Lake Takes

THUMBS DOWN to noisy students in the library.

Sure, lots of us have had to put up with laughter or conversations that were too loud in the library because we didn’t want to make a scene or get anyone in trouble.

But when the North Lake Police Department has to be summoned to quiet down students, that’s serious noise! C’mon, guys. Take it outside.

THUMBS UP to low-carb snacks in the vending machines.

The N-R isn’t into low-carb diets like Atkins or South Beach, but we understand that many of our readers are.

And those people will be happy to know that many of the vending machines on campus now carry nuts, pork rinds and beef sticks.Now, if we could just get the machines to accept our dollar bills.

THUMBS DOWN to trash in the parking lot.

Ever walk into school and see bags and cups from a fast food restaurant littering the campus?Ever open your car door and step into a mound of cigarette butts?

If there weren’t any trash receptacles available, that would be different, but our facilities people have put plenty out there for us to use.

Use ‘em, OK?

THUMBS UP to N-R’s former editor, Josh Bohling.

Way to make us proud, Josh.

Last December, Josh took a 3-month internship at the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., and was supposed to be back in mid-March.But guess what? They didn’t want him to go so they hired him as business section designer!

Plus, the paper is going to pick up the tab for the rest of his education — at Old Dominion University.

And to think, he cut his teeth on the News-Register.