Spring Break
Yeas & Nays
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Forum
Yea to money. The campaign for OSU just passed the half-million mark with the help of a generous alumna.
Nay to the threat of OSU becoming a Division II school due to lack of funding for the athletic department. You know it's getting bad when athletics is complaining. It's not like any of the other departments should be scared either. They are just spilling over with cash.
Yea to inevitable tuiton increases anyways. What a great excuse to consider selling our body parts. Or maybe our fluids. Sperm banks anyone?
Nay to the fact that sperm bank donations have also skyrocketed in these hard times.
Yea to a new affordable pastime we discovered this week thanks to cracked.com: knitting with dog hair. We know it's almost summer, but with our empty wallets, it's a good time to stock up for next winter term by making a sweater with Fido's fur. We are so not kidding.
Nay to Mom's Weekend, a time to behave ourselves for a whole two days while attempting to convince mom that no, we're not going to get Swine Flu. No, we will not wear a surgical mask to class.
Yea to the epidemic. Nothing is more fascinating than watching people freak out over the flu. It is not Ebola. Calm down. Save your masks for Halloween or theme parties. They look much sexier when you aren't wearing much with them.
Nay to the country of Lebanon, who is telling people to stop greeting each other with air kisses out of fear for the Swine Flu. With that mentality, they'll start telling us to stop playing beer pong because we share cups. Terrible idea.
Yea to being stupid.
Nay to the Serbian union official who cut off his finger and ate it to show how desperately hungry he and the other workers were. Yes, earlier we were talking about selling body parts - let us clarify that eating them is not the same. Pass the Nutella.
Yea to Nutella. Everything tastes good with that stuff.
Nay to the pork industry's anger over the term "swine" flu. Get over yourselves, pig slaughterers. Sometimes crappy disaeases come from farm animals. Anyone remember mad cow? Now it's your turn.
Yea to Corvallis smelling like cows, not pigs.
Nay to that pesky Corvallis mountain lion that they still haven't caught yet. You know you live in Corvallis when a cougar makes front page news. Sad.
Yea to the ASOSU elections being over. Now our front page can go back to more exciting topics. Like Senate meetings. And scientific discoveries. And old men who win awards.
Nay to making fun of ourselves. We can do better than that. Hey UO! You got caught playing ultimate frisbee naked! Hah!
Yea to the fact that the naked playtime happened in Corvallis. We have fun here. Hi mom!
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Nay to the threat of OSU becoming a Division II school due to lack of funding for the athletic department. You know it's getting bad when athletics is complaining. It's not like any of the other departments should be scared either. They are just spilling over with cash.
Yea to inevitable tuiton increases anyways. What a great excuse to consider selling our body parts. Or maybe our fluids. Sperm banks anyone?
Nay to the fact that sperm bank donations have also skyrocketed in these hard times.
Yea to a new affordable pastime we discovered this week thanks to cracked.com: knitting with dog hair. We know it's almost summer, but with our empty wallets, it's a good time to stock up for next winter term by making a sweater with Fido's fur. We are so not kidding.
Nay to Mom's Weekend, a time to behave ourselves for a whole two days while attempting to convince mom that no, we're not going to get Swine Flu. No, we will not wear a surgical mask to class.
Yea to the epidemic. Nothing is more fascinating than watching people freak out over the flu. It is not Ebola. Calm down. Save your masks for Halloween or theme parties. They look much sexier when you aren't wearing much with them.
Nay to the country of Lebanon, who is telling people to stop greeting each other with air kisses out of fear for the Swine Flu. With that mentality, they'll start telling us to stop playing beer pong because we share cups. Terrible idea.
Yea to being stupid.
Nay to the Serbian union official who cut off his finger and ate it to show how desperately hungry he and the other workers were. Yes, earlier we were talking about selling body parts - let us clarify that eating them is not the same. Pass the Nutella.
Yea to Nutella. Everything tastes good with that stuff.
Nay to the pork industry's anger over the term "swine" flu. Get over yourselves, pig slaughterers. Sometimes crappy disaeases come from farm animals. Anyone remember mad cow? Now it's your turn.
Yea to Corvallis smelling like cows, not pigs.
Nay to that pesky Corvallis mountain lion that they still haven't caught yet. You know you live in Corvallis when a cougar makes front page news. Sad.
Yea to the ASOSU elections being over. Now our front page can go back to more exciting topics. Like Senate meetings. And scientific discoveries. And old men who win awards.
Nay to making fun of ourselves. We can do better than that. Hey UO! You got caught playing ultimate frisbee naked! Hah!
Yea to the fact that the naked playtime happened in Corvallis. We have fun here. Hi mom!
Editorials serve as a platform for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale and diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board majority. Disagree? E-mail a letter to the editor@dailybarometer.com
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Scott G
posted 5/01/09 @ 10:58 AM PST
Thanks for the 'yea' regarding the Campaign for OSU. However, the Campaign has actually raised a half-BILLION dollars ($500 million).
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