April182012

crappyeditings asked:

Why does the third floor smell awful? Like gym-socks-and-dead-opossum awful?

I suspect it is because an opossum did, indeed, die on the third floor of Morrill Hall.  Who knows what is dwelling in the walls. 

The more likely answer, however, is that the people who dwell in Morrill Hall smell that way.  Think of it: this building is mostly inhabited by professors and grad students who spend long hours forgetting that they have bodies.

It has been said that, if you walk into the conference room on the second floor after a faculty meeting, you will be overwhelmed with a smell of stale coffee breath so strong that you may not be able to breathe.  It’s an odor that can’t quite be adequately described in mere words; one must experience it for herself.

April162012
Dept office buys a water cooler because water in the building is undrinkable. Water cooler leaks and destroys the floor, resulting in dead animal smell.  Tiles are removed to let water evaporate.  Floor will be covered with tarp until building is knocked down.  Everyone wins.

Dept office buys a water cooler because water in the building is undrinkable. Water cooler leaks and destroys the floor, resulting in dead animal smell.  Tiles are removed to let water evaporate.  Floor will be covered with tarp until building is knocked down.  Everyone wins.
April142012
Late night paper writing results in attacking the wall tiles.  Just put it back.  No one will notice.

Late night paper writing results in attacking the wall tiles.  Just put it back.  No one will notice.
April122012
The irony of bathroom graffiti activism: everyone knows that tenured faculty never go to the bathroom.  They’re solved that pesky problem of having a body with the powers of their giant minds.  It’s part of the tenure review process: forget you have a body.

The irony of bathroom graffiti activism: everyone knows that tenured faculty never go to the bathroom.  They’re solved that pesky problem of having a body with the powers of their giant minds.  It’s part of the tenure review process: forget you have a body.
April102012
Graduate student sighting!

Graduate student sighting!
March282012
Why is the sink covered in a black garage bag, you ask?  Like university bureaucracy, some things just can’t be explained.

Why is the sink covered in a black garage bag, you ask?  Like university bureaucracy, some things just can’t be explained.
March262012
Third floor window without a screen.  You know, publish or perish.

Third floor window without a screen.  You know, publish or perish.
4PM
Phone book that is used as a window prop for window that won’t stay open.  Wouldn’t want things to get too revolutionary and have some kind of Robespierre moment.

Phone book that is used as a window prop for window that won’t stay open.  Wouldn’t want things to get too revolutionary and have some kind of Robespierre moment.
March222012
Antiquated computer in grad student office. The only person who thinks it’s a good idea to use technology this old is Stanley Fish.

Antiquated computer in grad student office. The only person who thinks it’s a good idea to use technology this old is Stanley Fish.
7PM
Bathroom graffiti.  Also what people say about a career in academe.

Bathroom graffiti.  Also what people say about a career in academe.
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