TGIF April Fool’s Day Quick Fix 6 (4/1/05)

APhoto Fix: Boguslawa Zaniewicz-Dybeck prays for Pope John Paul II, in the St Eugenia Catholic Church in Stockholm today.

The 2005 Polly Awards (given for the most outrageous examples of PC on college campuses) are in. And the winner is (drum roll, puh-LEEZ) — LeMoyne University (wherever the heck that is). Why? Quoth: “At LeMoyne College, graduate student Scott McConnell was expelled after writing a paper rejecting multiculturalism and advocating light spanking in elementary school classrooms.” This, despite exemplary grades. For the other top finishers, click here .

1. Political ‘Toon Fix: Jeff Stahler ( Dubya’s “Easy Button” ), Jeff Parker ( Airport security ), and Mike Luckovich ( Jesse Jackson’s intervention ).

2. Humor Fix: David Letterman’s “Top 10 Questions That Congress Forgot to Ask Baseball” (via Daniel Kurtzman’s Political Humor site) here .

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , Today’s Birthdays here , and Positive Quote here .

4. Top of the News Fix: Pope conscious, in grave condition here , Schaivo’s family plans separate funerals here , Assisted suicide bill coming to California here , Pat Buchanan doused with salad dressing at Western Michigan here , and Jobless rate drops to 5.2% here .

5. Terri Schiavo Fix: David Limbaugh believes the judicial execution of Terri Schiavo could awaken a sleeping giant here ; Pat Buchanan believes, as I do, that Terri was executived here ; and the Susan B. Anthony List provides a link for you to send a message to Terri’s family here .

6. Opinion Fix: Gerard Baker/London Times ( “Loony Right” cooling heels ), Seth Faison /Slate ( Governator gets serious ), John J. Miller /National Review ( Dumb Daylight-Saving Time ), Mark A. Thiessen /National Review ( Pope still teaching ), and Tony Blankley /Washington Times ( “Scandalous” Internet ).