The Evolution of Bathroom Stall Graffiti.

Over the past few years, I have personally witnessed the evolution of graffiti in the Moore 1st floor women's restroom, stall 3, right-hand wall. It started with a single Jack Johnson lyric:

Seems to me that maybe/pretty much always means no

Then it elicited pertinent responses, ranging from "Seems to me we're a bit angry, aren't we Jack Johnson?" to "Why are you quoting Jack Johnson on a bathroom stall" to "Jack is the best!" and "Jack sucks." Somewhere along the lines, someone else put up another Jack Johnson lyric:

Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die/At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes

This spawned a range of responses as well, involving commentary about the role of media in our society. Being a bit more political in nature, THESE markings spurred on a slew of comments about media, corporate america, liberals, liking and disliking Bush. And I believe it was the single "I <3 Bush" comment that led to remarks about girl-girl sex, sex toy varieties, and sexual positions. Oh, and somewhere in there, a left-handed writer turned to the bare left wall of the bathroom stall and commented "Yay, lefties!" That is all that was written on the left wall.

Now, I'm hoping this is a fairly accurate documentation of this stream of bathroom stall graffiti because during my last visit, I had noticed that the markings had finally been cleared away. So perhaps this is in remembrance of the oh-so-profound UCLA women who have left their mark. While peeing.