'Tis the Season to be Noisy

Every year, in late September, the college students return and reclaim Corvallis. I enjoy nearly all of them one-on-one, but in large groups, especially if they've been drinking (and yes, I'm thinking specifically about you, Greek people), they are disruptive, noisy and rude. For example, taking the dumpster from our apartment building, pushing it around in the street at 3:00 in the morning, screaming "Beep, Beep!"for five minutes, then leaving it there, would be considered by most to be unneighborly.

So every year, starting in late September, I start looking forward to Thanksgiving weekend: four days of uninterupted peace and quiet.

But somehow I've managed to live in Corvallis for more than 28 years without realizing that the Civil War Game (UO vs. OSU) is held each Thanksgiving weekend. And every other year, it's held in Corvallis. It's going to be noisy tomorrow. Call it the Mud Bowl, call it the Toilet Bowl- there's a reason Oregonians name their teams after prey animals.

Still, I did get two days of uninterupted peace and quiet.