Haunted rambling

There is a dorm located in the perfect center of campus, with its own sand volleyball court, shady trees, cozy single rooms and dining center—which no one knows about. This dorm is McTyeire, home to foreign exchange students, squirrels without tails (truth), a confused hoard of Spanish immigrants and me, a Russian and European studies major with a love for only having to walk downstairs to get breakfast. Now I know what you’re thinking: “Sign me up for next year! I love convenient food and freaky looking squirrels!” But be warned, like a padded bra, not everything is as it first seems. So far this year my air conditioning, heating, showers, and Internet have all broken, for weeks at a time. Even a metal toilet paper holder in McTyeire has fallen off its wall and wounded my foot (there is a scar, people).

Our center spread (pgs 4-5) this issue is Halloween themed and has a special section on haunted places around campus to avoid. However, the most haunted building on campus was not actually included, as you may have already concluded, this building is McTyeire. Many occupants of McTyeire take on pseudonyms to avoid the ghost (I for instance also go by Masha, маша if you will), however, nothing seems to deter his dastardly work. The work of the ghoul of McTyeire is fiendish and diabolical, but mostly it is inconvenient.

So far this year I have been having a difficult time thinking of what to fill this space with. Conveniently, the last two issues I could fudge creativity by talking about our publishing changes or plugging our new website (<shameless> www.theslant.net!! <shameless/> ). Convenience has driven me to writing about obvious topics for this column like convenience has driven you to buying your toothpaste for twice what its worth from the munchie mart. However, now in a remarkable twist of fate, inconvenience has inspired me.

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