On Friday night, Bill Maher brought a glass of scotch, some really tight pants, and his touring show “Politically Incorrect: On Campus” to the University Union Ballroom. Instead of being a televised show, it was basically a live version with two local guests (Dan Elliott from Channel 10 and ASI President Jason Bryant) and two “celebrities.”

It seems that the jokes that Maher made about being drunk were close to true?he was drinking scotch right there on stage?and his hilarious, profanity-laced monologue was one of the best parts of the night.

For the most part, the show focused on religious debates between Christine O?Donnell?a rabid Christian with semi-fascist views?and the rest of the participants. She does deserve some credit; while her views may have been wrong, she did go up there and defend herself against the Libertarian Maher. The presidential campaign was one of the other topics that Maher addressed and he expressed his support of Ralph Nader. Smart man!

The other debates and conversations were quite interesting, but the high-point of the show was when ASI President Jason Bryant was dubbed “Ricky Schroder” (star of 80?s sitcom Silver Spoons) by the other panelists. Other than defending himself from jokes and calling Christine O?Donnell “Monica Lewinsky,” President “Ricky” didn?t say much of anything.

Overall, it was a great show and more entertaining than the televised version, and the Sac State crowd did a great job of showing everyone that we need more events such as this. Kudos to UNIQUE for putting on such a great show.

?A stroll through the Library Quad last week may have taken you past the booth advertising for the “All Greek Haloween Party.” The only problem was that there was only one L in Halloween. I guess that everyone on this campus, including Greeks, cannot spell.

?Just a quick reminder for all five of you that read this column to go out and vote next Tuesday. The pundits say that those of us in the 18-24 year-old age group are politically inactive and are on track for another poor showing at the polls. Let?s show them wrong!

The choices may not be the greatest?they look strangely similar to ?92?a sly southern governor who is generally viewed to be stupid and a “father knows best” southern senator who fell into the vice-presidency. Seriously folks?is this the best we could come up with?

My God, we might be better off with ASI running things in Washington for the next four years. They only lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, as opposed to billions, and we could use a president that looks like Ricky Schroder.

Personally, I?m in a predicament. I have a severe dislike for Al Gore, but certainly don?t want to usher in the Fourth Reich with Bush. What?s a columnist to do? Oh hell, I?m voting for Nader.

Brendan Wonnacott is a Government and History major. He can be reached by mail C/O the State Hornet? CSUS, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA, or by e-mail at [email protected].