tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5293319208073843281..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Since We Were Talking About Fucking in the Library. From the Daily Californian.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31793837344111578402012-12-19T22:59:37.114-05:002012-12-19T22:59:37.114-05:00In the library at my alma mater where I spent a lo...In the library at my alma mater where I spent a lot of time in, the staff had signs plastered all over the place warning us about taking in food. The crumbs tended to attract critters which ate them and, presumably, they would be inspired to start munching on the books.<br /><br />The staff later banned cellphones but making whoopee in the stacks wasn't mentioned, though. I'm sure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50611301414205299532012-12-19T22:51:52.218-05:002012-12-19T22:51:52.218-05:00I don't recall hearing about such incidents in...I don't recall hearing about such incidents in the library while I was a student. The nearest thing to improper behaviour occurred while I was studying for an undergrad exam.<br /><br />A group of students in a set of carrels close by had smuggled several bottles of beer in with them and were having a good time guzzling it. It became rather irritating hearing the occasional hiss of a bottleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64371600482867217522012-12-19T22:23:38.666-05:002012-12-19T22:23:38.666-05:00I DON'T CARE about how the students get their ...I DON'T CARE about how the students get their jollies. WHAT I DO care about is how I HATE-HATE-HATE how the pages of the Archives of the Royal Academy are ALL STUCK TOGETHER.<br /><br />EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2796975023875272902012-12-19T21:46:56.525-05:002012-12-19T21:46:56.525-05:00I'm tired of reading and critiquing student ed...I'm tired of reading and critiquing student editorials. I know, they are God awful and/or disgusting. This just strikes me as fish/barrel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4843841923290970242012-12-19T21:42:27.448-05:002012-12-19T21:42:27.448-05:00Stella, I'm not sure I'd hold it against h...Stella, I'm not sure I'd hold it against her (always my favorite play on words) but it would be fun to bring it up in the job interview. You could even play it up by saying, "I'm quite interested in your early writing samples. They bring to mind issues that faculty face on a daily basis. Tell me, as a member of our department, would you continue to fuck in the library or wouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78305283703224349482012-12-19T19:53:54.143-05:002012-12-19T19:53:54.143-05:00ALWAYS read the fine print. 8-)ALWAYS read the fine print. 8-)Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47517735724254296162012-12-19T18:17:21.568-05:002012-12-19T18:17:21.568-05:00I kinda second Bubba's "meh", at lea...I kinda second Bubba's "<i>meh</i>", at least as far as the write-up goes. I don't really mind if someone at a student newspaper wants to write about sex, using themselves as exhibit A. It seems pretty tame by San Fran standards.<br /><br />But I do have one objection to our recent focus on sex in the stax. I admit, I didn't read the fine print on my library card before IRosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42598747017777278762012-12-19T16:28:20.202-05:002012-12-19T16:28:20.202-05:00Well, she advocated avoiding. . .um. . .fluid prod...Well, she advocated avoiding. . .um. . .fluid production. How, exactly, she didn't say. Assuming her male partner is of similar age, I'd think that would be something of a challenge. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82673089278585066742012-12-19T16:25:27.031-05:002012-12-19T16:25:27.031-05:00Yep, I think you're right about the insecurity...Yep, I think you're right about the insecurity, and tend to think she'll be more effective if/when she works through it (and annoying and/or toxic if she doesn't, but, for the moment, I'm just a bit sympathetic with the struggle, even if I'm not sure it really belongs in public). <br /><br />And I like "lithe" as a typo (I think) here. Presumably one needs to be Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24413723856929854632012-12-19T16:21:48.977-05:002012-12-19T16:21:48.977-05:00I take your point, but she's still in her earl...I take your point, but she's still in her early twenties, and coming to terms with her sexuality, and sometimes a bit of oversharing (and overexperimenting) is the way people work their way out from under an (unfounded) sense of shame. If she hasn't managed to move from the personal to a somewhat more distanced/nuanced view by the time she's looking for a hands-on (but not *too* Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74973611422153122722012-12-19T15:05:26.318-05:002012-12-19T15:05:26.318-05:00meh
...as my students would say.<i>meh</i><br /><br />...as my students would say.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75779854835206912862012-12-19T14:37:35.660-05:002012-12-19T14:37:35.660-05:00Do they handle the books, too? Ugh.Do they handle the books, too? Ugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66080944185783980812012-12-19T12:16:01.365-05:002012-12-19T12:16:01.365-05:00I enjoy a bit of exhibition every now and then, as...I enjoy a bit of exhibition every now and then, as long as I'm at home, the curtains are pulled, and my significant other isn't a colleague.<br /><br />That being said, I think this girl goes a bit too far in her escapades. Fucking in a public place and then confessing to it in the campus newspaper are not a very graceful combination. Good luck finding a job girl!<br /><br />On the Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-243241026793327582012-12-19T11:29:30.000-05:002012-12-19T11:29:30.000-05:00If I found out anything like this about a job cand...If I found out anything like this about a job candidate, it would weigh heavily against them, man or woman. Obviously this person is lacking clear boundaries and relishes the attention she gets from her behavior.<br /><br />Potential student-fucker. We have enough of those already. StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22909310822260002222012-12-19T11:14:17.501-05:002012-12-19T11:14:17.501-05:00Don't a lot of college newspapers have a lithe...Don't a lot of college newspapers have a lithe provocateur like this? Aren't most of them really insecure down deep?<br /><br />Whoops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83633815244885643332012-12-19T11:11:59.112-05:002012-12-19T11:11:59.112-05:00This sounds a lot like some dining-hall conversati...This sounds a lot like some dining-hall conversations I heard during exam period. It wasn't everybody by any means, but it was among the chosen procrastination methods. Publishing it in the newspaper under your own name is, however, new to me. <br /><br />All the same, I think she's right that she hasn't done herself any potential professional harm, at least not given that she wants Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43408851746903369982012-12-19T10:55:47.129-05:002012-12-19T10:55:47.129-05:00Someone in the follow-up article got it right when...Someone in the follow-up article got it right when they wrote that she wasn't a journalist but an exhibitionist.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82585340983535494712012-12-19T09:01:33.110-05:002012-12-19T09:01:33.110-05:00I am generally against slut shaming but for her I&...I am generally against slut shaming but for her I'll make an exception. StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85026399355134244742012-12-19T08:59:13.019-05:002012-12-19T08:59:13.019-05:00Where's the risk/fun in that?Where's the risk/fun in that?The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51193724985645353792012-12-19T08:07:27.081-05:002012-12-19T08:07:27.081-05:00Oh for God's sake, why don't get a private...Oh for God's sake, why don't get a private study carrel?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com