Cafeteria waits frustrate students

RYAN NORRIS STAFFWRITER

At the end of my l0:55 a.m. class I stare at that awful clock and hope everyday that we get out before noon, because if we don't we're most likely not going to be eating lunch.

At first I thought the hallway in the first floor of Founder's Hall was going to be just a hallway for the classrooms, but now I know why it's really there; to hold the enormous line of people for lunch everyday.

Once you get in the cafeteria and one of the WOOD dining employees finally types in your meal number because the card swiper doesn't work, there's usually no room to sit. So you go to - - get your food with your book bag on, and just wait for a seat to open. When you get to the counter to get food, there's usually none left. You'll get the brown lettuce, or the cold fries, and when they have nuggets, they always run out.

So you get what's left of the fountain soda, and maybe a sandwich or something, then you start looking for a seat. Once you pull an empty chair up to one of the full tables, you pretty much have to inhale your food if you have a 12:30 class, or you just have to eat fast because the cafeteria will be closing soon.

Some say, "If you're going to complain, then go to the Food Court and eat." I would go to the Food Court and eat if it were open during lunch!

People have classes before and after and that's the only time they can eat. Isn't there anything that can be done to move it along faster? Some people were late for their l2:30's and there was nothing they could do, because they needed to eat; their health is the most important thing.

Even if it means just speeding it up a little bit by having two people swipe ID's to get people in quicker. Or maybe they could open the food court at the same time so that you can choose to go there where it's not as crowded.

I've heard of some possibilities for extensions to the cafeteria, but that could take forever. What if the freshmal) class doubles every year? Then what are they going to do.

Ifwe have to go to lunch everyday waiting for over 30 minutes just to eat for less than 5, T don't think there are going to be a lot of happy people.

SHARVON URBANNAVAGE

MANAGING EDITOR

I am tempted to mount a loudspeaker to my car and blast "Move Get Out The Way" by Ludacris.

What is wrong with people on the road? The department of motor vehicles should retest drivers every so many years, which would eliminate hundreds of idiot drivers from the highways of the world

There are drivers who get into the left lane on the highway and actually do the speed limit.

MOVE GET OUT THE WAY!

Do you not notice that every other person in that lane is moviI)g at least 20 miles an hours over the speed limit? Do you not notice the long line of cars forming behind you or the dozens of cars margining into the next lane just to get around you?

Then there are the ones who don't seem to realize that leftturners do not have the right of way. MOVE GET OUT THE WAY! Why do you just sit there and let cars make the turn when you are the one that is going straight? Meanwhile, you've got dozens of people behind blaring their horns, who also want to go straight, but since your too scared to cross the road, we all miss the light.

What's up with people having conversations from one car to another? MOVE GET OUT THE WAY! Why must you stop your car to talk to someone in a passing car, therefore blocking anyway for anyone to get around you? Why can't you pull over and catch up on old times, without inconveniencing those who are sitting behind you waiting for you to shut up?

Oh. and these teenagers who swear that they have bumpers attached their butts.

MOVE GET OUT THE WAY!

Do you not realize that sidewalks were created so that you would not have to walk in the street? Is it necessary to get an attitude and roll your eyes because I beeped the horn for you to move rather than just running you over?

Being a commuter student is hard enough without the added inconvemences of the idiots that seem to clog the highways just to make my life more difficult. If you are one of these people, I have five simple words for youMOVE GET OUT THE WAY!