Potty Humor

For the past five years the Stall Street Journal has been giving people the “low-down” with the “lid-down” in restrooms across campus.

“The purpose of the Journal is to disseminate health and wellness information for students,” Coordinator of Health Services Debbie Rosenberger said.

Born out of a fierce brainstorming session, the monthly publication is the product of a six-person collaboration that comprises the wellness committee and includes fellow faculty health enthusiasts Sue Weaver, director of Campus Recreation, and Rosenberger.

The Journal also offers a referral to the Mycampus “Well Web” where students can access more information.
Members of the wellness committee take turns writing the issues throughout the year.

The Journal has even received attention outside of campus, as it now frequents bathroom stalls in the Belton, Temple, Killeen, Salado, Holland and Troy Independent School Districts.

The publication is created, printed and edited on the UMHB campus.

“A group of us on the wellness committee were looking for a way to get information out on health and wellness issues, and we realized that the most captive audience is in the bathroom,” Director of Counseling and Testing Nate Williams said.

Indeed, this tactic of marauding and holding a captive audience while they sit atop the poop deck has been effective in getting campus wide health concerns to walk the plank. 

Be it known that since the Journal’s conception there have been zero reported cases of scurvy on campus.

The title of The Daily Urinal was initially under consideration during the brainstorming session, Williams said.
“But we thought The Daily Urinal was not applicable to women’s bathrooms.”

Even students have grown fond of the Journal.

“I make a point to read it every month because it has such a variety of important information,” sophomore elementary education major Noelle Renfro said.    

Each edition is slightly different from the last.

Attention to detail is what gives the Journal’s health and safety tips the longevity to last a thousand flushes. 

Every year Rosenberger creates a special edition that is printed for the Senior Saint Summit that meets right after spring finals. 

The issue offers information pertaining to older readers to meet the health needs of the more than 300 senior adults who attend the summit.

If students would like to obtain hard copies of the journal, they should contact the Counseling Center in Mabee.