Pit Talk

Toyota, the Olympics and winter weather dominated the local news on Twitter this week, along with IHOP's National Pancake Day and Twitter hackers.

I saw something beyond awesome today: two kids playing in the mud. While this tale may come across as the saga of two weirdoes, one must remember that this is college. This is the land of midnight burger runs and sold-out a cappella concerts. This is where the mundane becomes the incredible.

The Olympics, Valentine's Day, Google Buzz and the UNC-Duke game were hot topics on Twitter this week.

Castles, dildoes and policies. High school was not like this.

When I first learned that I was going to be a Tar Heel, second to my expectations of receiving a world-class education were my expectations of rooting on a world-class men's college basketball team.

Although my book-learnin' has lived up to expectations, my hopes of rushing Franklin Street in a celebration of victory have diminished slowly over the course of the season.

I should have known. After a four-loss season and dominance in the NCAA tournament that culminated in a championship last year, I thought the next season—my first as an official Tar Heel—would be great. A relatively inexperienced bench and a string of injuries have dashed those hopes of basketball glory.

It was much to my surprise and delight that EA Sports was in the Pit promoting NCAA Basketball 10. Finally, a world where the 2009-10 team could beat up on lesser teams with superiority not known since...last year.

We had 14 forums held for student body president candidates this past week. Voting will take place on Tuesday. Here's who received endorsements:

Jenna Moore sent in this video of divers from the UNC swimming and diving team having fun in the snow. Clad only in their swimsuits, the team made snow angels before rushing back inside. Check it out: