SWYGH is back by Editor demand. You know the deal: every week I select commonly overheard complaints about Columbia and rebut them with my Scrooge-like wisdom. In keeping with the fine [read: site traffic-generating] Spectrum tradition of Valentine’s Day sensationalism, this week’s edition addresses some typical mid-February grievances.
1) “Wien’s walls are paper-thin.”
It’s 2 o’clock on Tuesday morning. You need to sleep for a midterm in a few hours, but the comp sci couple next door are concatenating noisily (I agree, that pun is gold!). For now, cracking open a window for ambient noise is the best corrective for loud, lascivious neighbors. But (and here’s the part where I remind you how good you have it here) Columbia’s high-minded administration has promised to sequester problem neighbors in their own ghettoes of vociferous iniquity next year! Problem solved!
