The high percentage of the student population that doesn"t have access to room G438W in Mason Hall (otherwise known as the women"s restroom) is missing out on all the wonders that make Mason Hall the home of the most popular restroom on campus.

It"s not the continuously running water, the odor, the piles upon piles of toilet paper found on the floors, the black "stuff" sometimes found in the numerous sinks or the severe shortage of paper towels of the restroom that make it stand out among all the other restroom facilities on campus.

It"s the writing on the walls. Topics ranging from sex, drugs and rock and roll (maybe not Rock and Roll, but Madonna is a popular subject) to religion, advice and affirmative action can be discussed and debated by anyone who cares to make a comment.

One student (supposedly female), wrote "How do you get over a first love?" An entire conversation was sparked.

Another student: "I never did."

Somebody else: "I agree, it"s impossible."

Student No. 4: "No, it"s not. You get over your first love when you find your second love and in the mean time, it helps if you try to be in love with yourself "

It"s just like talking to friends, only not.

Students wanting to find out what really goes on in a girl"s mind only have to take the time to read the graffiti.

"I want to exchange my menstrual cycle for a motor cycle," wrote one female.

Other answers to life-altering, poorly-phrased questions (such as "Do you think humans strive for love to communicate or if we communicate to feel loved? In other words, what is our motivation for trying to love people to know we are not alone in the world, or just to feel like someone loves us?" and who is God) are given on the walls.

For students wondering about God, one anonymous student wrote that God is "something people needed to create in order to give themselves hope for the future of the world and themselves."

Other anonymous students begged to differ.

Discussions even ensue about the various comments made on the wall.

"You are all so deep, damn. I"m just shitting/pissing/blowing my nose and you are enlightening my day wait, not really," is the message of one female student.

"All I have to say is only at U of M does this get written on the walls," wrote another student.

Somebody else replied, "Nope, I saw this kind of shit at a State bathroom wall once. We are not the only pretentious, condescending group of people."

For many female students, the walls not only provide free entertainment but also allow for a form of self-expression and a way to hold conversations with people they"ve never met.

"I like it, it really entertains me," said LSA junior Eliza Peterson, a frequent visitor. "I"m always really sad when they paint over it, but I guess it"s like getting a clean slate."

Peterson said she has never written on the walls.

"Usually I never have a pen with me," she said.