What does it take to get people worked up around here?

1. I basically missed International Women's Day. In my defense, there wasn't a whole lot in the way of celebration around here. And, really, what is there to celebrate? Has pay inequality gotten better over the past year? Is South Dakota the wave of the American future? (Of course, women are still around, which I rather appreciate. But I take it that's not the point.)

2. A University of Chicago protest against some Marine recruiters ended in four arrests. I only heard about this just recently. Which is a little odd. Back at SFU, the news of such an occurrence anywhere in the Greater Vancouver area would have been beamed directly into my head mere minutes after the fact.