Speech junior James Troupis knows his shit – or at least where to take one.

Thanks to Troupis, Northwestern men interested in discovering the best places to sit and take a load off have a handy guide to public bathrooms around campus.

His Web site (pubweb.nwu.edu/~jrt215/Toilets-R-Us.html) rates 18 men’s rooms on cleanliness, smell, layout and overall experience in an attempt to “serve and protect the public from yellowed urinals and fecaled floors.”

Men are advised to choose carefully when nature calls in the Technological Institute, as it contains the best and worst bathrooms on campus, according to Troupis’ 10-point rating system

The bathroom just off the main lobby near Lecture Room 2 is the worst because its small size and poor design facilitate unwanted – yet unavoidable – exposure, Troupis said.

“The three urinals are completely next to each other,” he laments. “It’s bad enough you’re standing next to a couple of dudes who are just hanging out, but they open the door and half of Tech can see three dudes just standing next to each other, grabbing each other and peeing together.”

But just a walk down the hall, a paradise awaits. The abundant, fragrant, well-spaced urinals with dividers are just part of the reason the little boys’ room near Lecture Room 5 and Tech Express rates a perfect 10. The presence of an emergency shower puts this bathroom over the top, and not just for chemical-doused Techies.

Troupis, who created the site last year as a project for a Radio/Television/Film class, said that despite requests from female students, he probably will not create an edition rating ladies’ rooms at NU.

“I don’t know what to look for,” he admitted. “Is a good bathroom one that has a tampon machine? Do they need little light bulbs going around the mirrors?”