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Eagle rants: March 15

• To the person who complained about their roommate with loud music when you are considerate and wear headphones: I SWEAR I COULD HAVE WROTE THAT. I feel the same way.  Can we form a support group? My roommate sees me with headphones on and continues to jack up the music higher. WTF.

• AU Housing, I walked into the bathroom today to hear the sound of a shower running. But the sound was different, and suddenly, I knew. Turning on the shower water, horror gripped my body as the new, low-flow shower head produced a few measly drops of water.  And I was expected to shower in it. So AU, if you expect your students to still smell good when they shower in the equivalent of a cup of water slowly being poured out, you are mistaken. I want to take care of the environment, but my bodily needs (like adequate shower water) come first. A Clean AU Student (for now.)

• To the ranter who wants fish and chips at AU, I couldn't agree more. I want to WONK that fried cod for all it's worth.

• To everyone who hates TDR, try living on campus over Spring Break, when there's no food place open on campus whatsoever (not even McDonalds) after 7 p.m. I, for one, can't wait for TDR to reopen.

• WONK like an Eagle, into the future ...

• To "I’m so tired of smokers polluting my lungs with poison," where do you get off? Yeah there are a lot of rude smokers on campus, but when I smoke, I try my best to avoid blowing smoke in peoples' faces and I always stay as far away from building doors as I can. There are rules in place telling smokers to stay away from buildings, so why don't you complain to Public Safety instead of taking it out on us?

• I'M SO GLAD OTHER PEOPLE WERE UPSET AT THE "PANEL" WITH MICHELLE RHEE. But they weren't AU undergrads. Ugh, thank goodness ...

• I don't know why the shuttle runs so beautifully during spring break when there's such a limited population to enjoy it.

• @the person complaining about TDR food. I was sent to boarding school growing up and have dealt with dining services for the past eight years. TDR and Bon Appetit are WAY better than you think they are. If all you do is look at comfort food and what's over in the farm to fork section, then yeah you might get depressed. But if you look past what things look like and mix and match, you'd realize how amazing TDR can be. You can make incredible salads (we have three types of lettuce - THREE.) and with the cold pasta near the salad dressing and the shredded cheese, you can melt it in the microwave for some mac ‘n’ cheese even if it's not Wednesday. Get over your complaining, yeah this isn't your mom's cooking but I bet if she had to feed a couple thousand people every day, her food quality would go down too. ps-for the freshman that said TDR is expensive, focus on the future, your meal plan price drops drastically when you can chose one under 150 swipes. AU is not that bad.

• Oh hey schedule of classes. Why don't you have any of the Graphic Design courses up for next fall? Can you fix this soon? I would really like to start planning my schedule. Please and Thank you, A GDES Major

• WHY did you change the time slot for Drawing Studio? This course has ALWAYS been held from 2:10 to 4:40 p.m. Now it's at 8:55 a.m.?! I hate the new time slots already.

• Why can't I add a Minor on the new DARS? I don't like being forced to use a new beta site before all the bugs are worked out.

• "Dear Dav worker, my keychain is for my convenience, not yours. Please pour my coffee like you get paid to do and then refrain from talking to me." ... seriously? work a service industry job and revisit what you just said in a month. Just remember, never mess with people who handle your food/drinks. Love, Everyone who's ever worked in food service or retail.


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