2008 Woodie Awards
Spring break a time to start over
Sunny Observations
By Colin McGuire
Rocket Life/A&E Editor
Issue date: 3/10/06 Section: Life
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As I mentioned last week, spring break is upon us. While daddy is about to buy the next five days of so-called "fun" for you and your closest bratty friends, I view spring break as a time to officially cut the semester in half. For me, this upcoming week is used as a time for reflection on the quick two months that were.
With that said, and also taking into consideration that I love lists, I have comprised a list of the five most annoying things about the previous two months of my life. This list, in no particular order, is made up of things in and around this university and/or town.
It is done in hopes that by the time I make my way back to this campus sometime next weekend, they will either be changed, dealt with or banished. So all things considered, Smith, listen up.
The first thing that I would like to address is the never-ending, irrelevant construction that is taking place on campus. Now, this has been going on for so long that I even wrote an entire column about it during the first semester, last year. From my understanding, it has officially gone over its budget in both time and money.
Oh, I get it. We are so strapped for money that we have to cut 99 percent of the institution's athletic teams, but we can afford to re-locate an entire building, which leads me steadily into my second peeve - the banishment of many of the sports teams at this university.
Sure, there are just so many logistics that go into why it happened and whose fault it was that I couldn't possibly have any clue as to what I'm talking about, right? Sure. And it was an absolute last resort situation, and everybody is just so sorry that this had to happen and if it was up to everybody, there wouldn't have been even one sport done away with, right? Of course.
Well, maybe I do know nothing, and maybe I am beating a dead horse, but regardless, I do know that the university made a huge mistake that may take years before any of them realize what they did. Plus, my goodness. If you are going to cut any sports team it should have been the basketball squad for having such an atrocious year. How's that extension?
Number three goes to Ginger Hill. Recently, I took a friend of mine there to get a nice, full meal. Upon entering this fine establishment, I was greeted with a request to show identification to prove that I was 21 years old. Though I had my ID with me, my friend did not.
