Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
University Chronicle
Joe Froemming
Years ago, I wrote in this paper about the rudeness of bicyclists on campus and made veiled threats as to how I was to deal with them.
Well, now a new beats has emerged that destroys sidewalk etiquette. They ride on four wheels which support a plank of wood longer than half the average student height.
Yes, people. Banana boards are back, and their riders are more smug than Kanye West being told he was God.
They skate right through large groups of people, assuming they have more right to be on the sidewalk than the rest of us.
I cannot stress this enough: they are called “sidewalks,” not “sideskates.”
This is not a hard concept to grasp. If you are forcing people off the sidewalk while riding something, you should not be on the sidewalk. These skateboarders are, after hipsters, hippies and terrorists, the bane of my existence. Look, if students can’t walk the three or four blocks to school who don’t suffer from a debilitating handicap, then they are just lazy. There is no need to skateboard around campus. It angers people like me and it is infuriating to have to move because some lazy student needs to wheel by on a skateboard that was popular in the 1970s.
Banana boards were popular then, but seeing them today being used by kids dressing like they came right out the movie “Dog Town and Z-Boys” is as depressing as listening to an Elliot Smith album without taking the anti-depressants.
Look, taking items from the past and making them cool again is not innovative; it is the defining moment of this generation that proves how lazy we are.
Why can’t we come up with a skateboard that hovers, like in “Back to the Future 2?”
I am tempted to bring a bag of marbles to campus and accidently spill them when some skateboarder or bicycle terrorist come my way.
Perhaps SCSU’s respect and responsibility workshop could include proper skateboarding and bicycling manners on and around campus. One would think this would be common sense, but apparently it is not.
I used to agree that “skateboarding is not a crime.” This past year, my attitude has changed. Skateboarding rudely on campus should not only be illegal, but punishable by expulsion or forced to eat Garvy every day.
That may seem harsh, but I don’t care. If people can learn to skate on campus in a way that does not force me into the grass, then I may change my stance. Until then, something needs to change.
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wow some guy uses his schools paper to bitch and moan about skaters? real professional. if he presented valid arguments and possible resolution to the "problem" it could very well be a respectable article, but no. he used something at his disposal to deface skating and make skaters in general sound lazy and as if we had a "demi-god" attitude. im sure this guy just view skating as a childish thing rather than a green way of transportation, and im surprised that the idea of someone wanting to have fun on the way to school escapes this guy, i mean look at his picture he seems like someone you want to party with right? does that smile not scream please hang out with me and teach me to skate, daddy never bought me a board.
good candidate for douchebag of the year.
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Originally Posted by skategeezer
It angers people like me and it is infuriating to have to move because some lazy student needs to wheel by on a skateboard that was popular in the 1970s.
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what a douchebag... does he have friends? this this the type of guy who will f with the wrong guy, get the tar beat out of him, and become a martyr. if he tossed marbles down at me, and i would call the police for assault. if he ran, i would make a Citizens arrest and chase his ass down. not trying to be internet macho, but i don't take crap from arrogant punks.
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Originally Posted by scratch
In the past 2 weeks I've: sent some poor kid the wrong board, gooned 4-5 boards into seconds... put fabric on the wrong side of a custom order (and had to do it again)... lost the keys to my apartment twice... caught Wells' new board on fire, got a shoelace run over by a back wheel and ate tar, drank a skunked beer, gave someone the wrong paypal address& txt'd my grandmother a dirty joke...
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Originally Posted by SeanML
I totally thought this thread was gonna be about male prostitutes who can't spell.
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Originally Posted by Angry Mc Stupidpants
but punishable by expulsion or forced to eat Garvy every day..
Yummmm... Garvy.
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when allowed, the wood will give thankless service if
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Facebook is fun.
I think we should all respect the opinions of this credible journalist and...
Wait... what?
Taken from the SCSU editorial website.
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Originally Posted by Irrelevent Mc Spellchecky
University Chronicle editors have taken some abuse over the past few months. There have been negative comments posted online about the ability to edit and, in some cases, our inability to censor.
While there is no doubt a fine line between what is unethical and what is in bad taste, editors must walk that line every day.
As a newspaper that covers and is covered by the student population, it is our goal to allow for the free speach of all of our writers.
What we do not want to do is censor them in any way.
We aim to keep any and all defamatory comments out of the paper, but there are mistakes. There is no excuse for that and we are working to keep it from happening again.
However, that does not mean that we will engage in any type of censorship when it comes to our writers.
We refrain from printing most coarse language, but what may strike some as being in bad taste does not make it ethically corrupt.
As has been stated in numerous opinion pieces, and is printed on the opinion page in every edition of the Chronicle, “The opinions expressed on the Commentary and Opinions pages are not necessarily those of the college, university system or student body.”
We are always looking for a more diverse point of view. That only comes from having a large pool of writers from which to choose.
Like as is the case with many organizations, we do not have a large number of members. Anyone can write for the Chronicle. You do not need to be a Mass Comm major or minor. In fact, the more non-journalism students that write, the better it is for the diversity for which we strive.
But, no matter who writes, or what is written, the editors will do their best to edit grammar and punctuation mistakes while leaving as much of the content as is possible.
The line between unethical and bad taste thins everyday, but we are still asked to define it.
I'm not asking you to censor your writing just spell check it.
mmmmmmmm Garvy.
Sad thing is Brooke linking them nets them 110% more attention.
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The sage, Longboard Buddha once said, "A tree spends 100% of its lifetime in a static environment and only after its reincarnation as a deck is it allowed to move at fast speeds...
when allowed, the wood will give thankless service if
allowed to flow."
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Originally Posted by skategeezer
"That may seem harsh, but I don’t care. If people can learn to skate on campus in a way that does not force me into the grass, then I may change my stance. Until then, something needs to change."
Boohoo you need to walk on the grass as a courtesy of someone coming by. It's just like how people on the road in cars always think they are Mr. Right. If you're in the left lane on a freeway/highway and someones trying to pass you then you get over to the right and let them pass instead of being a douchebag and hitting the brakes because their "tailgating". As far as I'm concerned I pay taxes and pay out of my own pocket to maintain the sidewalk in front of my house so therefore I have just as much right to skateboard on sidewalks as people do walking... then again I don't barge through crowds of people and I usually get off my board when the their is a group of people ahead.
Sounds like someone on campus did the "chopping the wood" trick right into this guys crotch or something.
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Originally Posted by Bomb303
I qualify that as failure, not routine maintenance.
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send a letter to the editor. here is the link. i sent one. that article was terrible and completely unfounded. also rude. if you do send a letter make sure you dont come off as rude though. that wouldnt look good for the community.
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Originally Posted by WillJ
i don't understand why y'all are getting all upset
You of all people should be seriously offended his mis-spelled GRAVY
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The sage, Longboard Buddha once said, "A tree spends 100% of its lifetime in a static environment and only after its reincarnation as a deck is it allowed to move at fast speeds...
when allowed, the wood will give thankless service if
allowed to flow."
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LMAO This article is hilarious!
He was actually able to contradict TWO of his 'points' with nothing but his picture:
1) That things from the 70s are bad - In the context of his facial hair, I agree 100%!
2) That longboarders are smug - look at the expression on his face! That guy is not only smug, he's smugly.
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His mother should have done him a favour as a kid and dyed his hair to spare him some abuse.
It's no surprise he turned into a mal-adjusted, friendless attention-seeker.
What's a man his age doing hanging around a university campus, anyway?
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