Smoking legislation

Last Wednesday, Feb. 15, LUCC held a "write-your-own-legislation" session in the Campus Center Cinema. As a result of controversy arising from last spring's efforts to ban smoking on campus, the Student Welfare Committee of LUCC wanted to increase student involvement in the new legislation. It was their goal to hear concerns from non-smokers and smokers at Lawrence in order to draft legislation that was acceptable to all students.

An expert's two-year study

Yes, I live on the fourth floor of Sage. This is the second year that I've lived there out of my three at Lawrence, and it has been of my own volition both times. Think what you will of it, but I love where I live. There is a sense of community on the fourth floor of Sage unparalleled — in my eyes — by any other dormitory floor on campus.

Last week, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California overturned the state's Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. I, for one, am overjoyed.

The blank and 99 cents gimmick may be the most annoying advertising trick in the world. I know that some money-crunching marketer must have run some tests years ago that said people are more likely to buy the burger that is $4.99 instead of $5.00, but all it does it make me grind my teeth every time cashiers look for change for my crisp dollar bills.