Overheard

“Oh, that tunnel. I thought you meant we could take a tunnel under the river.”

—Molecular and Cellular Biology Building

“If I were a girl, I would totally be one of those Red Bull girls. Everyone is always happy to see them!”

—Van Cleve Park

Professor: “If you get to a spot you just really can’t understand, just say ‘[Expletive] it’ and move on.”

—Shakespeare lecture

“Don’t forget to seduce him!”

—Campus Connector

“I hate that song where it’s like, ‘He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been …’ No. You know what? Santa doesn’t know anything about you.”

—Ford Hall

“Corduroy pillows make headlines. Just remember that.”

—Interior design class

Girl: “Remember in the original ‘The Little Mermaid’ when she gets her feet cut off and becomes a land animal?”

Guy: “You mean a human, right?”

—Pioneer Hall

 “I feel like a dinosaur since I’ve been at the U for five years.”

—Lind Hall

Student: “Do we get extra credit if we pray to a Roman god?”

Professor: “Uh, no.”

Student: “What if we just pray?”

Professor: “This is a public institution; I can’t encourage you to pray to anyone!”

—Latin lecture

“Jersey Shore is the reason I’m pro-choice.”

 —Pioneer Hall

Girl 1: “So Carlson makes it that no one can fail.”

Girl 2: “Great, so we don’t have to do anything!”

—Pillsbury Hall

Professor: “It feels fun when you’re doing it; then you go home and feel empty.”

—American literature lecture

Guy: “Oh! I was wondering why my pocket was so warm.” [Pulls out a corndog]

—Middlebrook Hall