Julia Rose Duray
Reporter

Friday, March 11, 2011 around 2:30 pm: I should be working on my research paper. I am doing English homework instead, which is a form of procrastination that has he clever appearance of productivity. I am currently sitting in the Humanities Resource Center, which essentially consists of a windowless room lined with Dell computers, and a disgruntled intern at a desk who will help you with your history homework but only when he’s finished drawing his latest web comic. He and the quiet anonymous underclassman in the corner are the only other people in the room, but they both have headphones in.
2:46 pm: Earthquakes are obviously not abnormal in Japan. In fact, I have come to welcome them by accepting the brief swinging of overhead lights and a few moments of wasted class time as everyone collectively holds their breath.