Who Would Have Thought?

I write about all sorts of silliness and the crickets chirp nonstop. I scribble a little rant about crappy North End pastry shops and the flood gates of commentary open wide. Never underestimate the power of sweets, I guess.

In non-pastry related news, I might be in a bit of trouble with the Dean of Students at my school. I've been trying to get a feel, as the SBA section rep, for what issues are pressing in the minds of my constituents. I sent out a short survey asking what people are concerned about and listing two issues that have been bothering me about our school: 1) security (several folks have had laptops and books stolen out of their lockers in the last few months) and 2) the cafeteria (specifically the food, service and food service). My email surveys go out to everyone in my section, along with the Dean and a few other administrative folks. Today, the Dean emailed me asking me to set up an appointment to see her regarding the 'issues raised' in my email. Call me old-fashioned but being called into the Dean's office is never a good thing, right? I'll be confirming or denying that one tomorrow at 3:30.

Admittedly, I was probably a bit to glib with my descriptions of the issues. I believe I made reference to our security staff 'text messaging and chewing pens' as any and all breezed by the entrance. Oh, and I might have made a few remarks regarding the cafeteria staff 'phoning it in with a smile' during the lunch rush...and the food being somewhere between prison and high school in quality. In my defense, my comments were neither funny nor completely untrue. And I'm nearly positive that there are things that we as students can do to affect change on both fronts. Hopefully, the Dean will see my good intentions and spare my head...

I'm pretty sure that I'm going to get a bit of a repremand, though. I'll probably be told that the security issue is 'being handled' and that the food service is provided via contract through the University, not the Law School, and any changes we'd like to see can only be initiated via the 'Comment Cards' that SoDexHo makes available to all patrons. In truth, there are a lot worse reasons to be called into the Dean's office and, if I am in trouble, at least it's for raising issues that are relevant, valid and worthwhile. It's not like I'm advocating eating babies or anything.