What a load of crap. I mean, it is a freaking federal holiday.

Why do we get MLK day off, (which is a week after we come back from christmas break) and not President's day?

If we have to go to class on President's day we should have class on MLK day, I mean, its not like we need a day off that close to having come back from break anyways.




Fuck it, I'm still not going to class anyways

2/20/2006 8:28:29 AM

Yeah, I'd take that switch.

2/20/2006 8:41:39 AM

Agreed.

2/20/2006 9:07:44 AM

NO MORE VACATION FOR ANYBODY

2/20/2006 9:25:13 AM

While we're at it, I want Veteran's Day off too.

2/20/2006 9:48:33 AM

what the hell would you be doing otherwise on president's day?

2/20/2006 9:55:55 AM

when i am made dictator for life my birthday and the weeks prior to and after will be planet wide holidays.

The celebrations will last from dawn on the first day, through the final night.

The populace will be united to bask in my glory.

2/20/2006 9:57:00 AM

Because MLK is > all presidents

Its a fact of pigmentation

2/20/2006 10:40:16 AM

Semesters need to be eased into... with having early breaks you able to hold out hope & keep going until the long weekend, atleast until you are into the routine again.

2/20/2006 10:43:10 AM

^^hahaha

2/20/2006 11:13:47 AM

because no presidents have been black

once we have a black president and then he dies, we'll have his bday off, i'd put money on it

2/20/2006 11:55:25 AM

there's a good chance you'll never have to pay that bet in your lifetime

please put the money in an envelope

2/20/2006 12:41:33 PM

There were a couple of black US Senators in the 1800's, then none for around 100 years....

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 12:50 PM. Reason : the 1st was born in Fayetteville]

2/20/2006 12:49:25 PM

Quote :

"Why do we get MLK day off, (which is a week after we come back from christmas break) and not President's day?"

Because it's good at exposing closet racists?

2/20/2006 12:49:53 PM

we should have a class presidents day... whenever the current class -pres has a bday there should be campus events and shortened classes, something to get people into student gov and make it fun and more broad reaching.

2/20/2006 12:51:54 PM

its because presidents day is all year long and MLK day is just one day

2/20/2006 2:03:20 PM

this has nothing to do with racism.

personally speaking, i dont think president's day is a real holiday anyways, i just want some equality

2/20/2006 4:34:56 PM

we get Columbus Day off

how's that for equity?

2/20/2006 4:44:03 PM

P.S. Most K-12 schools are out unless it's a snow makeup day.

Also, did you notice that no one delivered your mail today?

2/20/2006 6:24:03 PM

[quote]its because presidents day is all year long and MLK day is just one dayits because presidents day is all year long and MLK day is just one day )

More like, it's because MLK was black while ALL presidents have been white.

2/20/2006 6:27:45 PM

Quote :

"we should have a class presidents day... whenever the current class -pres has a bday there should be campus events and shortened classes, something to get people into student gov and make it fun and more broad reaching."

haha, campaign slogans like "My birthday falls on a monday" and "my opponent's birthday is in June."

2/20/2006 6:28:49 PM

We should just redefine today to be MLK day AND Presidents Day.

Problem solved, we'd then have a break when we need one and everyone can be happy that their respective heros are being celebrated.

2/20/2006 6:54:55 PM

That'd be dumb, but Virginia actually does something similar. They have "Robert E. Lee Day" on the same day as MLK Day to appease all the racists in the state.

2/20/2006 7:42:22 PM

i think the reverse actually happened

"king day" was placed on the older "lee/jackson" day

2/20/2006 7:44:21 PM

Really? I heard wrong then.

That's actually kind of neat.

2/20/2006 7:56:03 PM

heres some stuff i found this on everybody's favorite wiki

Quote :

"Lee-Jackson-King Day was a holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1984 to 2000. Robert E. Lee's birthday (January 19, 1807) has been celebrated as a Virginia holiday since 1889. In 1904, the legislature added the birthday of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824) to the holiday, and Lee-Jackson Day was born. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan approved an Act of Congress declaring January 15 to be a national holiday in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Since 1978, Virginia had celebrated King's birthday in conjunction with New Year's Day. To align with the federal holiday, the Virginia legislature simply combined King's celebration with the existing Lee-Jackson holiday. The incongruous nature of the holiday, which simultaneously celebrated the lives of Confederate generals and a civil rights icon, did not escape the notice of Virginia lawmakers. In 2000, Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore proposed splitting Lee-Jackson-King Day into two separate holidays, with Lee-Jackson Day to be celebrated the Friday before what would become Martin Luther King Day. The measure was approved and the two holidays are now celebrated separately."

2/20/2006 7:59:06 PM

Crap does Va. get a four day weekend for MLK day, then?

2/20/2006 8:01:52 PM

when i went to school in virginia (1983-1995), i don't recall getting any of those days off

might have been different in different parts of the state, though

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 8:06 PM. Reason : +]

2/20/2006 8:04:27 PM

^^Yes. I live in VA and it was a 4 day weekend for state and local government. Of course, I had to work the holidays anyway.

2/20/2006 9:28:29 PM

i aint going to class today!

















oh wait...........

2/20/2006 11:13:52 PM

43 presidents vs. one black guy

OMG WHITE MAN IS BEING ATTACKED!

2/20/2006 11:18:00 PM

OMG!

2/20/2006 11:27:29 PM