With the Go Green revolution, a lot of us have been making the effort to protect and preserve our environment: trees, animals, reservations. Hemp jewelry is so in right now and vintage is your new passion, right?

Well, guess who’s more passionate than you are? The Neo-hippie, better known as The Empathetic Activist.

The Empathetic Activist feels the pain of the distressed, whether it is animal, mineral or vegetable. When a mouse-trap is set up in the dorms, he or she will be there to protect the rights of our furry friends. When soda cans are thrown in the cafeteria trash, he or she will be there to lecture their peers on the perils of cans in dumps around the world. When a tree is cut down to expand your campus, he or she is there screaming murder through blurred vision…or at least collecting signatures to stop the madness.

The Empathetic Activist cares, but not about material objects. While we’re all spending what little money we have on a spring break wardrobe, the E.A. is perusing the local consignment/ thrift/ vintage shops while munching on some tofu, as he or she is also most likely vegan/vegetarian. (“Animals have rights too!”) And when your favorite neo-hippie is not purchasing vegan Birkenstocks, you will find him or her working for social consciousness, whether it be through debates and discussions with friends or long and heated monologues during class.

The Empathetic Activist writes for an alternative paper about subjects such as child exploitation, or the effects of racial discrimination in the workplace. He or she has more causes on Facebook than friends, and is constantly updating his or her status to advertise the latest and most pressing issue. Fundraisers are organized, protests are made, and marches are formed!

Admit it or not, the Empathetic Activist will inspire you, if only just a little. You may feel unqualified or ignorant when listening to a discussion about the way “the man” is still active and bringing us down, but you will learn something.

The Empathetic Activist is probably the most open-minded person you will ever meet: he/she is pro-interracial dating, pro-foreign films, pro-culture…pro-a lot of things. They are good people to have around, except when you consider the ones who may also be pro-water conservation. The biweekly shower schedule isn’t always ideal for those around them.

[Photo courtesy of Boomelcha on Flickr.]

In case you haven’t heard, tonight is the biggest, baddest and most important VP debate EVER.

And nothing goes better with big, bad and important events quite like drinking games. We at CC have created a drinking game worthy of the event, so grab your friends (bonus if they are on the other team…it just makes everything more fun), all the essentials, and get your political game on!

What you will need:

Beer: 2 kinds are necessary: a quality brew of your choice, and a blue-collar variety (we prefer PBR).

Vodka: Stoli, straight from Palin’s neighbor, Russia, is best

A stack of dollar bills: You know you’ve been storing your money under the mattress lately, anyway.

A cheap bottle of wine

A tube of lipstick

The Rules:

Every time Sarah Palin:

- Mentions Russia: take a shot of Vodka

- Dances around an answer/rambles on about nonsense: chug your beer

- Mentions her children: take a drink

- Mentions hockey moms/being a hockey mom: put on some lipstick and drink

- Makes reference to the inexperience of Barack Obama: chug your beer

- Mentions doing everything we have to do to protect Democracy in the Middle East: punch your neighbor and drink their beer

- Changes the subject from something politically relevant and important to something about the Middle East or Oil: drink while chanting, “AMERICA IS #1!”

- Mentions the Bridge to Nowhere: scream, “Thanks but no thanks,” and take a shot of vodka. Then tell everyone you didn’t take a shot of vodka.

Every time Joe Biden:

- Mentions Scranton, PA: chug your beer

- Mentions taking the train home every night: drink

- Offers reasons why he can identify with the middle class: chug a PBR

- Says something really dumb that could potentially ruin his career: drink

- Backs off out of fear of looking like a villain who hates women: call him a pussy and sip a glass of red wine (with your pinky up).

- Mentions Sarah Palin’s lack of experience: drink

- Looks visibly pained by the sound of Palin’s voice: take 2 shots of Vodka (and consider a few Advil, too)

Every time either candidate:

- Mentions the current economic crisis/bailout plan: make it rain and chug some beer

- Mentions “Wall Street and Main Street”: chug a beer (PBR preferred)

- Cuts the other one off: drink twice

- Bashes George W. Bush: put on some music and dance

The debate is on at 9pm tonight, so pack up the books and gather round the tele. This is gonna be good.

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