Beginning of the End

Well, this has been without a doubt one of the most historical first terms of the college, one with a LOT of change. 

Firstly, the inception of my little brother MAD About College, causing ruction but eventually weasling his way into the every day lives of students and even the adminstration (admit it!). Its hardly possible to beleive that its only a term MAD About College has been with us.

We cant forget the introduction, no sorry 'reinforcement' of the many seemingly petty rules such as no yellow earings and others like bottle green pants only or the feeble attempts to force evryone to wear the same colour shoe and to ban skirts all together? (Which still has yet to happen.) And what about the more than doubling of the college population first, then the building of extra facilities after?

Man About College is even more curious to see how this new rule ; wearing your ID at all times  is going to go down with the students. And how they are goin to actually persuade the students to do this. They might have more luck with the lower six students, emphasis on the might... but it is goin to be quite a task to convince the upper six students, who are on their way out, to buy  lanyards and actually display their machine washed library ID's... not to mention the fact that more than half the school couldn't be bothered to attend the assembly to hear about it in the first place...

What's next?

~ Man About College

Headlined!

Well! Students have never been more concerned about their current affairs than today. People could be seen diving for newspapers and arguing over who had the paper first. Large groups huddled around one newspaper and even small read-out-loud sessions to reverent listeners were not an uncommon site around the college today.

Man About College was shocked however at how detailed the article was! Similar offenses have been reported in the past, and not once has the exact school been pointed out. For this article however, "Community College" was emblazoned in red. The article had quotes from various emails though they had no relevance to the point being made, and could have been excluded! In fact... my infamous bible-clutching brother, MAD About College was actually less revealing than the papers!

Man About College is thinking.. this issue made the front page of news? how about "TEACHERS HUNT FOR CLASSROOMS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE" or "STUDENTS SUFFOCATING IN LIBRARY AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE" Man About College is not saying that the issue is a petty one, but at the same time it would have been nice if the REAL problems were highlighted. How are community college students going to be looked at now?

~Man About College

Skirt Passive

Man About College was quite surprised (though not really) at the amount of mini skirts that were parading proudly about the college this week as if no 'crackdown' on the rules ever occured. Surely some students misinterpreted the plea to 'meet us halfway'.

Man About College never really saw how the skirt passes would work out especially since to get one , students have to take their own initiative, make their way allll the way upstairs and tell a random person in the office why they're wearing a skirt. Strange enough not many feel inclined to do this, especially those who chose to wear these short skirts in the first place. To add to this, some teachers are not even bothering to ask for a skirt pass. (what with more important matters at hand like finding for a classroom...)

Not allowing the few students who aren't properly dressed to enter the compound is too easy, that can't possibly work... Preventing every single female student from wearing a skirt (with the exception of that smart little device called a skirt pass) is much better!Right. Some are a little too enthusiastic about how much less than halfway then skirt hem could go...

Speaking of halves... Man About College heard about a half day this coming Friday?

~ Man About College

Dashing News

Interestingly, The Community College now has a school paper. THE DASH's signature colour is green and is apparently open for members of the community college student body to sign on and be apart of. (after contacting the persons directly involved of course)

Man About College is commending this creative new vibe, and is glad that finally the college has a school newspaper. The only drawback is that it is only currently available in electronic format at http://thedash.pbwiki.com/FrontPage. Hopefully soon the paper would be a hard copy and in the hands of many students around the college.

In other great news, the new classroom is almost finished! No more having classes in the sick room! Next is the AC in the library finally realizing that it has a COOL button, and the renovation of the tuckshop to create actual eating areas!! Or maybe Man About College is getting carried away....

~ Man About College

Improvements?

The administration seems to be really cracking down on the skirt situation, an is now issuing permanent and temporary skirt passes, a small yellow card marked 'skirt pass'. This has to be the first time Man About College has ever heard of such a thing is waiting to see how this will unfold. Man wonders what will be done if a boy is seen with a pants that is not bottle green.

Since the beginning of the top floor Heat Wave in that library, NO arrangements have been made whatsoever, to at least try to reduce the effects of this inconvenience (apart from the VERY old notice on the door which claim the AC Unit is 'temporarily' out of order)... as a matter of fact , if a chair is even moved to try to get somewhere to sit downstairs, the attendants promptly get up and tell you to put it back.

Finally, Man About College is curious as to why certain warning signs don't apply to everyone, and also why rules are sometimes conditional at this college. Males and Females could be seen in one bathroom this afternoon, brushing, combing and relieving themselves. Not a strange site anymore.

~ Man About College

New Permanently Temporary Classroom

The latest addition to the collection of temporary classrooms is slowly taking shape. The plywood structure would hopefully ease the problems that teachers and students have been having recently with finding an empty classrooms. Hopefully the new classroom wouldn't be as stuffy as the infamous, newly refurbished, 'hot room'.



Students were witnessed being summoned and chaperoned to unknown quarters today, coincidentally all female and happened to be wearing skirts. (These girls were actually wearing knee-length skirts) Man About College is a little confused however as to:

• why these very same measures weren't taken when the few girls who wore the very short skirts were spotted on campus
  
• why the short skirt wearers were ever allowed unto the compound or even classes in the first place.
  
• if telling the entire female school population not to wear skirts would really prove to be a more effective mission than preventing a few people from wearing too short skirts.
  

Meanwhile, as these law-abiding skirt wearers were flagged down, girls flittered in and out of the boys bathroom on the top floor (they accustom to it by now, seeing as the girls bathroom is almost always locked) And people were cleansing their pores in the now-sauna that the top floor of the library is.

The new lunchroom (the wall outside copy center) was in full swing lunchtime and was clean after, because you know, they have to prove they can keep it clean to get their more spacious concrete-wall-lunchroom back.

~ Man About College

Lighters Up Tomorrow?

• Though Man About College is not a gossip monger, rumour has it that my all-for-mischeif brother is causing quite a stir. Everybody was busy today looking over their shoulders, and listening to conversations to see if they can find anything to pin someone to the self-proclaimed non-human that MAD About College is...

• Some 'flyers' have been bouncing around the internet space since yesterday, advertising that tomorrow is dubbed 'Bun battyman Day" for whatever reason. The organisers of this strange event are still unknown, and Man About College is curious to see just how such an event will be pulled off and/or celebrated. Maybe my bible-clutching brother would have more undercover info? What's next? Upper-Six Bun School Day? But Man isn't trying to instigate anything.

• Man About College is also happy to see the return of College Rocks Fashion. Despite the 'new' school rules, CRF has decided to continue the on going best school shoe of term one competition...

• Speaking of new school rules, MAN has noticed that, just like everything else in SVG, the temporary(?) craze has died down and the oh-so-popular blue collared enforcer is MUCH subdued.

• Apart from the regular classroom hunting, everybody being cramming into the lower floor of the library today due to the 70% chance of being baked alive upstairs, and the fact that Toilet Paper scarce in the Calliqua region, everything is just fine.

• Man About College is also rejoicing as the newly constructed offices are waiting to be furnished. Why rejoice? Well think about it. 'Hot Room' will no longer be a fitting title as whatever measures that are going to be put in place to keep the new offices cool, will spill over into the suffocating 'temporary annexes' including T1. Right?

• MAN is a little worried about a little concrete structure springing up behind one of the blocks of 'temporary annexes' will this very tiny addition be a classroom or is it just foundation for a new water fountain? Hard to decide.

~ Man About College

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