2008 Woodie Awards
The New Hip Spot
Lumberspoof
Torrin Hults
Issue date: 4/11/07 Section: Opinion
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This is not real news. It is humor.
Why would a bunch of students want to sit down in Humboldt State's president's office? Because it's so comfortable.
President Rollin Richmond's office in Seimen's Hall, normally from where administrative decisions are handed down, much like God handing the 10 Commandments to Moses, is the new, hip student hang-out on campus.
"[Richmond's] office has the most plush, cleanest, grooviest carpets anywhere in Humboldt County," Dick Mason, an oceanography senior, said. "I love to go into that office and just have a good sit."
Richmond's office is becoming so popular, people will grab a bite to eat from the Depot and take it to enjoy in Seimen's Hall.
"It's been so quiet in here lately," Depot worker Helen Prosill said. "I wish [Richmond] would do something about it; I miss the students."
But he already did. Richmond tried to keep students from hanging out on his carpets and his couch--the couch that Richmond moved from the Kate Buchanon room to his office--but nothing deters them.
"I tried sneering at them," Richmond said, "but they just ignore me." Richmond said he even asked University Police to escort the students away, but, "when UPD got there, they just sat down with the students," he said. "And the students keep taking money that they find in that couch. That's my couch and my money!"
Meanwhile, students are looking for ways to improve their sitting experience.
"Man, you know what would fucking rock?" said Adrian Dommer, a biology freshman. "An espresso machine."
But the office seems to rock without an espresso machine, as students line up in the hall to wait their turn to sit.
"I tried sitting in the hallway," Alex Gomes, an ethic studies sophomore, said, "but the carpeting doesn't compare to Richmond's soft, luxurious floor, and that couch that gives out money."
In a last-ditch effort, Richmond tried pleading with the students, "Please, please leave," he said, but when that didn't work, he screamed, "Just get the hell out!"
But nothing worked. Either the students are too persistent, or the office floor and couch far too comfortable. Mason best summed up student feelings:
"We're here to sit," he said. "And we're here to stay."
Why would a bunch of students want to sit down in Humboldt State's president's office? Because it's so comfortable.
President Rollin Richmond's office in Seimen's Hall, normally from where administrative decisions are handed down, much like God handing the 10 Commandments to Moses, is the new, hip student hang-out on campus.
"[Richmond's] office has the most plush, cleanest, grooviest carpets anywhere in Humboldt County," Dick Mason, an oceanography senior, said. "I love to go into that office and just have a good sit."
Richmond's office is becoming so popular, people will grab a bite to eat from the Depot and take it to enjoy in Seimen's Hall.
"It's been so quiet in here lately," Depot worker Helen Prosill said. "I wish [Richmond] would do something about it; I miss the students."
But he already did. Richmond tried to keep students from hanging out on his carpets and his couch--the couch that Richmond moved from the Kate Buchanon room to his office--but nothing deters them.
"I tried sneering at them," Richmond said, "but they just ignore me." Richmond said he even asked University Police to escort the students away, but, "when UPD got there, they just sat down with the students," he said. "And the students keep taking money that they find in that couch. That's my couch and my money!"
Meanwhile, students are looking for ways to improve their sitting experience.
"Man, you know what would fucking rock?" said Adrian Dommer, a biology freshman. "An espresso machine."
But the office seems to rock without an espresso machine, as students line up in the hall to wait their turn to sit.
"I tried sitting in the hallway," Alex Gomes, an ethic studies sophomore, said, "but the carpeting doesn't compare to Richmond's soft, luxurious floor, and that couch that gives out money."
In a last-ditch effort, Richmond tried pleading with the students, "Please, please leave," he said, but when that didn't work, he screamed, "Just get the hell out!"
But nothing worked. Either the students are too persistent, or the office floor and couch far too comfortable. Mason best summed up student feelings:
"We're here to sit," he said. "And we're here to stay."
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