Germs: nowhereto run, hide

Cabrini's campus is nothing more than a -----, giant germ waiting to make you all sick. I haven't had an entirely healthy day in months.

There is nowhere to hide. There is no entirely effective way of avoiding the germs, they hide in the most unexpected places and pose fear where you least expect it. The Biological Principles I Lab collected samples from all over campus and studied the growth.

They're everywhere. Hiding on doors and railings, keyboards in the computer lab and even on the soda fountains in the cafeteria.

Where did they grow the fastest? Don't read any further if you don't really want to know. The keyboards in the computer lab grew like wildfire. If you 're fingers have been tapping those keys, you might be afraid to know how the stu- dents who were studying the samples were cautioned about handling them. They were not permitted to open the petri dishes and when they weren't studying them, they were placed in sterile bags.

The buttons on the soda fountain in the cafeteria grew almost as fast. Have you had a soda this week?

What else can I say, except YUCK! It's truly a disgusting thought.

I'm not unreasonable. I understand that a lot of people pass through the halls and germs are bound to be spread. I have had cold after cold and even had strep throat last semester. After knowing what I know, nothing on this campus feels clean. It's really disgusting.

There is no escape from the germs. If you keep getting sick, stop blaming your roommate and start blaming it on the soda fountain. And if they haven't gotten to you yet, don't feel left out, they will.

Beth Conahan is the A&E editor of the

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is that, according to one of America's leading criminal justice experts Alfred Blumstein, "poverty, neglect and crime are linked, that the much maligned 'root cause' arguments can no longer be dismissed." So as we can see this study is not racist, it is not a rallying cry against the poor and it is not saying that abortion is the cure to our crime problems. Rather this study is saying that poverty is the leading cause of crime in this country.

Although the study is unbiased on the subject of abortion, I am not. I am pro-choice and I find this story very_,pleasing as, in my own mind, it effectively deals a damaging blow to the political power of the pro-life movement in this country. Now being against abortion is practically saying that you are for crime.

Here's something else to ponder: Republicans are traditionally pro-life, extremely tough on crime, and are known for being more interested in helping the wealthy than the poor. What this study does is make being a Republican an oxymoron, for how can you be tough on crime when you want to make the biggest factor in lowering crime illegal (abortion) and are unwilling to help dissipate the major root cause for crime (poverty)?

Mike '80s Butler is the perspectives editor of the Loquitur. The views and opinions expressed by Butler are his alone and do not reflect those of the Loquitur, its staff or Cabrini College.