Morning Feature – Voting on Character (Meta Monday)

The resident faculty left a sample ballot with two options – Θ and Φ – outside the mail room door. The BPI Campus has no fraternities or sororities, so it had to be a clue. (More)

First our thanks to last week’s writers:

On Monday, you shared your stories of offline political activism in Things We Did This Week and addisnana mused on Going to the Birds in Midday Matinee.

On Tuesday, we nutshelled The Final Debate in Morning Feature, readers helped tell Tuesday’s Tale: Ghost Shark! in Midday Matinee, and winterbanyan reported on Speeding Up the Protection of Biodiversity in Our Earth.

On Wednesday, Winning Progressive saw Newspapers Endorse President Obama’s Strong and Steady Leadership in Morning Feature, the Squirrel ranted on Conservatism and the Court of World Obeisance in Furthermore!, addisnana discussed “That Vision Thing” in Midday Matinee, and winterbanyan asked Why Are Salt Marshes Dying? in Our Earth.

On Thursday, we began our series on Hitting the Wall with Evil Geniuses and other Activist Diet Plan No-Nos in Morning Feature, the Squirrel appreciated President Obama’s Vision: Off and On the Record in Furthermore!, triciawyse shared Fursdai Furries in Midday Matinee, and winterbanyan pondered Forest Management: None? in Our Earth.

On Friday, we continued our series on Hitting the Wall with The Activist Exercise Plan in Morning Feature, the Squirrel watched Republicans Have a Powell Movement in Furthermore!, triciawyse brought us Frieday Critters in Midday Matinee, and winterbanyan reported on Preparing Workers for Careers in Sustainability in Our Earth.

On the weekend, we concluded our series on Hitting the Wall with Pushing On Together in Saturday’s Morning Feature, Ms. Crissie was asked to Endorse This? in Sunday’s Morning Feature, Winning Progressive shared Weekend Reading in Furthermore!, and winterbanyan noted that Your Kids Are Voting And…. in Midday Matinee and brought our weekly Eco News Roundup in Our Earth.

Note: Please share your stories of offline political activism in Things We Did This Week.

That leaves only the odd ballot left by the resident faculty as they made their way from the wine cellar library where they spent the weekend drinking thinking on our motto of Magis vinum, magis verum (“More wine, more truth”) to the hot tub faculty lounge for their weekly game where the underwear goes flying planning conference.

The ballot offered only two choices – Θ and Φ – and the BPI Campus has no fraternities or sororities, unless you count the Weltschmerzklub, which we don’t, as to count them we’d have to talk to them and that’s … too much ennui. Heavy sigh.

The ballot was obviously a clue, and the staff pondered why the resident faculty would ask us to vote on Theta, Phi, or for that matter, any other Greek letters. Sure, some are commonly used in mathematics, but the staff prefer leave such matters to the Fizzix Department.

“They’re just characters,” the Professor of Astrology Janitor finally said.

“Eureka!” the Squirrel texted on his Blewberry.

“That’s not a Greek character,” Chef replied while paging through feta cheese recipes.

“Iz all Greek 2 me,” Pootie the Precious added on her iHazPhone.

“Of course not,” the Squirrel texted back, “and of course it is. I think. Anyway, the point is, the resident faculty are asking us to vote on two characters. So this week they’ll obviously discuss why voters choose more based on candidates’ characters, why that’s actually a better criteria than specific plans and policies, and then highlight the clear, character-based choice between President Obama and Mitt Romney.”

“You listened outside the hot tub faculty lounge again, didn’t you?” Chef asked.

“Just like Mrs. Archimedes,” he texted back with a wink.

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Happy Monday!