Spring Break
Yeas & Nays
Editorial Board
Issue date: 5/27/08 Section: Forum
Yea to Jackie Balzer, the dean of student life, who will be missed when she leaves OSU after this term. Too bad we never had lives she had to deal with, otherwise we'd say she did a really great job. Point, Jackie.
Nay to long nights spent hovering over a computer to run a story that only upsets half of campus.
Yea to the Oregon State baseball team for finishing the season with a win. Too bad the D-I selection committee decided they weren't postseason material with only "27 wins."
Nay to the selection committee. The Beavers had 28 wins this season and probably deserve to be there instead of Oklahoma, Texas Southern and UC-Davis.
Yea to saving money by not buying that flight to Omaha this year. It means we've got more money to spend at the Orange Market!
Nay to the 72 out of every 100 male soccer fans who said they would rather watch soccer than have sex. Meanwhile, in America, soccer is still a form of capital punishment.
Yea to the 28 out of 100 men who said they would rather have sex - though the survey only gave three choices as a partner: Taylor Hanson, Chris Crocker and RuPaul.
Nay to any sentence that features those three names. Add to that list Milli Vanilli, anyone from the "Macarena" video, Blossom and Baby Spice.
Yea to Kevin Whittaker and Cory Jens for breaking the world record for longest handshake. The two "continuously moved their hands up and down" for nine-and-a-half hours. Sounds more like a bad Friday night than a world record.
Nay to the things the duo endured, discomforts like sweaty palms, arm cramps and bathroom breaks - not to mention being in "The Guinness Book of World Records" as the biggest losers on Earth.
Yea to the former record holders for being gracious and congratulating the record breakers. The former record holders, who set the record in a movie theater, were PeeWee Herman and… himself.
Nay to Olsen twin movies, although referencing the Olsen twins and PeeWee Herman is okay. (Yeah, we stole it from Eminem - so what?)
Yea to the reports that Lindsay Lohan is gay and plans on marrying her girlfriend. Since the report came out, it has been estimated that every three seconds a 16-year-old boy loses his ability to stand up.
Nay to Ashley Harkleroad lying down for Playboy. Why can't athletes just be athletes anymore?
Yea to tennis for producing the highest athlete-to-wannabe-model ratio. What would the world be without Anna Kournikova, Maria Sharapova and Ashley Harkleroad?
Editorials serve as a means for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale or diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board's majority.
Nay to long nights spent hovering over a computer to run a story that only upsets half of campus.
Yea to the Oregon State baseball team for finishing the season with a win. Too bad the D-I selection committee decided they weren't postseason material with only "27 wins."
Nay to the selection committee. The Beavers had 28 wins this season and probably deserve to be there instead of Oklahoma, Texas Southern and UC-Davis.
Yea to saving money by not buying that flight to Omaha this year. It means we've got more money to spend at the Orange Market!
Nay to the 72 out of every 100 male soccer fans who said they would rather watch soccer than have sex. Meanwhile, in America, soccer is still a form of capital punishment.
Yea to the 28 out of 100 men who said they would rather have sex - though the survey only gave three choices as a partner: Taylor Hanson, Chris Crocker and RuPaul.
Nay to any sentence that features those three names. Add to that list Milli Vanilli, anyone from the "Macarena" video, Blossom and Baby Spice.
Yea to Kevin Whittaker and Cory Jens for breaking the world record for longest handshake. The two "continuously moved their hands up and down" for nine-and-a-half hours. Sounds more like a bad Friday night than a world record.
Nay to the things the duo endured, discomforts like sweaty palms, arm cramps and bathroom breaks - not to mention being in "The Guinness Book of World Records" as the biggest losers on Earth.
Yea to the former record holders for being gracious and congratulating the record breakers. The former record holders, who set the record in a movie theater, were PeeWee Herman and… himself.
Nay to Olsen twin movies, although referencing the Olsen twins and PeeWee Herman is okay. (Yeah, we stole it from Eminem - so what?)
Yea to the reports that Lindsay Lohan is gay and plans on marrying her girlfriend. Since the report came out, it has been estimated that every three seconds a 16-year-old boy loses his ability to stand up.
Nay to Ashley Harkleroad lying down for Playboy. Why can't athletes just be athletes anymore?
Yea to tennis for producing the highest athlete-to-wannabe-model ratio. What would the world be without Anna Kournikova, Maria Sharapova and Ashley Harkleroad?
Editorials serve as a means for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale or diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board's majority.
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