Today I received a strange phone call from a man who said he was going to BYU-Idaho, and for an extra credit project in his Psychology class, he needed my help.  He told me to go into a room with little disturbance as possible, and get comfortable — lie down, relax, etc.  
Bells went off in my head as I remembered an article in the Scroll a while back about this same scenario happening to other students.
So, I hung up on him. (By the way, I didn’t do anything he told me to.) Just wanted to say, “Thank you.”  
You may want to give that story another run, so others are aware.

Susan Overton
junior
Rexburg

It’s easy to be sick of advertisements and the constant badgering received in the world for our time and attention.
Our culture suffers from over-connectivity produced by the technological advances made in the past 100 years, and our society accepts these annoyances and it’s getting worse.
BYU-I is a relative haven from over-connectivity, but can be much better by more carefully categorizing information and presenting it in one place.   
By removing information from our living space we gain more control to choose information we want.

Andrew Bettilyon
sophomore
Poway, Calif.

I recently saw a classified ad in a local newspaper advertising that the post office was hiring.  I applied. What I got was an offer to sell me a valuable package including practice tests for the test the post office gives before hiring any applicant. 
I paid for the package ($119).
Well, a few days later I mentioned to my wife that it could have been a scam. She looked on the USPS Web site and found that they do give a test, but they give free practice tests online.
If you see any advertisement for a post office job, go to www.usps.com and search for job listings.

John Brooksby
sophomore
Mesa, Ariz.