In addition to banning
smoking on all three Bucks
campuses, the administration
has decided to also reduce
noise pollution by banning
students from cursing on
campus.
Recent studies show that
cursing makes up about 68.2
percent of noise pollution on
college campuses. Other
sources of noise pollution
include people who talk really
loudly and that squeaky
noise that wet sneakers make
on linoleum floors.
Students heard cursing will
be fined the same as smokers
on campus.
“Are you f*$&ing serious?
S^%#. This is as $^%&^&
^%# as my *&%^ on a wet
and @$%^ day!” said a Bucks
students, who preferred to
remain anonymous out of
embarrassment for being
fined shortly after speaking
to the Centurion.
Non-cursers appreciate the
new rule, but have expressed
doubts that it can be effective.
Cursing can still be heard all
around campus, and even
read in the form of graffiti.
“What’s the point of enacting
a rule if it isn’t going to be
thouroughly enforced?”
asked student Charlie Pace.
Cursing has not only been
banned in verbal form, but
written form as well.
This is to prevent students
from reading aloud and accidentally
saying a written
curse word out loud in the
process.
“People don’t need to
curse,” said Alita Tiala, 22, a
business administration
major from Lambertville. “I
like the idea of a curse-free
campus. I won’t have to walk
from class to class and hear
such awful things as
‘@(%#$#& *^$%^.’ Oh, wait,
$^(%. I didn’t mean to actually
say it. Wait, is ‘)@^^&’ considered
a curse word? Really?
Wow, that )#&% is *@#^ing
strict.”
“Have those !**$# ever
heard of a little !&&$@&
thing called ‘freedom of
speech’?” said another Bucks
student who preferred to
remain anonymous. He then
added: “@$#*(!”
With less noise pollution
clouding the air, non-cursing
students feel they will be better
able to focus on their studies.
“Getting rid of the cursing
is good, I think,” said Lisa
Basil, 21, a biology major
from Warminster. “They
should deal with the squeaky
wet shoes on the linoleum
next. That noise is awful.”
Most cursers have been
ignoring this new rule. Most
do, however, agree that the
squeaky wet sneakers are
“really $#&* annoying,” as
another anonymous student
put it.
A list of curse words now
not allowed to be spoken on
campus has been placed in
the library for all students to
read. Many students were not
happy with a number of
word choices.
“$%^ is not a *(&%%^R@
curse word! What the *(&%
said Glen Elg, 25, a communications
major from
Doylestown. “Seriously,
^&%# is not a curse word.
This *&% *% seriously. What
is this ‘noise pollution’
%$@#&*&*(&%$ Sometimes
you can’t fight the urge to just
curse, no matter where the
&^$% you are.”
Security has been cracking
down on offenders of the
new cursing rule, and
encouraging students to get
involved in stopping all the
cursing.
Security also encourages
students to inform others
when they are talking too
loudly and that nobody cares
about their personal problems.
Recently, keeping hallways
free of squeaky wet
sneaker noises has been
brought to students’ attention
as well.
The new rule became effective
as of April 1, 2009.
It’s a really good *(&%$
rule–am I right?