The buzz on Hofstra
Hofstra University is closed today for a televised event to be aired later tonight, but it's creating a bit of a buzz online. Here are some excerpts, with links to the full entries:
Roschelle Nelson, on the blog Sagacious Rambling, meets the term 'Hofstra':
Well....here we go again! The much anticipated and highly overrated FINAL debate. Tonight Senators McCain and Obama will meet in Long Island, New York at Hofstra University...(never heard of it!).
Jamie Frevele, on Huffington Post, is giddy that Hofstra is not the Montauk Monster:
As it happens, I work down the street from Hofstra (talk about coming full circle), so while I haven't been privy to campus goings-on, I can tell you that Long Island, let alone Hempstead, is just tickled that we're going to be the center of attention for something other than the Montauk Monster, Billy Joel and sub-par American Idol contestants. Plus it's fun seeing all the out-of-towners referring to "New York's Long Island," or saying "in Long Island" instead of "on." (It's a good thing the debate is in Hempstead and not Hauppauge, Massapequa, Copiague or Quogue.) For one night (well, really, a few news cycles), all eyes are on us as we host our two presidential candidates and watch them duke it out face-to-face for the last time. This is it! The last face-off before Election Day! This is the one that's going to get really nasty, and it's going to get nasty at my alma mater. While everyone else is worried about the traffic advisories and security, I'm feeling like having Chris Matthews on my old stomping grounds is like knowing Santa is in the vicinity and my presents are coming soon. This is our moment.
M.C. Valada, an alumna in California, on Out of the Darkroom, links Hofstra with a joke from the pre-Internet age:
Like many people of my age and older, I first heard of Hofstra University when I listened to Bill Cosby's routines about going to Temple University and playing football. Hofstra would beat Temple 900 to nothing. It's a very funny routine and can be found on one of Cosby's first L.P.s (remember those?) The Hofstra I attended was no sports powerhouse . . .
Jerry Beach, on the blog Defiantly Dutch, demands federal aid for Hofstra:
Both of you [candidates] have promised to provide tax breaks and other assistance to small businesses. Along those lines, there are 3,000 journalists watching this debate right now from a few feet down the road in a building that has been empty of a professional sports team for well over a decade. So what, particularly, will you do to help the United States Basketball League resume operations this year with a Long Island franchise that employs Hofstra alums, plays its home games at the Physical Fitness Center and infuses the Hofstra economy with dozens of dollars every summer?
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Comments (3)
Sorry for those who live nearby. Must be a nightmare. Glad not to have to drive the LIE today. Talk about your distress.
Get ready new to come U.S. The sleeping giant is about to wake up. This great country is about to go down in blazes and while the fires are burning, the crowe will hang.
I agree with Obama on taxes.I make very little money and i have to pay the same tax as the rich people do.So NoT RIGHT