It’s dead week folks. The showdown.

UCSB is full of do-gooders. People who are trying to end disease, violence and oppression, people who want to save the world. I salute you for your efforts.

But for one brief, shining moment entertain this thought:

Would you really care if the world ended…as long as it happened before our first final?

This week’s forecast: Armageddon and No. 2 pencils.