The Commons

★★★☆☆

People say 87% of statistics are made up on the spot. Well I'm pretty sure 87% of students that go to KSU decided to come here solely because of the Commons. The Commons certainly didn't work against KSU in my book. Whether you're a freshman eating here 128 times a year or a senior eating here just 8 times a year, the Commons is a great place to go to eat just about whatever you want. While this blog is focused on bathrooms, I'm going to inform you about the food as well, because I believe that the two are directly related. The pizza is hit or miss, if it doesn't pass the flop test, i.e. its as stiff as cardboard, don't eat the pizza. The sandwiches are good and wraps are better. There is usually some type of meat available at the end of the salad bar like steak, chicken, or tofu.. Wait tofu? Ignore that bit. Highway 41 has your diner-esque menu with burgers, fries, and philly cheese steaks. Very greasy but overall pretty good. Globetrotters has something different everyday from around the world. Not a week ago they had 3 different types of potatoes available. Mmm, starch. Apron Strings is my personal favorite as I feel like I am eating a home cooked meal. If my home was Huddle House that is, but still pretty good. Don't forget about Wok Your Way, which now has a different name. Come here for Chinese food such as fried rice, and sweet and sour pork. Then walk to the other side of Wok Your Way you can find tacos.. Wait what again? Mexican food and Chinese food from the same kitchen? That's like Taco Bell and the Chinese places in the mall being in the same building. Although I must say the tacos are quite good. Get the chicken, avoid the fish. In fact this brings up a good Pro Tip. Avoid the fish. The bathrooms in the Commons are nice, but don't spend more time in them than necessary. Fish = Bad. Personal opinion there. My other personal favorite places in the Commons are the coffee bar and dessert bar. Because coffee and dessert. Now, onto the bathrooms.

There are 3 bathrooms in the Commons and they are decent bathrooms. The two downstairs are incredibly crowded and seeing that the Commons is the only place on campus that people from every major go, the traffic is bad. Traffic Rating is 1/5. The bathrooms here aren't terribly clean either resulting in a low Cleanliness Rating of 2/5. The bathrooms are newer, the Commons itself is only 4-5 years old, and with automatic sinks, toilets, soap dispensers, and automatic hand dryers you basically don't have to touch anything. A germophobe's dream. Atmosphere Rating 4/5. With dividers between urinals and little space between stall doors the Commons receives a Privacy Rating of 4/5. One of the biggest disappointments I have had with the bathrooms here at KSU is the lack of good, clever, and funny graffiti in the bathrooms. Thank you random graffiti man in the Commons. Someone who thinks them self quite the philosophist, wrote "How can one keep warm in this cold world?" Or something along those lines. And what did one clever individual offer as great wisdom? A Blanket. Clever. Graffiti Rating 4/5.

Overall the Commons doesn't have the best bathrooms. As the only building on campus guaranteed to have people using the restroom I would've liked to have seen better bathrooms. the Commons receives an Overall Rating of 3 out of 5 stars.

Pro Tip: The 2nd floor bathroom is by far the best in the building. Less traffic and more privacy (plus the aforementioned graffiti) make this bathroom your best bet bathroom.

- Plunkett