They say there’s a place and time for everything. There’s a place and time to make jokes, there’s a place and time to show affection to your significant other, and there’s a place and time for music. Loud music, that is.

I like music just as much as the next guy. I like everything from jazz to hip hop to metal. In most cases, I like the volume turned up all the way to ten. But like I said, there’s a place and time for loud music.

Like a parties. Or bars. Or concerts. Basically like any time but 10 a.m. on a college campus.

Like I said, I love music as much as the next guy. I even like it as loud as possible. What I don’t like is being in my earliest class of the day and being dragged from my nap by a thumping car stereo.

There’s no nap like a stuck-in-a-boring-lecture nap, and you have successfully stolen several of those naps from me Mr. (or Ms.) Noise Violation.

Listen, I know riding dirty is cool. And I’m pretty sure you want to let people catch you riding dirty. I’ll be honest: I sometimes ride dirty on weekends. But do me a favor and ride dirty while I’m not in class.

I think that’s what “riding dirty” means, anyway. Or is it spelled with a “u”?

Oh, and this doesn’t affect just me. Granted, you’ve interrupted several good naps thus ruining my whole day, but would you believe there are students at Missouri Southern who are actually here to learn who you’re also disrupting?

I know. Hard to believe, right? It turns out, these people are listening intently and taking notes, and your five to ten seconds of deafening Lil Wayne or Avril Lavigne (whatever you’re into) may cause them to miss something. That’s something we definitely don’t want as a place of higher learning, right?

So next time you’re rollin’ out, turn down the stereo – at least when passing Webster Hall. There are people trying to learn. And nap.