End of Winter Quarter
The end of a Quarter at Clark always inspires ‘over-the-horizon’ behavior not unlike Wizard of Oz. The people who make flyers and posters, and hand out free food often like to mark the end of a Quarter as a milestone. And while we don’t go that far, The Independent does do little things, usually only a banner though.
The most the end of a Quarter ever meant for me was a brief chance to get some actual sleep, attempt to do some things on my ‘Super Magic Fun Time World Domination’ checklist, and hope I didn’t fail any of my classes.
Seriously, I’m really looking forward to sleeping in for a few days. I think when it comes to going to bed at a decent hour, I’m a masochist. I know that I’m going to have to get up at the crack of dawn, but I always end up going to bed at 2 or 3. This strangely extended spring break we’re all getting is going to be spent walking around Portland and enjoying criminally long naps.
You know, I still haven’t heard a satisfactory reason why this Quarter was shortened so much. The Quarter started later and is ending sooner than previous Quarters. I’m not really complaining, it means less class time, but if Clark was going to make a major change in the length of their curriculum, shouldn’t have there been a memo? Still, if it means two whole weeks of Spring Break, it can’t be bad.
This Quarter saw a lot of things on campus change. For instance, the remodeling of Gaiser Hall, which I think started last winter, is finally done. The building is completed, and the poor middle management types that were banished to the T-Building will probably spend their two weeks dragging their stuff back to this side of the road. We have maps and markers on campus and in the parking lots. Personally, I think that color coordinated parking lot system is rather cloying, but I sort of approve. The signs though are a bit weird.
While walking to class today, I came across two maps. In one map, north was south, Gaiser was on the bottom and Bauer, Baird and AA5 was on the top. This makes sense because it’s facing the direction a student is walking. However, all my on the fly logic escaped me when I saw another sign next to the Science building in which North was left and South was right. Gaiser was on the left side of the map and Bauer was on the right. This makes no sense and I also begs the question, ‘Who the hell designed these things?’.
Anyway, on a more local note, next quarter will be different because we won’t have Rachel or Rylan here anymore. It’ll be weird, but as long as Joanna doesn’t abuse her new power and keeps Chris in check, things should be fine.
