We've all heard it before: The kitchen/lounge/school-at-large is a mess. But it's not just tomato sauce-encrusted microwaves or lettuce in the elevator that make Uni a bit of a pigsty.

I'm not actually concerned about the clutter, but more with what people are leaving around. Weird articles of clothing are showing up everywhere.

Sure, the occasional misplaced sweatshirt or jacket makes sense. I didn't even think finding pairs of jeans lying around was odd, until I had to wonder how someone could walk off and forget their pants.

But lately I've been seeing dirty socks, what appear to be nose rings, and even assorted undergarments. Unless this is some Wylde Q. Chicken "Let's turn the school into a giant closet!!!" stunt, I'm a bit confused.

Often times, these clothes get relocated so the owners can't find them, even if they want to.

But there are also the occasions when the owner doesn't care. Because the student doesn't miss his or her warm Stanford hoodie or Latin Club sarang, the lost-and-found becomes a collection of old, musty, trampled-on rotten clothing.

Then the clothes lie around unwanted until they're donated after the fifth warning e-mail in April. Wouldn't collecting clothes be more useful during winter anyway?

I guess there's not that much that can be said, other than remember to set any extra clothes you aren't using in your locker, politely remind your peers if they seem to be "missing something," and perhaps rescue an occasional item if you know whom it belongs to.

I for one am going to continue to invent scenarios where Suzy Ninth Grader is deeply absorbed in history class when she realizes that she left her fishnet stockings in the refrigerator last period, but that's just because I'm easily entertained.