csprague10 | 
10 9th, 2008| 
So I love the bar that exists in St Catherine’s common room (for those who don’t know, St Catherine’s is the college at Oxford I’m staying at). Anyway, this bar sells really cheap drinks (78p for a pint of Blackthorne) and is a great meeting place for students at St. Catherine’s. At CMC, we have great outdoor parties where the school provides alcohol, which I love, but we don’t have an indoor bar for everyone to hang out. Stupid American drinking age of 21 just ruins the ability of American colleges to have great things like a common bar.
On another note, Brits here keep asking me about the election, Obama/McCain, and Palin. They, like most thinking people of the world, see her as a very scary joke that could be the next President if 72 year old McCain dies in office. If we lose this election, America’s prestige around the world will dip even further. As someone that enjoys traveling around the world, I don’t want everyone to hate on our country even more. If nothing else, elect Obama so Americans can be proud of their country while abroad.