Imagine this: It was late last week and I was trying edit all of the features articles for this weeks issue, when I received a frantice phone call from my friend from down the hall (remember, these are college dorms, we can call and instant message each other even if we're in the same room). Mike, one of the features writers at Generation had begged me for some extra time to work on his article, and since I'm nice ( not to mention a good friend of his ) I gave him to the very last minute I could.

"I've got some bad news." He tells me.

All I can think is, "shit I'm gonna kill him, he didn't write the aritcle."

"Don't kill me, but I didn't write the article." (apparently he reads minds). "I can't tell you what happened, I have to show you." So with that we hang up, and he walks down four doors to show me what happened.

Well, before I get too far into my story, let me explain a small little background on the whole situation. Last week I sent Mike to an FSA board meeting. I told him to sit in on the meeting and find out whatever the meeting was on, and write an article about it. Not too hard, right? Well, Mike arrived at the meeting a little later, actually, a lot late considering the meeting was over when he got there. So Mike went up to FSA President, Mitch Green. Mitch told Mike to just email him any questions he had, and he would be happy to answer them. So that's what Mike did. Twice.

Unfortunetly, our firend Mitch didn't think too much of Mike's questions, because when Mike finally received a message back from him, there were no answers. There was, however, this:

"You got Sarah, and I got this kid."

Mitch.

Mike's e-mail was right below this message. Ouch. That's a lttile rude huh? Not mention, completely unproffessional. I hope I never get something like that in my inbox. I'd much rather have shit talked about me behind my back. While this is somewhat funny, at the same time I find this disturbing. I mean, here we have a student who is trying to inquire about a University that he pays about $12,000 a year to attend, and one of the officials at the school is blatently mocking him. I applaud Mr. Green for his professionalism.

While Mike may not be the most sought after reporter in the school, apparently some chick named "Sarah" is. And we might not know who this "Sarah" is, but here's what we do know:

1. Mike's a procrastinator

2. Mitch doesn't like Mike

3. Mitch is really bad with computers

4. I don't have the article on the meeting

Now, mind you, it is 3 am, I had a class in 5 hours, and Mike was in my room

replying to Mitch's e-mail. I'm mad.

Now, in the age of technology, I would never have imagined that I would have to explain to someone how to wirte an e-mail. However, in order to make sure that Mitch never makes this mistake again, and so that I never have to go without sleep again, here's a few tips on how to forward an email:

Step 1: Take the mouse ( that's the little arrow thingy on the screen), and click FORWARD ( not to be confused with REPLY).

Step 2 : Write the address of the person whom you would like to share this message with.

Tip: If you plan on making fun of the person that sent it to you, don't send it back to them.

Step 3: If you'd like, add your own personalized message.

Step 4. After you are positive that you haven't offended anyone that you don't want to think you’re an asshole, press SEND.

Happy E-mailing Mitch!