MN Rodents' New Nest

I was lucky enough to attend the opening of TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday.  Wow.  The stadium is amazing, and the atmosphere was electrifying.  Aside from some logistical problems (long lines to enter, no more water or food at halftime, the lack of cash registers resulting in the use of handheld calculators, and other concerns), it was great to see the Gophers outdoors again.  If you can go to a game this year, do it - and then look forward to seeing the Twins outdoors next year.  Now, as for the Vikings...ugh.  We built them their Metrodome and now it is no good. That monstrosity ruined Gopher football for 27 years, gave us comical baseball, and shortened the careers of numerous athletes.  Now they want a $1B "upgrade" somewhere downtown...in this economy.  Yeah, right.  Even with Peterson zigging, zagging, cutting, stopping, and then blazing down the field for touchdowns on a regular basis.

I updated the calendar to reflect this week's plan.  The Obama Health Care speech will be shown in class tomorrow - it will take the whole class period.  You will have to download the file of analyses (pre and post) and your worksheet to be completed at home from moodle.  We'll discuss your findings on Friday.  We're getting into the Constitution this week, with some video segments about historical documents sandwiched between lectures on Tuesday and Thursday.  Your quiz will be Monday.  We'll close up Ch. 3 and Unit 1 next week as well.  A little behind, but expected.  You should anticipate a "triple-up" of chapter analysis in 2 weeks - 6,7,11.