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Who all is interested in going to this show? It's a shame it isn't on State Patty's Day, but who cares?
Update 11:30: Well what do you know! Both we and the Collegian had this one wrong. No new policy was passed at Tuesday's meeting. Rather, a resolution was passed that was meant to put on record the Senate's "opposition to the early dismissal of classes by teaching staff for anything besides legitimate professional reasons," according to Annemarie Mountz.
The original column is below in italics.
A new policy was passed on Tuesday by the University Faculty Senate which is now being moved to President Graham Spanier for approval. What is this new policy? To stop professors from canceling classes before break begins.
College of Liberal Arts Senator Dennis Gouran put it best when he said, "It is unprofessional behavior on the faculty's behalf to cancel classes because they are simply giving themselves and students an early start home."
Do you have a band? Do you play more than just covers? If so, SOMA and Movin' On both need you for two events this spring.
The organizations need bands for this year's Arts Crawl and Movin' On. This is a great opportunity for your band to be heard. Both groups are accepting CD and MP3 demos which will be due in the next few weeks.
Here are the important dates:
Whether you're a solo singer-songwriter or a nine piece ska band, this is your chance at glory.
There are some days that you just wake up at 8:45, have a 9:05 class, and just don't feel like going to class. We all have those days. I have those days every day. The question is, how do you know which classes to skip and which to suck it up and attend? Read on to follow Noah's simple point system for skipping class and you'll be a regular Ferris Bueller (and still get good grades) in no time.
A Facebook group is "officially petitioning" the Chick-Fil-A Express in the HUB-Robeson Center's Marketplace to rename the nuggets "Chicken Zuggets." They are currently 52 members strong.
I love Chick-Fil-A, and I love Penn State football, but I have no reservations in saying this is stupid. You're welcome to disagree with me and join the group.
(ed. note: you can follow the chatter about the Zuggets movement on Twitter)
A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the evolution and incorporation of video games into the academic world, and their use as didactic devices.
The article markets the potentials of this relatively new medium with a discussion of how fun, yet educational games, could augment (or even replace!) the classroom.
In 20 years, are you going to remember anything you learned in English 15/30? Probably not. But you will have better teamwork skills because of the practice you received working in groups. Some of the most profound skills we learn here are how to listen to a presentation, how to interact with out peers, how to work in a group. Teaching through video games is certainly a new and revolutionary idea, but I think it's a slippery slope away from our humanity.
It starts with online classes and learning through video games, but it's not too far of a stretch to go from that to a Matrix-esque world; all of us plugged in and having information loaded straight into our brains. What do you think?
