Christmas Extravaganza! Christmas Eve Eve Eve Edition! Best. Thing. Ever.
Best. Thing. Ever.
Snowbeards:
Although not as cool as some actual beards, the snowbeard is a wondrous byproduct of the snow. Usually discovered after the partaking in the activities of sledding, snowball fighting, or diving into the snow for some reason, the acknowledgment of a snowbeard immediately makes up for any negative qualities of facial hair. Trust me, I'm an expert of this.
I mention this because the University of Massachusetts recently experienced its first major snowfall of the year. Because of this phenomenon, the school was forced to cancel the last day of finals and push it back to Saturday, where the conditions were even worse (but that's another story).
Regardless, the usual UMass shenanigans occurred. The numbers of trays in the DC's suddenly plummeted while students flocked to the slopes of the campus when they (read: me) should have been studying.
Of course, the flocking was severly limited since the majority of the student body had already gone home for winter breaks. But, that didn't stop many students from commandeering trays, cardboard, pizza trays, and what I could only describe as an inadequate sledding device at hitting Orchard Hill. Yes, the actual hill.
Now, a person who may or may not have been me may or may not have "discovered" a tray that may or may not have been "stolen" from the DC for his sled (I'd rather not have dining services send me a bill. They've done it before), lined it with bubble wrap and put it all together with duct tape. If I get the motivation to find a camera, I may put up a picture of it, because it's awesome.
As some of you may have heard, a Daily Collegian... reporter admitting to taking a handful of trivial items (I think they were tea bags and soemthign else) and was subsequently billed for his alleged thefts.
If you know me, or happened to read a certain column, you'd know my stance on stealing stuff from the DC. Everyone knows that students steal trays from the DCs, let's just acknowlege that right now.
So why fight it? Shouldn't the school just put out the trays so people can just go on their merry way? There should be some trays that aren't really suitable for food, but alright for your butt.
That, or the school should sell some sleds! The school's in a financial crisis, it's about time they cashed in on the snow cow. The only sled I've seen for sale around here was at Hastings, and that's in downtown Amherst. There should be a sled stand at the DC's, selling the things for five-to-10 bucks per pop.
It's either that, or people keep going down the hills on DC tray/bubble wrap/duct tape sleds.
-Nick O'Malley
Snowbeards:
Although not as cool as some actual beards, the snowbeard is a wondrous byproduct of the snow. Usually discovered after the partaking in the activities of sledding, snowball fighting, or diving into the snow for some reason, the acknowledgment of a snowbeard immediately makes up for any negative qualities of facial hair. Trust me, I'm an expert of this.
I mention this because the University of Massachusetts recently experienced its first major snowfall of the year. Because of this phenomenon, the school was forced to cancel the last day of finals and push it back to Saturday, where the conditions were even worse (but that's another story).
Regardless, the usual UMass shenanigans occurred. The numbers of trays in the DC's suddenly plummeted while students flocked to the slopes of the campus when they (read: me) should have been studying.
Of course, the flocking was severly limited since the majority of the student body had already gone home for winter breaks. But, that didn't stop many students from commandeering trays, cardboard, pizza trays, and what I could only describe as an inadequate sledding device at hitting Orchard Hill. Yes, the actual hill.
Now, a person who may or may not have been me may or may not have "discovered" a tray that may or may not have been "stolen" from the DC for his sled (I'd rather not have dining services send me a bill. They've done it before), lined it with bubble wrap and put it all together with duct tape. If I get the motivation to find a camera, I may put up a picture of it, because it's awesome.
As some of you may have heard, a Daily Collegian... reporter admitting to taking a handful of trivial items (I think they were tea bags and soemthign else) and was subsequently billed for his alleged thefts.
If you know me, or happened to read a certain column, you'd know my stance on stealing stuff from the DC. Everyone knows that students steal trays from the DCs, let's just acknowlege that right now.
So why fight it? Shouldn't the school just put out the trays so people can just go on their merry way? There should be some trays that aren't really suitable for food, but alright for your butt.
That, or the school should sell some sleds! The school's in a financial crisis, it's about time they cashed in on the snow cow. The only sled I've seen for sale around here was at Hastings, and that's in downtown Amherst. There should be a sled stand at the DC's, selling the things for five-to-10 bucks per pop.
It's either that, or people keep going down the hills on DC tray/bubble wrap/duct tape sleds.
-Nick O'Malley
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