So just in case you live under a rock and my blog is your only window to the outside world, America has elected its first black president, Mr. Barack Obama.

In other history-making news, it has been over 70 degrees in central Ohio for the past three days. Yes, it is November, no, the weather did not get the memo. As a result you see students wearing intriguing and innovative combinations of gym shorts and Ugg boots, trench coats and flip-flops, in this unprecedented spate of meteorological shenanigans...oh wait, it's always this crazy in Columbus.