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Props and Drops Feb. 23

  +/- Props to Buttered Toast. Drops to mold on my bread   +++ Props to reviving the lost art of ‘Hambone.   +++ Props to the haircut that never goes out of style: The Bowl-Cut.   +/-  Props to a night out with the high school friends. Full story

Props and Drops Feb. 16

- - - Drops to roommates that smell like middle school kids.   +/- Props to meeting a great new guy! Drops to finding out he's a juggalo on the third date.   +/- Props to Positivity. Drops to the guy who is eating a can of tuna in Physics class. Full story

Props and Drops Feb. 9

    +++ Props to the unusually warm winter weather last week.    +/-  Props to getting 11/10 in Calculus I. Drops to 19/25 in Math Logics.   -/+ Drops to my internet provider for cutting my internet off. Props to the old people that live behind me having lightning fast WiFi with no password. Full story

Props and Drops Feb. 2

  +/- Props to getting some hours in at work to make some extra cash. Drops to likely using it all in the next two weeks.   +/- Props to going on a week long cruise. Drops to getting burned the second to last day.   +++ Props to seeing a kick-ass 1,2,3 Walrus attic show in Madison on Friday. Full story

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Props and Drops Dec. 8

+/- Props to venturing all over town to visit friends on Sunday morning. Drops to it getting colder after each house we left.   +/- Props to Jared Ponce for buying The Racquet staff breakfast. Drops to him yelling about it after he sees this in print. Full story

Props and Drops Nov. 17

Props to meeting a guy at the bar and assuming he was overnight material. Drops to getting to my apartment and learning about his love for men's ribbed tank tops. Props - walking home from the bars without pants on . Drops to almost tripping on a squirrel. Full story

Props and Drops Nov. 10

+++ Props to my parents coming to town and getting good food!   +/- Props to my ex-boyfriend moving out of state. Drops to him calling me to propose.   +/- Props to not remembering my weekend. Drops to not remembering my weekend.   +/- Props to Chelsea Kilka winning a pregame party at Whiskey River. Full story

Props and Drops Nov. 3

- - - Drops to the Cardinals winning The World Series.   +/- Props to Star Wars. Drops to the kid behind me breathing like Darth Vador in class.   +/- Props to living off campus next year. Drops to having to sign the lease in October.   +/- Props to getting all dressed up for Halloween with friends. Full story

Props and Drops Oct. 27

  +/- Props to going to trivia and starting a series for The Racquet about Connor Lonning. Drops to him not sending it to me in the morning. See next weeks issue.   + + + Props to the Ski Club for having the fundraiser to pet a puppy.   +/- Props to going to see Paranormal Activity 3. Full story

Props and Drops Oct. 20

+/- Props to eating at Fayze's for the first time. Drops to waiting an hour and 15 minutes for it. - - - Drops to being hungover for my philosophy test on Friday. +/- Props to going home for the weekend. Drops to almost getting in a car accident because old people don't know how to drive. Full story

Props and Drops Oct. 13

+/- Props to jokingly asking people to go to church while downtown. Drops to the awkward texts in the morning. - - - Drops to my shoulder being scraped up. Double drops to not remembering if it was a successful handstand. +/- Props to free laundry at Reuter hall. Full story

Props and Drops Oct. 6

+/- Props to no one stealing my computer when I left it at the library. Drops to having ITS reset it because I couldn't remember the password. - - - Drops to trusting my friend to ride my bike. Double drops to him crashing it. +/- Props to eating an entire pint of ice cream in one sitting. Full story

Props and Drops Sept. 29

+/- Props to an awesome Oktoberfest. Drops to someone flipping over my car. - - Drops to people throwing squirrels at Taco Bell. ++ Props to leading an entire party into the SpongeBob SquarePants song. +/- Props to Oktoberfest. Drops to losing your voice before interviews. Full story

Props and Drops Sept. 22

+/- Props to getting a job over the summer. Drops to only getting a total of 60 hours. +/- Props to Oktoberfest. Drops to having 3 tests on Friday. +/- Props to thinking you work at 3:15 p.m. Drops to actually being scheduled for 9:15 a.m. and getting fired. Full story

Props and Drops Sept. 15

- - Drops to being eye level with my shower head. +/- Props to having a house with two bathrooms, drops to the fact that they are both downstairs. ++ Props to great weather! +/- Props to my friends giving me an intervention. Drops to a ginger waking up in my bed. Full story

Props and Drops May 5

+/- Props to Easter candy going on clearance the day after Easter.  Drops to eating entire bags of robin eggs and feeling sick! +/- Props to Topperstix for only being $5 this week. Drops to only having 16 quarters and a dime to buy them. +/- Props to keystone for being so delicious. Full story

Props and Drops Apr. 28

+/- Props to getting my own car. Drops to it breaking down 2 weeks later. +/- Props to getting a prime parking spot when I got home from Easter. Drops to not seeing the No Parking sign. +/- Props for going rollerblading this weekend. Drops to falling asleep afterwards and being burnt to a crisp. Full story

Props and Drops Apr. 21

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: +/- Props to it being nice enough to wear a skirt downtown. Drops to my friend unzipping it while walking to the bus. +/-/+ Props to being ambitious and running up the bluffs. Drops to not finding the trail and resorting to running up a steep slope instead. Full story

Props and Drops Apr. 14

- Drops to some women being so damn complicated. +/- Props to missing two days of classes. Drops to having an exam tomorrow. +/- Props to four days of beautiful weather. Drops to snow in the forecast. -Drops to some women for not wanting stability and order. Full story

Props and Drops Apr. 7

+ /- Props to the Butler Bulldogs for making it to the finals.  Drops to them defeating the Badgers. + /- Props to using my mad driving skills to miss a raccoon on my way home last weekend.  Drops to being hit by a deer on my way back to La Crosse. Full story

Props and Drops Mar. 31

+ + + Props to baseball season starting. GO TWINS. +/- Props to margarita Monday. Drops to failing my exam Tuesday. + + + Props to everyone who donated their hair for St. Baldricks. +/- Props to all my classes being canceled this week. Drops to not getting anything done. Full story

Props and Drops Mar. 24

+/- Props to going to Whitewater for St. Patty's Day. Drops for getting a $300 ticket for pouring water on someone. +++ Props to Katie Tucker, city editor at The Racquet, for getting accepted to Northwestern University's Nuclear Medicine Program. +/- Props to beating my high score in Bejeweled. Full story

Props and Drops Mar. 10

+/- Props to online shopping. Drops to not getting any homework done. +/- Props to celebrating birthdays. Drops to spending all my money. +/- Props to going to a sweet dance party on Friday. Drops to sitting at the top of the stairs while waiting for my friend and getting thrown up on by some random dude. Full story

Props and Drops Mar. 3

+/- Props to all of my girlfriends and I wearing gray shirts. Drops to everyone at the party calling us out. +/- Props to our guy friends inviting us over for drinks. Drops to them not having any clean cups to use. -/- Drops to midterm exams sneaking up on me. Full story

Props and Drops Feb. 24

+/- Props to looking outside to see a bunch of snow on the ground Sunday morning. Drops to it leaving virtually no chance of class being cancelled. +/- Props to the fellow conservatives standing up and showing support for Scott Walker's Budget Repair Bill. Full story

Props and Drops Feb. 17

+/+ Props to Bucky taking down "the" Ohio State University in mens basketball this week. Double props to the fans storming the court after the win. +/- Props to warm weather being on the horizon (for now). Drops to the ice fishing season, albeit horendous, soon coming to an end. Full story

Props and Drops Feb. 10

-/+ Drops to the guy in class thought he could get away with smelling the girl next to him.  Props to the girl for calling him out in front of class.   +/+ Props to the Packers winning the Super Bowl. Double props to the mass riot that broke out on West Ave. Full story

Props and Drops Feb. 3

+/- Props to making the investment in Centennial Hall. Drops to the university for scheduling classes when its not open yet. ++ Double props to the Packers making their first Super Bowl in 13 years!!! - Drops to not having a functional printer when you need things in print. Full story

Props and Drops Dec. 9

+/- Props to visiting friends over the weekend. Drops to almost missing the bus back to La Crosse. +/- Props to the first snow fall. Drops to doing a 180 in the middle of the street. +/- Props to having a ultra fun night out. Drops to being so hung over that I couldn't change out of my outfit from the night before until 8 p. Full story

Props and Drops Dec. 2

+/- Props to Thanksgiving break. Drops to not doing anything all break and having a ton of homework to do before finals +/- Props to the punching game at Brothers. Drops to Mickey Boyle losing to three girls. +/- Props to ending night at Politios. Drops to eating two slices of pizza. Full story

Props and Drops Nov. 18

+/- Props to spur of the moment shopping trips to the dells. Drops to spending way too much money. +/- Props to eating at Erbert and Gerbert's. Drops to shoving the cookies for sale down my shirt instead of paying for them. +/- Props to Polito's Pizza. Full story

Props and Drops Nov. 11

+/- Props to finding a hottie at a party and making out with him. Drops to finding out he has a girlfriend from my roommates. opps. +/- Props to hiking the bluffs. Drops to not paying attention to the path we took and getting lost. +/- Props to having friends come visit. Full story

Props and Drops Nov. 4

+/- Props to dressing up like Lady Gaga for Halloween. Drops to wearing a dress and wasting a crazy amount of meat in the process. +/- Props to voting. Drops to the ridiculous amounts of soliciting e-mails I've been getting over the past few weeks.  +/- Props to the San Francisco Giants pitching staff. Full story

Props and Drops Oct. 28

+/- Props to the Packers beating the Vikings. Drops to NBC for only covering Brett Favre's limp of shame after the game.   +/- Props to the Badgers cracking the top 10 in the BCS rankings. Drops to them unfortunately having little chance at making the National Championship. Full story

Props and Drops Oct. 21

  - Drops to the DJ telling us he's booked for the night as he walks up and sings the next song.   +/- Props to dancing with the bride on the bar at Brothers. Drops to everyone who saw that embarrassment.    +/- Props to my neighbors not hibernating like the ones who did last year. Full story