tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7826379064743917820..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Undergrads Feasting the Library.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68329916959615635142012-11-14T02:25:58.809-05:002012-11-14T02:25:58.809-05:00We have a cafe in our library, too, but they are p...We have a cafe in our library, too, but they are pretty strict about taking the coffee out into the wild. The worst consumable you will find in the stacks is probably bottled water; they are more tolerant of snack foods in the study room (where there are no books). Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29935850957632385572012-11-14T02:03:50.844-05:002012-11-14T02:03:50.844-05:00Librarians seem to have forgotten that it can dama...Librarians seem to have forgotten that it can damage the books. But then, the books seem the lowest priority in the modern library. In the new, $100 million library we have on my campus, the books a relegated to compact storage in the basement.<br /><br />On the 2nd floor of our new library is a Starbuck's. No kidding, a coffee shop, right smack dab in the middle of everything! And within Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11183563195537977422012-11-13T14:14:32.913-05:002012-11-13T14:14:32.913-05:00Didn't someone report on students humping in t...Didn't someone report on students humping in the library? I'd take the eating over that.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15920631428312313872012-11-13T11:44:44.929-05:002012-11-13T11:44:44.929-05:00Why is there food in the library?Why is there food in the library?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63571998071735970332012-11-13T10:32:26.533-05:002012-11-13T10:32:26.533-05:00Pulling the fire alarm and feasting after they eva...Pulling the fire alarm and feasting after they evacuate is probably not a good idea, either. Besides, they might take the food with them. <br /><br />I'm of the opinion that our bodies have their reasons for wanting particular foods at particular seasons, and we should yield to such impulses (in moderation). Then again, I have a waistline that suggests this may not be the best dietary Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49416487038001816602012-11-13T08:00:20.392-05:002012-11-13T08:00:20.392-05:00Third the irrational seasonal deliciousness of sta...Third the irrational seasonal deliciousness of starches, though I genuinely prefer mine not-fried (baked potato, mashed potato, bread in any form, pasta...). <br /><br />Now I think I need to walk to the further-off food outlet and get a jacket spud...Grumpy Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896982515031823267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91197613166831005502012-11-13T06:25:06.945-05:002012-11-13T06:25:06.945-05:00Second the seasonal, irrational deliciousness of s...Second the seasonal, irrational deliciousness of starch, especially of the fried variety. Wishing I hadn't decided to check CM before lunch..... *drool*Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46096241780475829382012-11-13T05:48:19.195-05:002012-11-13T05:48:19.195-05:00Why don't you slobber and drool all over them,...Why don't you slobber and drool all over them, then? Betcha there's nothing in the faculty handbook about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com