<p>I got hired by college ******* to write the editorial for my school. Personally, I thoroughly enjoy turning bland, mundane subjects overly-flashy and totally excessive. I definitely did that here.</p>
<p>Here's my first shot at the editorial for "Student Body." It's only like 400 words.</p>
<p>Tell me what you think. Is this just annoying?</p>
<p>"Community College is a place where old people go to keep their minds active as they circle the drain of eternity."
This quote from NBC's "Community," reflects the nation-wide ironclad stigmata of a typical community college student body. While it is a gross and thoughtless overgeneralization, it is also a fairly accurate description of Moorpark College during the night hours.</p>
<p>With an inevitability matched only by the propensity of a westwardly setting sun, as night falls on Moorpark College, the student body undergoes a nearly eery paradigm shift. Younger students begin to flee as the average age of the campus slowly begins to climb. Coughs, grunts, and the occasional muttered complaint of tomfoolery suddenly become audible, until, eventually, the transformation comes to consummation, and middle to old-aged students suddenly make up the campus majority. Nearly all night-classes will be filled with older adults. While most younger students are not fond of this taking place, some enjoy the atmosphere.</p>
<p> During the daytime hours, the student body mirrors that of the stereotypical southern california populace. Well-groomed students march into class, tote bags and cell phones in hand, seemingly more concerned with the day's appearance than the forthcoming exam. Although the prominent aloofness can sometimes be irritating, the student body's desire to appear attractive is, at least, not in vain. Most everyone will agree that Moorpark houses an attractive student body. Although no evidence has ever been brought forth to validate the claim, students often revel in the "fact" that Playboy Magazine once mentioned Moorpark as one of the "Hottest Campuses in America."</p>
<p>Regardless of time of day, one overarching theme encompasses all aspects of Moorpark
College social conduct and decorum: Students keep to themselves. Seemingly having vowed to spit in the very face of gregariousness, as students file into their designated classrooms and take their seats, a profound and perpetual "hush," envelopes the entire school. The isolationism being so poignant, it left one witty Moorpark student to reference the school as thus," Moorpark: A School Where Talking Is Optional." This antisocial behavior should not come as a surprise, as<em>Moorpark is not only commuter school, but also, a community college. Students are not there to socialize and make friends. You get in, and you get out. (To most: preferably as quickly you can.)</em></p>
<p>Of course, there are students that, with a little bit of effort, will gradually open up. You must find your niche at Moorpark. This can be one of the highlights of the college; finding the diamonds in the rough. There are some truly remarkable students who will surprise you and decimate every image you've ever painted of a "community college student."*Your kind is out there, (from Southern California local to Taiwanese exchange student) and they are more than ready to befriend you.</p>