Our Voice

    The word we most commonly hear to describe our student body is apathetic. For our part, we do not believe this to be true of most of the students who matriculate here.
    Notice we said most.
    Whether we like it or not, there is a part of our population that can only be described as lazy.
    Or, at least we hope that they are just lazy. If they are not, then they most certainly must be stupid.  For now, we have to trust that our school would never admit anyone with such an affliction. So, we will proceed with the assumption that these students are really just indifferent to social norms.
    That said, we would just like to point out a few instances where these students could, for the sake of the rest of us, be a little more interested in following the rules.
    Take for instance the situation with the recently opened trash compactor at The Grove.  About two weeks ago, the Grove removed the eyesore of a dumpster and began operating the bricked in compactor. For the first few days, everything seemed to go smoothly. People would walk up to the machine, open the door, deposit their trash and then close the door back.
    Simple right?
    Apparently not.
    Soon enough, some of our more apathetic neighbors began to take their trash out, too. Thankfully, they all made it at least close to the compactor. Unfortunately though, the compactor door seemed to be just too hard to open.
    So what did they do?
    They just left the trash bags in front of the door, of course. This did not happen just once or twice. Oh, no. Instead, the pile just grew and grew like the blob from the old horror movie. Eventually the heap of trash extended four feet out from the compactor door and stood taller than even the largest of the many dogs living in the apartments.
    We will give a few of them credit. When the amazing power of the compactor door was too much to overcome, and the pile had grown to the point of collapsing in on itself, some people at least tried to throw the trash on top, like they previously had with the aforementioned dumpster. The only problem with this is that the compactor has not only four walls, but also a roof. Now you might be thinking, wouldn’t everyone see there were trash bags already on the roof?
    Again, the answer is apparently not so.
    Thankfully, for everyone else’s image, The Grove was kind enough to install signs explaining how to use the compactor door. And for those too lazy read the first sign, a second, more obvious sign describes the $100 fine facing anyone who is too lazy to open and shut a door.    
    For most of you reading this, we hope that you got a good laugh and that, in the future, you will lend a helping hand to those who are too lazy to help themselves. As for the rest of you, we hope that we did not lose you at “matriculate” and please, be a little more considerate of those around you. 
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