The students at Auburn would like Benjamin Franklin to know that death, taxes and lines are all certain in life.

"Providing any service to 17,000 students without having a line form is alogistics problem far beyond the administration's problem-solving capabilities."

Zing! That'll show 'em! The whole book isn't this way, and we're almost to the end of the gripes, but this is one of those unavoidable things and the students, no doubt, felt it an unfair punishment handed down to them.

"What Auburn student doesn't remember the joy of waiting in Drop-and-Add lines ... To make matters worse, those workers who hand out fee payment cards are seldom blessed with serlin personalities. Instead they look at you over pincenez glasses while mumbling 'Last name, pul-leeze.' This is then followed by some remark about how students are ungrateful for this momentous task being performed by them, or about what a relief it will be to get home and watch Gillligan's Island."

I wonder if this all sounded as tired then as it does now.

To be fair, I never had the joy of standing in registration lines -- just the far more normal and manageable ones. My freshman year was the second year of phone-based registration. The University was so in awe of the phone system they had a How To video produced. My sophomore or junior year Auburn's registration went to the web. There was much rejoicing.

The photograph of the poor oppressed students suffering under such a line-forming administration, however, appears to be at Haley Center and looking up the hill. If that's correct then off to the top right would be the Early Education Center and at the top of the shot would be Tichenor Hall and the Foy Union Student Center.

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