In response to poor, overworked Mark Thomas and his unfortunate law school experience as explained in the April 22 opinions column, we would like to share an equally nightmarish, yet totally unexaggerated account of what occurs in our college. We have our own version of torture chambers called studios. In these studios, we also come in contact with volatile liquids. The fumes from any of these fluids of trade cause us to ponder the eventual health of any children we may have, if we ever have time to procreate.
Seniority is measured by the number of altered fingers and scars one boasts.
Our world is called the College of Architecture, and our point is that students of many other colleges on this campus work very hard and don't write half-page articles to complain about the conditions they face. Every one of us, including you, chose our field of study. To put things in perspective, law school may be difficult, but the rest of us do not get rewarded for our endeavors with free liquor, compliments of the John Marshall Bar Association. The supposed factual content here is equally disturbing. Generally, the wholesale price for a book to a distributor is 60 percent of the cover price, and a bookstore pays 80 percent of the cover price to the distributor.