Unlike most Exploratory majors, Christopher Albert Daring knew his purpose on the first day of freshman year. The 21-year-old Exploratory major knew his life’s work wouldn’t take place in a cubicle, but in the open country.
He, along with his fellow Exploratory majors, will need to lay claim to one foreign land before he can receive his B.S. in Exploration. It will be a challenge, but Daring feels that he’s up to the task.
Daring, who commutes to campus on horseback from his home on Payne’s Prairie, was ecstatic to hear the change in UF’s Exploratory program.
“Some see claiming a foreign land for school and country as a mere requirement,” dared Daring, “But I see it as a privilege – manifest destiny, even.”
The change came about due to the major’s perceived lack of real-world application. In order to make the program more useful than a degree from FSU, administrators are now requiring students to literally alter the global political landscape.
“The Gator Nation truly is everywhere,” said a spokesman for the program. “And if it isn’t somewhere, it’s going to be.”
Most Exploratory majors, who were asked to avoid taking or retaking land from indigenous populations, have started carrying a UF flag on vacation and posing for photos. The university has been accepting student claims with photographic evidence.
President Fuchs has formally recognized three countries so far: Gatorlandia, Alberta, and Fuchistan. No other governments have made any acknowledgement of the legal status of these countries.
Daring, who corresponded with the Crocodile via messenger hawk, said he hopes to discover a small island in the Atlantic. He has not been seen in three weeks.