Springtime on our campus always reveals some interesting new fashions. The weather warms up and the clothes come off. I don?t know if Sac State students dress scantily naturally, or if it?s some sort of deviant plan from University administration to attract more males to the campus. But apparently this plan is working because some of our students are beginning to open their eyes. Prospective students and other visitors come to our campus each day, and from one of those visitors last Thursday came the great line, “Is this a university or a fashion show school?” I say the latter.

Visitors? eyes aren?t the only ones opening up around campus these days with election season coming into full bloom. Monday marked the addition of campaign signs all across the campus, especially in the Library Quad. The award for most frightening sign or logo goes to the Vision slate, whose use of a single eye staring at you evokes thoughts of “big brother” and secret societies. It?s just downright scary. And its opponents? signs aren?t much more exciting either?leave the excitement to the independent candidates who always come up with classic campaigning strategies. The plain green and yellow, spray-painted “No new fees” signs from last year had a unique, grassroots flair about them.

Speaking of unique, in last week?s column I mentioned that I thought that Hans Weichhart would win the election by a nose ring. Well, it turns out that I was wrong. Hans kindly informed me that he does not have a nose ring, but rather a “chip” ring?a piercing that?s “not quite the lip, and not quite the chin.” Hans and his slate, United Students, will no doubt be pleased to hear that in all future columns I will double-check the placement of their various piercings.

With the Government and History Departments moving from the army barracks in Alpine and Brighton Halls to Tahoe Hall on the other side of the Library, students and faculty alike have had to adjust to the extra walk to and from their offices. But apparently this adjustment has been a difficult task for many professors. It?s now a common occurrence for the formerly punctual faculty members of these departments to arrive to class several minutes late. Not that too many students have been complaining about this new development. Rest assured that if you ever see another professor running through the Library Quad, they are just late to class and not trying to escape the prying eyes of Visions? campaign signs.

Last but not least, our police log always has interesting bits of information. On Tuesday, March 13, a suspicious subject was seen in Lot 7 working on his older blue vehicle, possibly a Nissan or Datsun. The reporting party said he was talking about songwriting and different bands and she thought he was acting very strange. The suspect, described as a white 30-year-old male wearing a baseball cap and a brown trench coat, was gone when officers arrived. Yes, musicians are strange folk.

Brendan D. Wonnacott is a Government & History major and is opinion editor of The State Hornet. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].