Lake Takes

THUMBS DOWN to the disappearing Student Life Center.

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, apparently in a galaxy far, far away (though we didn’t know it at the time), there was talk in these parts of a Student Life Center in the old library (across from the cafeteria). The plans looked nice. There was a game room, lots of leisure space to spread out. A great little campus hang-out.

Yes, we understand that the craziness of the waterproofing (not to mention reaccreditation) has shaken things up. But could we get an update? Is this still on the table? Are we ever going to talk about it again? We’re just wondering. Worriedly.

THUMBS UP to a couple of great alumni.

Andrew Van Wey. Ring any bells? Maybe not, but he wrote extensively for us here at the N-R in the spring, mostly involving music (and specifically jazz). Andrew, who is a Marine, has been recalled to the Middle East. We know he’s not the only one, but we here at the N-R are proud that such a great guy is representing us. Godspeed, Drew.

Speaking of great alumni, if you listen to the new Sunny 97.1 for traffic, you’ll hear a familiar voice. Recent graduate Jasmine Sadry can be heard giving the a.m. and p.m. traffic reports. Congrats Jazz!

THUMBS DOWN to lack of a mascot for North Lake.

OK, really, this is getting embarrassing. Let’s just decide already and get this rolling. It’s been too long that we’ve had to answer the visitor’s invariable question, “What’s a Blazer?” with a shrug. What IS a Blazer? The consensus seems to be a Mustang (Gee, it’s so obvious). At any rate, we’ve reached the point where we would support anything, including the man on the moon, if it would get us a mascot.

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