Okay, maybe there are a lot of reasons to get excited about the nice weather in Boston. Sure, it's nice to see girls wear summer clothes again along with those sunglasses that are so big that you can't tell if they're hot or not because you can't see half of their face.

In a news story Wednesday ('College Protestors Arrested,' page 1), it was incorrectly stated that Christina Prested was a graduate student at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill due to a reporting error. Prested is a graduate student at Boston University.

I'm moving back to my hometown in Southern California at the end of May. I will be taking residence in a lovely four bedroom, 3 1/2 bath house in a quiet Orange County neighborhood with good schools. I will be living with two roommates '- a couple '- who own a dog and inexplicably look like me.

Can you believe it, seniors?' Four years has gone by so quickly; most notably, this semester has flown by, complete with several months worth of columns full of political intrigue and insight.

For the past week to two weeks, I have been hearing various rumors regarding the possible decision (by your office and the Office of Information Technology) to close ResNet labs.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives' announcement of the 2010 fiscal year budget brought along with it disappointing news of impending funding cuts to spending programs, community aid, low-income renter aid and more. In an effort to compensate for generous tax cuts made throughout the state before the current economic downturn, the budget deficit calls for cutbacks to programs in lieu of raising taxes.

President Barack Obama's recent criticism of the Bush administration's unsavory interrogation techniques calls upon Congress to initiate a bipartisan effort for further investigation.

In August, a revised GI bill will come into action, adding additional provisions to the previous version of the bill, which granted government-subsidized tuition sanctions to United States military veterans who choose to attend public colleges and universities. The newly amended version of the bill now gives veterans the option to attend private universities as well as public ones and receive the same benefits, along with stipends to cover books, supplies and living expenses.

After recent complaints concerning Emerson College officials denying tenure to black professors, a question of race and policy is brought to the forefront. While racial diversity is important to and definitive of the higher-education microcosm '- especially in large metropolitan locations like Boston '- there is no stipulation explicitly regarding diversity in tenure procedures at Emerson.

After blowing our on-campus housing deposits on back-to-back-to-back screenings of 'Fast and Furious', Thingfight is exploring other options for our secret headquarters next semester.

Student Union elections are upon the Boston University community and with only one slate running, the process is going largely unnoticed. The customary endorsement from The Daily Free Press is not necessary, as the election of the unopposed Vision for BU slate is a foregone conclusion. Nevertheless, it is important that students are made aware of what kind of leaders they will be getting before they cast their votes.

It may not have made sense to make an endorsement for this year's Student Union elections, given that the Vision for BU slate is running unopposed, but we here at the 'ol Free Press wondered who would be a good alternative to lead the Union. Here are our write-in options for president: