updates on his personal website. I don’t know whether he is going to be writing it himself (I’d imagine he is mighty busy) but it is still a huge breakthrough in the way that politics, the government, and media interact.

It’s my own personal belief that the internet is the leading democratic institution out there. Anyone can find an outlet for their opinion and a forum for their interests. It’s very cheap to publish, and inexpensive to use, so it opens the doors wide open for anyone and everyone to take part. As witnessed by Obama’s super-successful grassroots campaign, he is a master at reaching out to the public in a way that they can relate to. Hopefully change.gov will not be the last of its kind.

Welcome to the Blogosphere, President Barack Obama!

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