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Snow keeps hooliganism in check
By Cory Fechtelkotter
 Cory Fechtelkotter -- Staff Column
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Many of us don't appreciate the things winter brings us. I can't blame them. Unless you love the sight of snow, live for winter sports or are incredibly masochistic, there is not much to appreciate about winter.
But it isn't that simple. Cold weather like this does more than bring snow, winter sports and a deeper appreciation for hot foods. It drives away certain things that you are definitely better without. Mosquitoes in your veins, wasps in your soda, ants in your food, unattractive people in revealing swimwear, man-eating bears; they all seem to go away this time of year. But that's not all! We don't have to put up with skateboarders anymore either!
You know what I'm talking about. Don't deny it, because they bother you too. Before there was snow they were everywhere. Tricking off of this, grinding off of that, you couldn't go anywhere without seeing some little kid slamming his skateboard on something.
Of all the things to come to this campus uninvited, skaters are quite possibly the most irritating. Now for clarity's sake, know this: Not all of them are bad, just the tiny, junior high age variety that have no business being here.
Why? Why this anger toward children that simply want to have fun? Because they're cocky. And no one likes a show-off. Especially one that is nearly a decade younger and not even doing anything that impressive. Maybe if any of them were good enough to be entertaining, they wouldn't be so obnoxious. But until then, they are just little kids trying to impress each other, and us, with weak little tricks.
Maybe I'm just too territorial. Maybe no one taught me how to share. But this campus is not a skate park. It's for the students that paid for it, the staff and invited guests. But thanks to winter, these brats aren't a problem. For now. Skateboarding is a crime, and winter is the law that makes criminals think twice.
Keeping this in mind, I'll be sad to see the snow melt away.
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