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Overheard in Firestone
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Thesising senior: “We’ll see if I become a raging fiend of productivity in the next thirty minutes.”
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Overheard at Terrace
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Dedicated student: “Sometimes I sit out in the cold and don’t let myself get warm until I’m done with my reading.”
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Overheard at Small World
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Encouraging professor to grad student: “You could do a study of the healing effects of coffee shops!”
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Overheard on a philosophical evening
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History major: “I will say, the French were PRETTY atheist once they got over being pretty Catholic.”
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Overheard in an intimate friendship
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Sex-starved senior: “Do you ever get an orgasm when you figure out a good transition in your thesis?”
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Overheard at Forbes
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Second-year premed: “I couldn’t figure out how to fit my life into a writing sem formula and it almost broke me.”
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Overheard at Small World
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Economics grad student: “Look at it this way… rich people always want more houses!”
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Overheard in Firestone
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Gay 1: “She’s wavering on Terrace, I’ve heard.” Gay 2: “We can’t let that happen. We can’t.”
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Overheard in a food kitchen
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Vindictive volunteer: “I’m not really a community service type of girl.”
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Overheard on a Thursday
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Marxist: “One of my great contradictions is that I have populist airs but read the New York Book Review.”
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Overheard while making evening plans
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Fearful fun-seeker: “We can’t go to a dive bar. What if somebody asks me to arm wrestle?” Sympathetic friend: “That will probably happen.” Fearful fun-seeker: “Fine. Let me get a pump in.”