Spring Break
Column: Get the sandbags - it's raining at Eastern
Krystal Moya / Administration Editor
Issue date: 4/1/09 Section: Opinions
I walk into class soaked to mid-calf. My moccasins have taken on so much water they squeeze out pools like a wrung sponge on the tile. My socks, well, they have basically become makeshift water-balloons ready to pop with each step.
Forced to walk a six-hour day with lakes in my shoes is just a tad uncomfortable.
But at least I have the option of returning to my residence hall and popping on new shoes to soak.
I ponder what my fellow students who live off-campus and commute must be going through right now.
We have to do something about the flooding problem on campus.
The pools that collect in the uneven crevices of the sidewalks sprawl across campus, creating a wet and wild obstacle course I never signed up for.
I don't remember getting marine training for rainy walks to class (though, they would have been appreciated).
Students shouldn't have to worry about getting trench foot or jungle rot on their trek to class.
Yet, I see some wringing out their socks in Buzzard Hall's sinks, toes blue from the cold water and 10 minute hikes.
This is an issue of student comfort, and it isn't too much to ask to get adequate draining for the sidewalks on campus.
I have three easy, low-budget recommendations for the administrators to consider.
Now don't scoff, but I think it would be acceptable to administer all freshman students waders to get through the many lakes we have on campus.
I am sure we could fashion them in fancy blues and blacks, perfect to really pump up school spirit when trudging through the driving rain.
Perhaps we could set up a canoe service to take two to three students across these hazards.
We could call it Panther Paddle and partner its marketing campaign with Panther Shuttle Service.
Or, now this may be stretching, we could create a series of underground drainage tunnels that would end up fostering a new race of mutant sewer humans that would have special water-controlling powers.
They would definitely attract new students to the campus and we could even charge them residence fees for residing on campus. Budget problem solved.
I give these ideas over to the administration.
No thanks needed on a part of my genius, and I don't even want any credit for the ingenuity involved with these liquid-dodging techniques.
The thought of having warm, toasty tootsies as those spring showers pour is compensation enough for me.
But before I go, just one more suggestion: add rain boots to the suggested items to bring with you to campus.
Though, I am not sure how difficult that would be.
Krystal Moya is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-7942 or at DENopinions@gmail.com.
Forced to walk a six-hour day with lakes in my shoes is just a tad uncomfortable.
But at least I have the option of returning to my residence hall and popping on new shoes to soak.
I ponder what my fellow students who live off-campus and commute must be going through right now.
We have to do something about the flooding problem on campus.
The pools that collect in the uneven crevices of the sidewalks sprawl across campus, creating a wet and wild obstacle course I never signed up for.
I don't remember getting marine training for rainy walks to class (though, they would have been appreciated).
Students shouldn't have to worry about getting trench foot or jungle rot on their trek to class.
Yet, I see some wringing out their socks in Buzzard Hall's sinks, toes blue from the cold water and 10 minute hikes.
This is an issue of student comfort, and it isn't too much to ask to get adequate draining for the sidewalks on campus.
I have three easy, low-budget recommendations for the administrators to consider.
Now don't scoff, but I think it would be acceptable to administer all freshman students waders to get through the many lakes we have on campus.
I am sure we could fashion them in fancy blues and blacks, perfect to really pump up school spirit when trudging through the driving rain.
Perhaps we could set up a canoe service to take two to three students across these hazards.
We could call it Panther Paddle and partner its marketing campaign with Panther Shuttle Service.
Or, now this may be stretching, we could create a series of underground drainage tunnels that would end up fostering a new race of mutant sewer humans that would have special water-controlling powers.
They would definitely attract new students to the campus and we could even charge them residence fees for residing on campus. Budget problem solved.
I give these ideas over to the administration.
No thanks needed on a part of my genius, and I don't even want any credit for the ingenuity involved with these liquid-dodging techniques.
The thought of having warm, toasty tootsies as those spring showers pour is compensation enough for me.
But before I go, just one more suggestion: add rain boots to the suggested items to bring with you to campus.
Though, I am not sure how difficult that would be.
Krystal Moya is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-7942 or at DENopinions@gmail.com.
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Brad
posted 4/01/09 @ 7:12 AM CST
I have a suggestion for you...WALK AROUND THE WATER. I have no trouble getting around campus in the rain without soaking my shoes because I DON'T WALK IN THE WATER. (Continued…)
miley
posted 4/01/09 @ 11:52 AM CST
Wow. Eastern floods?
I am glad to see that tuition money is being well spent to write this articulate thoughts down. The above poster is right. This could have been summed up by saying, avoid puddles. (Continued…)
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