The bell sounds and students pour into the halls, filling the space from wall to wall. Students pass from class to class, enlarging their brains one period at a time. However, as I jaunt down the hall headed to chemistry class, I run smack-dab into a couple. A couple so engaged in the other type of chemistry they simply don’t notice that hallways do in fact have traffic patterns. As Elkhorn’s halls pack tighter and tighter with students surging in, we leave no room for intertwined couples blocking the way. But that doesn’t stop couples from trying.

The ever reliable reservoir of jargon that is urbandictionary.com explains, “Public Displays of Affection can be seen in the form of kissing, touching, cuddling, crossing hands into each other’s opposite back pockets, etc. Usually spotted among new couples, frisky teenagers, and occasionally the “young at heart”.” According to this definition, the Elkhorn halls are rife with violations of a cuddly kind. The issue here though is not that these acts can border on obscene, but where they occur.

There are places where PDA is perfectly acceptable, such as an airport or a train station. Unfortunately “high school hallway” does not make the cut. This is simply because it is highly inconvenient to everyone else trying to get to their classes before the end of passing period. Affection, when unobtrusive, is fine. The daisy chains of couples holding hands is not. They create an obstacle course for those students like myself trying to squeeze in a trip to the bathroom before they head into the potty-less void that is the E-wing. Couples making out on the other side of a corner are also a problem. They are a recipe for disaster for the next unsuspecting fast walker headed that way. It’s simply not a priority to anyone else for you to get a make out session in between every class.

Simply put: It’s great that you all found love, but this is a place of education.

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