There is a public place that still separates the men from the women. It is the restrooom. So what are the powder rooms of BC really like? Mostly drab and musty, punctuated by splashes of colored tile.

Let’s start with the library commodes: modern, well-cooled in the summer, or any time of year, they’re usually chilly… and elegant. They remind me of what a mini museum might look like: great lighting, unfortunately blemishes show up better; and high tech water faucets, so high-tech that I can never get the temperature of water I want. They are usually clean and on a scale of 1 to 10 on toilet paper (TP) floor coverage, I’d give them a 1, which is excellent.

Going to the other extreme of a 9 on the TP Richter scale is the Student Center foyer sitting room. It has TP everywhere. Everywhere. On the floor, on the counters, on the sink, behind the toilet, and tied, yes tied to the door post, every day! The handicap stall is pretty cool. You have a private restroom within a restroom, with its sink-in-stall-studio feeling. There are framed prints of art work like Monet and artists who really liked pastels and lines. There is a community vanity desk with two-foot stools that may have been borrowed from Woolworths. I sit in front of the mirror and feel like ordering a milkshake as I apply my Antique Rose lipstick. All the perks of this space don’t seem to help since it is overtaken by the TP.

The Fine Arts restroom is pretty cool. If you’re having a gloomy day when the sun’s not out, go here for your restroom needs. Plus the walk will help you get over that guy you were dating…It’s bright yellow! Yes, it’s a cross between Tweety and a Sunflower. This is one happy commode folks. Nothin’ can get you down when you’re on one of these thrones. But I do have to give you all the facts, and this particular one did have a creative artist who painted over graffiti – in a completely different color than the stall. To this person, I say: “Hi, I’m a matching color. Get to know me.”

OK, I hate to bring it up, but we gotta talk about it. Stinky. Actually there were only two that go under this dirty heading and that is the Registration restroom and the Business Ed restroom.

Maybe they need more ventilation. Business Ed got a 3 for TP while Registration was a 1.

Ladies locker room commode is a one-woman show, kinda weird to have such a large building with a one-stall commode, but no one is ever in there, so it works. I know I’ve never had to wait but a few seconds once in a great while. TP rating 1 and unnoticeable graffiti.