On TV, in the radio, and online, news about the recession constantly alerts us to our declining state of affairs.

Anticipation and apprehension only seem to swell, hardly fade, in these final few hours, and we acknowledge, we celebrate, we know — Election Day is upon us.

I don’t quite remember exactly when I first noticed classmates spinning their writing utensils around their thumbs. I think it might have been in middle school, maybe around sixth grade, that the first Pencil Twirler made himself known to me.

I found out about GoodSearch.com last school year in January, when Julie Dietz, a Uni parent, sent out a schoolwide email encouraging the Uni community to raise money in what had to be the easiest way possible.