FSU Garnet & Gold Scholar...Jim Morrison?

[BaghDAD]

<p>With the release of his FSU transcripts, [Jim</a> Morrison’s FSU transcript shows mostly As and Bs | morrison, received, transcript - Top Story - WPEC 12 West Palm Beach](<a href=“http://www.cbs12.com/news/morrison-4729890-received-transcript.html]Jim”>http://www.cbs12.com/news/morrison-4729890-received-transcript.html) it looks like the Door’s Jim Morrison meets FSU’s nomination requirements regarding it’s latest “distinction” program:[The</a> Florida State University](<a href=“http://garnetandgoldscholar.fsu.edu/overview.html]The”>http://garnetandgoldscholar.fsu.edu/overview.html)</p>

<p>Yes, the proprietor of Morrison Hotel did have a few “Cs” but with only a 2.75 GPA required to be a scholar at FSU, I think he makes it.</p>

<p>Engagement? Jim had a lot. Internships? Heck, being a rock god sure blows away shadowing the manager of the Tallahassee Home Depot. Leadership? Jim stared in FSU’s 60’s recruitment film and was the frontman for one of the greatest rock groups ever.</p>

<p>Study Abroad? Yeah, you could say some FSU student doing six weeks in FSU’s own captive campus in London is formerly in class, however it says “International Engagement.” Jim is buried with poets in France and he sure did a lot of “engaging” while on tour in Europe.</p>

<p>So how about it FSU? Crist is an FSU alum and before he leaves office, add the Garnet & Gold to Jim’s pardon.</p>

<p>Alas, the Lizard King did graduate from UCLA, so that probably does trump the whole effort.</p>

[UCLA_Band_Mom]

<p>Jim Morrison transferred to UCLA for its film program, because his film professor at Florida State recommended it to him. He graduated from UCLA with a B+ average, and this was before today’s grade inflation. Jim spend an “interesting” time at FSU, one of his roommates was the Judge from the Anna Nicole Smith and Terry Schiavo trials. </p>

<p>[Florida</a> Cracker: The Roommate From Hell](<a href=“http://www.florida-cracker.org/archives/001843.html]Florida”>http://www.florida-cracker.org/archives/001843.html)</p>

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Greer, whose family moved to Dunedin when he was 4, spent 21/2 years at St. Petersburg Junior College before entering Florida State University in 1962 as a 20-year-old. He majored in marketing.</p>

<p>He moved to a house about a mile from the FSU campus with a friend and some students he didn’t know. Greer described the house this way: “Jim Morrison and five normal people.”</p>

<p>One Halloween, Greer recalled, Morrison greeted children out trick-or-treating at the front door completely naked. Morrison had lighter fluid in his mouth. He spit it out, touching a match to the fluid to create a roaring flame.</p>

<p>“The poor little kids ran screaming to their parents,” Greer said.</p>

<p>The Morrison biography, No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins and Daniel Sugerman, provides a description Greer won’t contradict.</p>

<p>Morrison “drank their beers, ate their food, and wore their clothes without asking,” the book said of Morrison’s relationship with his housemates.</p>

<p>"He kept careful records of all his actions, and their reactions, writing in his journals as if he were an anthropologist and his housemates were his subjects. In less than three months’ time, Jim had the household frantic. Everyone was living in a constant state of anxiety over what was going to happen next.</p>

<p>“It all blew up one night in December … when Jim was playing Elvis too loud.”</p>

<p>After one semester, the housemates asked Morrison to leave. He transferred to UCLA in California, where he found fame.</p>

<p>“He was a bright guy,” Greer said. “He liked his tequila. All of us at one time or another had him on the floor with our fists raised.”</p>

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<p>Jim also got arrested at a Florida State football game, when he swiped a police officer’s umbrella. Here is his mugshot from that night:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.miamakila.com/blogg/wp-content/mugshot.jpg[/url]”>http://www.miamakila.com/blogg/wp-content/mugshot.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I hope that Governor Crist grants Jim Morrison’s pardon. One of the “eye witnesses” at the original trial recently admitted to lying. Plus, there is no photographic evidence to back up the false claims made at the trial.</p>