Comments for The Campus http://www.coscampusonline.com The First Amendment Student Newspaper at College of the Sequoias Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on REALationships: Effort and Expectations by Brenda Deason http://www.coscampusonline.com/2012/02/14/realationships-effort-and-expectations/#comment-216 Brenda Deason Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:22:18 +0000 http://www.coscampusonline.com/?p=956#comment-216 I don't know if anyone can ever meet another person's expectations. I know I certainly have never been able to do that. I know someone who got two dozen roses, two dozen chocolate covered strawberries, and a poem from her husband for Valentine's Day. It was exactly what she expected because she told him exactly what she wanted. For me, that would be horribly disappointing. I'd want him to surprise me with something unexpected. For me, roses and chocolates just say, "The advertisements all around me tell me that this is what every woman wants, and I figure you are just like every other woman, so this must be what you want." I prefer live plants to cut flowers, for one thing. Best Valentine gift? I remember a boyfriend who gave me a box of assorted, seemingly random items, but each had a little handwritten note attached. The crayons said, "You color my world." I don't remember all the other things. This was almost 30 years ago. What I remember was how much fun it was to explore the box and laugh together and how much thought and creativity he had put into it. I think the problem with expectations is that they are extremely individual, and yet we expect everyone else to like what we like, and therefore, to know what we want. I don’t know if anyone can ever meet another person’s expectations. I know I certainly have never been able to do that. I know someone who got two dozen roses, two dozen chocolate covered strawberries, and a poem from her husband for Valentine’s Day. It was exactly what she expected because she told him exactly what she wanted. For me, that would be horribly disappointing. I’d want him to surprise me with something unexpected. For me, roses and chocolates just say, “The advertisements all around me tell me that this is what every woman wants, and I figure you are just like every other woman, so this must be what you want.” I prefer live plants to cut flowers, for one thing. Best Valentine gift? I remember a boyfriend who gave me a box of assorted, seemingly random items, but each had a little handwritten note attached. The crayons said, “You color my world.” I don’t remember all the other things. This was almost 30 years ago. What I remember was how much fun it was to explore the box and laugh together and how much thought and creativity he had put into it. I think the problem with expectations is that they are extremely individual, and yet we expect everyone else to like what we like, and therefore, to know what we want.

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]]> Comment on Smoking and college by BAF http://www.coscampusonline.com/2012/01/18/smoking-and-college/#comment-26 BAF Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:45:10 +0000 http://www.coscampusonline.com/?p=513#comment-26 i just wanna smoke, i just wannna smoke, i just wanna smoooooke i just wanna smoke, i just wannna smoke, i just wanna smoooooke

]]> Comment on Smoking and college by Phil http://www.coscampusonline.com/2012/01/18/smoking-and-college/#comment-22 Phil Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:09:13 +0000 http://www.coscampusonline.com/?p=513#comment-22 The trend of colleges and universities choosing to become a 100% smokefree campus are spreading across the entire country. As of January 2, 2012, the number of 100% smokefree college and university campuses has risen to 639, including 23 in California. In addition, the all campuses of the University of California will become 100% smokefree by 2014. The trend of colleges and universities choosing to become a 100% smokefree campus are spreading across the entire country. As of January 2, 2012, the number of 100% smokefree college and university campuses has risen to 639, including 23 in California.

In addition, the all campuses of the University of California will become 100% smokefree by 2014.

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