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Daily Archives: October 20, 2025
Five American Universities
Late Night Music Fix
Killing Joke – Eighties
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Midday Music Fix
Just What I Needed – The Cars
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Campus Life at the
Colorado College
Quote, Unquote
For though ours is a godless age, it is the very opposite of irreligious. The true believer is everywhere on the march, and both by converting and antagonizing he is shaping the world in his own image.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Kamala Harris was born
on this day in 1964
Kamala Harris – the 49th and current vice president of the United States – was born on this day – October 20, 1964 – in Oakland, California. She holds a BA from Howard University and JD from the University of California College of the Law.
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Campus Trivia
Question: What was the final vote count for the 2000 United States presidential election?
The final vote count for the 2000 United States presidential election was:
- George W. Bush – 50,456,002 votes
47.9% vote share - Al Gore – 50,999,897 votes
48.4% vote share
Via Wikipedia
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Campus Life at the
University of Cincinnati
John Ratcliffe was born
on this day in 1965
John Ratcliffe — the American politician and attorney who has served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency since January 2025 — was born on this day — October 20, 1965 — in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government and International Studies, and the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where he earned a Juris Doctor.
Prior to his appointment as CIA Director, Ratcliffe served as the Director of National Intelligence from 2020 to 2021. He represented Texas’s 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020. Earlier in his career, he served as the Mayor of Heath, Texas, and as a federal prosecutor, holding the role of acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
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