2008 Woodie Awards
Who let the cows in the classroom?
By: Isabel Rodriguez
Issue date: 2/26/07 Section: Opinion
PUC stopped selling gum on campus a few years ago. Improper disposal of gum and students defacing property caused increasing costs removing gum from campus property. No one could buy a stick of gum anywhere, including the vending machines or the book store. And to this day, they still don't sell it.
Good.
There's too many students (and a handful of faculty) grazing on campus, chewing like cows. These cows - I mean students - make their way into classrooms and disturb everyone with their bad habits.
Sure, people might have bad breath. Who doesn't? Or maybe those Bosco sticks left a taste of garlic. But it doesn't excuse loudly chewing gum with mouth wide open, or popping gum as a professor talks about what to study for the big exam worth 50 percent of your grade. It's one thing to chew a stick of gum quietly, but it's another to hear the glob slurped and swished around and become saturated with spit. Then the rude, disgusting noise is topped off with a loud pop.
Everyone is familiar with this inconsiderate person. Yes, he or she is the person sitting next to you in political science. Bored, this person resorts to playing with their wad of gum - distracting those who want hear the actual lecture and not their chewing. They usually end up throwing in another piece to the pile of five or so already in there.
The solution? Pop a tic-tac. Grab some of those Life-savers. Listerine strips work better than gum. If gum is the only way to go, at least be considerate of those around you. It's college and I'm pretty sure we're all capable of keeping our mouths closed when we eat or chew.
Now if only the university could ban chewing gum during lectures.
If most professors ban food and drinks, why not gum?
Good.
There's too many students (and a handful of faculty) grazing on campus, chewing like cows. These cows - I mean students - make their way into classrooms and disturb everyone with their bad habits.
Sure, people might have bad breath. Who doesn't? Or maybe those Bosco sticks left a taste of garlic. But it doesn't excuse loudly chewing gum with mouth wide open, or popping gum as a professor talks about what to study for the big exam worth 50 percent of your grade. It's one thing to chew a stick of gum quietly, but it's another to hear the glob slurped and swished around and become saturated with spit. Then the rude, disgusting noise is topped off with a loud pop.
Everyone is familiar with this inconsiderate person. Yes, he or she is the person sitting next to you in political science. Bored, this person resorts to playing with their wad of gum - distracting those who want hear the actual lecture and not their chewing. They usually end up throwing in another piece to the pile of five or so already in there.
The solution? Pop a tic-tac. Grab some of those Life-savers. Listerine strips work better than gum. If gum is the only way to go, at least be considerate of those around you. It's college and I'm pretty sure we're all capable of keeping our mouths closed when we eat or chew.
Now if only the university could ban chewing gum during lectures.
If most professors ban food and drinks, why not gum?
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