Chapter 16Saturday morning I was in the WSIU radio control room, sitting in the black swivel chair, which had the impression of numerous student announcer butts imprinted in its seat. I had my feet propped up on the console and Ronald Stackhouse chomped a cheeseburger while we listened to a student in the news booth read the newscast:
“…uhhh Carbondale Police were called tah assist SIU police when students refused teh vacate deh overpeeh-ass butween University Park and deh main campus. Police Lieutenant Wayne Trip told Double-yeah-es-EYE-YEW news that deh students were in violation of duh university curfew, and dis is what led to deh disturbance. And in other noose…”
Stackhouse slammed the burger on top of the control board and grabbed his cola.
“I don’t know how long I can take thes
