What he's doing is looking adorable. And what he's thinking is "WHOOOOO I get to stay in college!!!"

Yes, my seemingly never-ending battle with the NEU housing department has ended. And I won. Which is good, because I'm not accustomed to losing.

I had a series of nice chats with various employees of the department, ranging in topics from comparisons of fish to turtles from a healthcare perspective, to the inherent imperfection of any system of rules. I firmly believe that it is the role of administrators to interpret rulings in a reasonable manner for the benefit of all those living under them - not hide behind a 30-year-old rule and refuse to even revisit it for fear of opening "Pandora's Box." We never saw eye-to-eye on a lot of things, but I feel the ruling speaks for itself and is victory enough.