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Thumbs Down to people who drive the wrong way in and out of the Lewis Park apartments. I've seen morons pull this maneuver many times throughout my tenure here in Carbondale. My suggestion to everyone who sees this happen while trying to pull in and out of Lewis Park, is to put your car in park and refuse to move over for those deviant swine. They are the ones violating the normal flow of traffic, not you.

Thumbs Up to whoever made the decision to not cancel classes at SIU on Friday. Some students took the day off anyway. I saw a few snowmen pop up here and there by Creekside and Lewis Park, and I even heard about some kids building an igloo by the Aspen Court Townhouses. The snowfall we received on Thursday night and Friday morning is what we northern Illinois folks call a, "light dusting" so it would probably have to snow a lot worse than it did for the university to end its 20-plus year streak of never having to call off school for snow.

Thumbs Down to all the broken parking meters in the Student Center parking lot. I don't know about any of you, but every time I park in the Student Center Lot, I cringe in fear of getting a ticket due to the malfunction of a model 1974 parking meter. One time the meter had probably been expired for maybe 3 minutes and what do you know, I got a ticket, not for a $15 meter violation but $75 for having an SIU parking sticker in a visitor meter. I've heard similar stories from students about that happening at other places on campus too, all because we shelled out $45 for Red parking spaces that don't exist. If the Parking Division wanted a donation, all they had to do was ask, not write me a ticket.

Thumbs Up to the dining halls for finally allowing the coveted "double swipe." All the people I know that still eat in the dining halls have been a huge proponent of this for years. Now anyone that gets to the dining halls and forgets their ID can still go in to eat, barring they have a friend who is willing the swipe their own card twice.

Thumbs Down to the Student Center McDonalds for still not offering the full dollar menu. Come on, it's only a dollar. Full Dollar Menu plus hungry, cash-strapped college students equals slightly-less-cash-strapped college students.

Thumbs Up to everyone who plans to vote in tomorrow's primary election. Unlike most people, I'm not going to tell you who to vote for because you need to make the decision yourself. Polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Thumbs Down to the University for the poor planning that is leading up to the loss of the softball and football fields and the 6 tennis courts. When I was on USG as an undergrad, I was told the Saluki Way Project wouldn't affect the intramural fields at all. The original plan had the fields being moved over by the towers and a later revision had them over by the lake. Now we find ourselves in a position that we lose three lighted fields and six tennis courts to a new football stadium that wasn't supposed to affect the intramural fields.

Thumbs Up to everyone that plans on going to the Second Annual "Pink Out" this Friday night. Tickets are only $2 with half of the proceeds going to the Southern Illinois Healthcare Women with Hope support group. The Saluki Women will be donning pink uniforms and the first 1,000 people will receive a free pink shirt. Take some time out of your day and make it out to the Arena Friday night to support Breast Cancer Awareness.

Fruth is a graduate student in Curriculum and Instruction.

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