1994_04 The Daily Collegian April 1994

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Thursday, April 7,1994
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By Celeste Cox
THECOLLEGIAN
UGH! What happened to spring break? My alarm
went off at 6 a.m. yesterday and my only thought wast
"Why is my alarm going off? It's spring break.11
After realizing tRat it was indeed the first Monday
of the rest of the semester, I forced myself out of bed.
As my feet hit the ground, a wave of pain swept over
me. More than anything, I wanted to crawl back into
bed And hide from the world.
As I was getting ready to walk put! the door, my
mind wandered to all the fun places I could be and all
the fun things I could be doing rather than coming
back to school. My thoughts went to play ing volley¬
ball on the beach and camping in the mountains/
The thought of sitting on an examination table
getting a complete physical also ran through my mind.
I decided even a physical was a more pleasant alterna¬
tive than school.
But, a person's got to do what a person's got to do.
After less than five minutes on campus, it was
painfully obvious that I was not the only person that
wasn't finished with spring break yet.
- The first thing that I heard in my 7 a.m. class was,
"AAH! I'm not ready to be here yet."" I empathized
and sympathized. Of course, there was also someone
in that class who had four wisdom teeth pulled and
spent hours waiting in a hospital emergency room for
an unrelated event over spring break. He was the only
person who was glad to be back at school.
It also didn't help that Monday was*such a gorgeous
spring day here in the Central Valley. Of course, I
consider any spring day to be gorgeous if I don't get
stung or bitten by something.
1 While sitting in a strjffy classroom, half listening to
the professor drone on about something that was
completely irrelevant to everyone but him, I wanted to
scream.
^aHEY! Lighten up ... it's spring, and it is too pretty
outside to listen to you!" Exercising my better judg¬
ment, I did not say it. That particular professor was
boring enough when it was cold outside. Now that it
ras warm; sitting in that classroom was sheer hell. I
hope he's not reading this.
The only thing that kept me at school all day yester¬
day was thinking that we're in the home stretch of the
semester. Sure, the next tWcfweeks will crawl by at the
pace of a half-dead snail. But, after that is the highly
anticipated Vintage Days. Vintage Pays... where
everyone walks around half-naked and too drunk to
care.
Vintage Days gives college students an excuse to
behave like Cleveland Indians fans. That is, drunk and
incoherent Indians fans can't stiuft baseball other-
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See
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Column
Time is most wasted resource
By David Mirhadi
THECJOLLEGIAN
Time. It passes so slowly some¬
times. As I sit in front of this
computer terminal, wondering
what to write, I think of all the
other things I could be doing with
my precious time. I could be do¬
ing homework, I could be at home
taking a nap, or I could be chewing
out those stupid cops who gave me
a ticket for parking in what used to
be the largest student parking lot
on campus. Lot C. (That's already
been discussed, so I'll just have to
swallow my pride on that one).
Just think of how much time we
waste during -the course of our
lives.
I look at myself, and I think,
"Jeez, I have wasted so much of
my time.'* The time I spend lying
awake in bed trying to muster up
the courage to get out and face the
day. I am normally a morning
person, so that problem does not
happen that often, but there are
times when I wish the clock would
stop so I can stay asleep just a little
longer.
I eat breakfast. I have to wait
for my toast to pop up in the toaster.
Four minutes down the drain. I
take a shower. Gotta wait for the
water to get hot so I won't die of
hypothermia. Poof—there went
another three minutes. By the time
I can look at my-watch, I realize I
only have all of five minutes to
comb whatever hair remains on
top of my head. More time than I
need, time that I will never
again. %'■■
Taking a test is when time is of
See TIME, page 6
A Collegian
Apology...
:
Accuracy Is the goal of every
newspaper and journalist
When a newspaper publishes a
mistake of fact or an inaccurate
statement, its reputation is irrepa¬
rably tarnished.        /\
The Collegian apologizes to Dr.
Matthew Sharps, associate profes¬
sor of psychology at Fresno State,
for publishing inaccurate state-
i attributed to him for a story
headlined "Good study habits re-
due^rain strain."      r
The m i stakes were made due
to. errors by the reporter, and
The Collegian, did not mali
ciously publish the inaccura¬
cies.
Again. The Collegian apologizes
to Dr. Sharps. '
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