Ch-Ch-Ch-CHANGES

I've found a gap in this "Internet Free Zone"! So, here I sit. I have not much to say except that it's great to be here in Pittsburgh. The rivers (all three) are as I remember them-light brown with sprinklings of garbage-and the city itself remains lovely. All seems the same-EXCEPT FOR OUR SCHOOL, POINT PARK UNIVERSITY-which has undergone serious renovations that both confuse and astound us! There's carpeting were there wasn't carpeting! Windows where there were no windows! Stairs where there were no stairs that lead to places that never were!

Perhaps most curious is the fact that the standing urinals in the men's bathrooms now have treaded mats for you to place your feet on!

Gone are the days of slipping and peeing on yourself and those around you, but gone with those days are the carefree memories of laughter and the sense of the unknown living in every trip to the men's bathroom. Would you slip and fall and pee on yourself today? Would someone else be there, too? Would they slip and fall? Would you pee on them? Would they pee on you? Would they be your friend or just some weird old man peeing on college students?

Looking back, I suppose it's good that things change.