A new addition to the Cavalier Daily Life section coming every Monday and Friday
Instructions: Fill this space with your gripes, your praises or just your own views on life at the University or life in general. You can either call 924-6914, listen to recording and leave your message, OR submit your 'sound byte' via our anonymous web form located here.
For Monday's edition 4/22:
"Please, please, please do not eat or drink noisily in stacks! It makes me want to smack you with my laptop!"
-Annoyed in Alderman
"I have a 15 page paper due tomorrow that I haven't started yet, and if anyone pisses me off today I'm going to strangle them with a smile on my face."
-Peeved procrastinator
"It annoys me so much when people tell me a story and then tell someone else the same thing with completely different details right in front of me. I mean, do they really think that I do not notice that they're exaggerating?"
- Cry for consistency
"Regarding last Friday's Sound Byte by "Chewed Out," get a life, you idiot. It disgusts me to see people chewing on their pens like they're gum or something. Why don't you do us all a favor and get ink poisoning."
- Poisoned pen letter
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