Hammer time needs to stop immediately

My classes lately have been filled with the wonderful sounds of hammers hammering, drills drilling and teachers trying to teach.
It seems to me the statement of the college, "Learning comes first at JCCC" has been lost in the shuffle of construction.
Is it necessary to renovate and rebuild all these classrooms during peak instruction hours. How much more would it cost to allow these construction companies to work on nights and weekends?
But no, we can't do that. So I am left with hyperextending my ear drums to hear what my professor is saying.
Perhaps I can find temporary solace inside the walls of the Regnier Center, where nary a construction worker, drill nor hammer is found. Perhaps I should persuade my professor to have our classes inside the Shull Foyer, that way we would only have to drown out the sounds of Cafe Tempo and Nerman patrons.
One thing is clear to me, learning apparantly does not come first at this college.
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Here Say: Volume One, Edition One

We at the Campus Ledger are always on the lookout for that juicy quote, that awesome one liner that makes the story. It is with that attitude that we present Here Say, a random conglomeration of overheard quotes and phrases around campus. Here is the first edition:

Girl to table of girls: I have to get injections...

Guy: Why do you need three octaves in the flat? This is just insane. How
the hell are you gonna play that on a piano?

Guy to girl: How are you going to eat that hot dog?

Not all flannel is plaid, but all plaid is flannel.

I know in the movie the grandfather is reading the book.

Have you seen juice?

You look like somebody who's here for GIG.

Guy to mixed company: How I masturbate...

I don't want to see your man thighs.

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Hallway etiquette: Do's and Don'ts

A friend and colleague of mine at the paper mentioned to me how he had an unfortunate hallway collision with a female who was texting while walking the hallway.

It inspired me to write this post, for you see I witness stuff like this every day roaming the halls at the college.

What has happened to etiquette? Did it go out the window with the arrival of roll over minutes and nights and weekends?

So I, Cameron Fletcher, in all my wisdom will now offer my tips on hallway etiquette.

First of all, for centuries mankind has gotten along on the principal that you walk on the right side and allow people to pass the opposite direction on the left. It's a simple process that allows for the seamless flow of humanity. Which brings me to the first tip.

Tip #1 Do not walk on the left side of the hallway.

We are not in Great Britain folks. Walk on the right. And don't get an angry look on your face when I make no effort to get out of your way since you are in fact on my side of the hallway. Walk on the right. It makes things easier.

Another thing I notice is people like to mingle right at crucial intersections of multiple hallways and talk about whatever is on their mind. Which leads me to my next pointer.

Tip #2 Do not loiter in the middle of a busy intersection

There actually are people on a time crunch who are trying to get to their next class or appointment. If you must chat make use of the seating areas around campus. They are there for a reason. Use them.

By mingling and loitering in the middle of congested trafficways and intersections just proves that you are only thinking of yourself and are too asinine to realize it. Get out of the hallway!

The other thing that I don't understand is people's naive nature when it comes to the laws that govern elevator etiquette. Moving on to the next tip.

Tip #3 When waiting for the elevator don't stand right in the doorway.

Stand off to the side. It was they way I was taught and should be common knowledge. By standing off to the side it allows anyone on the elevator that needs to get off the room to get off said elevator. As soon as all people who need to get off are off enter said elevator. It is common courtesy.

Yet I still encounter, daily I might add, people standing right in my way as I attempt to get off the elevator. As I nearly take them down like a linebacker going after the quarterback they have the marbles to flippantly say "excuse me" to which I reply, well I never reply actually.

I don't know who is to blame for all of this, the parents of these kids that apparently aren't teaching their kids how to act; or the young people of this generation who despite a lack of direction from authority still don't have enough common sense to know the difference between right and wrong, courteous and non-courteous or the way things are done. My gut tells me it's a little bit of both.

My only warning is beware crazy text messaging, left side walking, elevator door huggers the next person you may run into, literally, is me.

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Cameron Fletcher joins Kenny and Ozone, makes week one picks

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Cameron Fletcher joins the Kenny and Ozone Show to talk about the Cavaliers

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Cavaliers improve to 2-0 on the Fall

Pitching, defense and timely hitting led the Cavs to an 8-2 victory over JC Fall Select at the Baseball Complex Tuesday night.
Pitchers Gage Daniels, Tony Schulte, Brad Alberts and John Lenherr combined gave up two runs and six hits while striking out 14.
The game was a fairly close 2-1 through three and a half innings before the Cavs offense woke up.
The Cavs loaded the bases with no one out when Sam Stucky drew a walk. Following Stucky’s walk Brad Alberts cleared the bases with a double.
“He was struggling to throw stikes,” Alberts said. “I had a three-to-one count and I was just looking to jump on something and it was there.”
After the damage was done the Cavs led 6-1 and never looked back.
David Drahozal hit an inside the park home run to center field to make the score 7-2 Cavs.
Zach Smith picked up the eighth and final run in the seventh with a single, a stolen base and scored as Tanner Funk got caught up in a run down between first and second base.
The Cavaliers coasted to the victory from there.
Eric Horner, assistant coach likes what he has seen from the Cavs so far this fall.
“We’ve got a young club and we’re learning every day. It’s good to get out and play,” he said.
Horner said Fall baseball games allow the college to see some of the young high school stars in the area.
“It also allows our freshman to get out and kind of learn the game outside of practice and not play and beat ourselves up,” he said. “We’ve got to get our guys out there and see what they can do.”
Alberts said he feels the team isn’t playing up to their potential.
“Some of the little things we didn’t execute but as a whole we played well,” he said.
Nate Thomas, who went 2-for-3 with two runs scored said the hitting isn’t quite up to par yet.
“Our defense looks pretty good but we’ve got a lot of work to do on the hitting,” he said.
John Lenherr, who struck out the side in the ninth after going 2-for-3 said the team played a lot better than the first game against the Expos.
“We are getting better but we’ve still got a ton of work to do,” he said. “We just need to come out and work hard every day and continue to get better.”
The Cavs next play a doubleheader on the road at North Central Missouri Community College in St. Joseph, Mo. on Sept. 6.


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Link To Oath Of Employment Ceremony

http://www.vidiLife.com/video_play_1224034_Oath_Of_Employment_Ceremony.htm?tc=1124565

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