I was lazing around on the couch in the lounge after eighth-period PE on Friday when Assistant Director Sue Kovacs comes in, loudly proclaiming one thing: SIEBEL IS CLOSED.

*Awesome … No more Anatomy & Physiology for a month …*

runs through my head before I realize that that's completely illogical; obviously my first-period class at Siebel Center will continue to be held. The all-too-clever administration wouldn't have let such a perfect accident pass unnoticed. Lame.

*LAME.*

… then …

*I hope she posts her big pink signs in Yoda-speak. That would make things wayyy more interesting around here. "Closed, Siebel is. Mischievous you are. Punishment, the only course of action will be …"*

OK, maybe that's a bit out there (but now honestly, wouldn't that be cool?). Anyway, as I was saying, Kovacs says Siebel is closed. NOOO. Where am I going to eat lunch? Me and my little group of friends almost always embark to Siebel's tables for a bite to eat.

On Friday, from our little table, a smallened-by-college-speakers version of our usual group noticed something odd: subbies pouring into Siebel in packs. A split second later, we noticed the cheese drawing these hungry mouslings in — a free-stuff table.

Ahh, the attraction of free stuff. It never ceases to amaze. Especially these subbies, some of whom have never seen the light of the EOH-day. However, after last year's Siebel-free-stuff escapades went noted by the Siebel and Uni administrations, and mayhem ensued, I'm sort of over the whole deal. And when Uni students stampede in, it's sort of a tip-off. And I didn't want to get in trouble for some underclassman antics. (I didn't see a single junior or senior.)

I believed a "You guys, that stuff's not for you" was in order. I followed through. I got a few blank stares, before they went back to wheedling the people out of their travel-coffee mugs and stress balls.

*Whatever. We probably won't get in trouble. Subbies will be subbies.*

Alas, no such luck. Siebel is, as aforementioned, now closed. Boo.

Anyway, to get to my point, maybe all this mayhem should be blamed on … well, the people who cause it. The FEW upperclassmen whom I see at Siebel are always well-behaved, quiet, and respectful of surrounding adults, keeping to ourselves.

However, the underclassmen … I don't want to rag anyone, but boisterous is a really nice description. They're loud, and — well, you've been on the second and third floor hallways. We all have. And we all know what we were like back then. Loud.

So maybe make Siebel upperclassmen-only for a while? And if not, then make sure that underclassmen can contain themselves.

Siebel is sort of an exception for off-campus priviledges, since it's full of classrooms and offices as well as a convenient place for a snack. At other schools, off-campus privileges are reserved for upperclassmen, sometimes ONLY for seniors. Maybe the solution to the mischief and mayhem that is mostly due to underclassmen is simply to make Siebel off-limits to those classes.

I absolutely don't want to promote punishing anyone, but I'm also obviously against getting punished for things that I'm certain were not my actions, nor the actions of my peers. It's tough at a school with people from ages 11 to 18 to make everyone happy. But expecting the same level of control and decorum out of those people — well, those might be high expectations.

*Word.*