Rep Retirement Lodge 81: Trickle-Down Lodganomics

[nmupiccdiva]

Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 81: Trickle-Down Lodganomics

Yes, that officially blows. On the plus side, flights are only $350 round-trip, and you could get up there in time to close out the bars on Friday.

Doooooo it.

Thanks for reminding me about wings at the DT. Will have to save up some money for that trip, or take the days off if I find a job before then.

And cue Twitch's "how I got kicked out of DHH" story.

Again... Doooooo it.
And I would like to hear this story.

 

[mookie1995]

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Last week, eh?

ah man, to be that age again......

 

[leswp1]

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ah man, to be that age again......

Men at 13 have no lasting power. Just sayin'

 

[Twitch Boy]

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And I would like to hear this story.

LONG, convoluted, embarrassing, random, nonsensical story.

tl;dr version: Unknown people tell RA room smells, room does not smell, assistant director of Res Life believes RA anyway and does not investigate, assistant director kicks me out of room, parents drive 450 miles to confront assistant director and find out she never investigated, assistant director makes funny faces, assistant director gets nasty letter from friend who was a former RA under her that she fired, director of Student Affairs helps me clear my name, assistant director gets asked to step down, assistant director ends up working at Wal-Mart. All this in the middle of a 17-credit death semester (Thermo/Fluids, Calc 3, Intro to Environmental, Economic Decision Analysis, etc.) where I'm secretary of Mu Beta Psi, becoming a "role model" in Pep Band and writing for the Daily Bull.

It's like my own personal Exter/Eaves incident: I'll never know what really happened. RA on a power trip? Assistant director on the outs trying to save face? Prank? All of the above? I may never know.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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Men at 13 have no lasting power. Just sayin'

Sounds like there's a real life story there. Care to share Lewis or is this pre-Mr-Lewis-senior?

 

[mookie1995]

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Men at 13 have no lasting power. Just sayin'

i refuse to be held to a standard that came from your personal experience!!

(like riding a bike, and then driving a car... with experience and practice, comes perfection)

 

[mookie1995]

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It's like my own personal Exter/Eaves incident: I'll never know what really happened. RA on a power trip? Assistant director on the outs trying to save face? Prank? All of the above? I may never know.

if you are eaves, you are guilty!!!!

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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Men at 13 have no lasting power. Just sayin'

... I think I said this before once tonight, but I want to hear this story.

 

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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I'd say something, but I'd just be setting myself up...

 

[mookie1995]

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... I think I said this before once tonight, but I want to hear this story.

i don't!

no wanting to read les type, "when i was 12..." or better yet, "when i was 16!!! "

 

[leswp1]

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i refuse to be held to a standard that came from your personal experience!!

(like riding a bike, and then driving a car... with experience and practice, comes perfection)

Huh. Men are in their prime at 17-19- not because they are good at what they do but because they are able to theoretically impregnate more women -they are quick and able to repeat the performance quickly. Useless from a woman's standpoint.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

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i don't!

no wanting to read les type, "when i was 12..." or better yet, "when i was 16!!! "

After some of the stuff you've posted, you deserve it!

All this in the middle of a 17-credit death semester (Thermo/Fluids, Calc 3, Intro to Environmental, Economic Decision Analysis, etc.)...

Is 17 credits a lot at Tech? I don't think I had a semester at UNH where I took less then 16 (4 4-credit courses). Had I pretended to play an instrument and joined Pep Band at hockey games (our pep band was terrible when I was at UNH - virtually no requirements to join; no practices), I could have had 17 credits most semesters.

 

[bostonewe]

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After some of the stuff you've posted, you deserve it!


Is 17 credits a lot at Tech? I don't think I had a semester at UNH where I took less then 16 (4 4-credit courses). Had I pretended to play an instrument and joined Pep Band at hockey games (our pep band was terrible when I was at UNH - virtually no requirements to join; no practices), I could have had 17 credits most semesters.

I wondered the same thing. I had 16 credits for the first 3 years and carried 20 credits (5, 4-credit classes) both semesters senior year.

Just checking in for a bit. Watching Out Cold and unpacking some stuff in the new place.

 

[mookie1995]

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Huh. Men are in their prime at 17-19- not because they are good at what they do but because they are able to theoretically impregnate more women -they are quick and able to repeat the performance quickly. Useless from a woman's standpoint.

you lost me here....

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Is 17 credits a lot at Tech? I don't think I had a semester at UNH where I took less then 16 (4 4-credit courses). Had I pretended to play an instrument and joined Pep Band at hockey games (our pep band was terrible when I was at UNH - virtually no requirements to join; no practices), I could have had 17 credits most semesters.

Depends on the term. 18 is the maximum without getting adviser authorization, but 18 credits of PE, bands and fluff classes isn't like 18 credits of independent study, Enterprise (student-run business) and hardcore engineering classes. 17 credits is essentially the same as 18 for the most part - a lot of Techies involved in two or three bands aren't actually enrolled in those bands, plus nearly everyone is involved heavily in at least one student org.

 

[Twitch Boy]

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Is 17 credits a lot at Tech? I don't think I had a semester at UNH where I took less then 16 (4 4-credit courses). Had I pretended to play an instrument and joined Pep Band at hockey games (our pep band was terrible when I was at UNH - virtually no requirements to join; no practices), I could have had 17 credits most semesters.

Can be. The classes I mentioned are particularly brutal ones, especially to take in one semester. Thermo/Fluids is just insane, Calc 3 has a nasty lab (Mathematica FTL,) Economic Decision Analysis grades you right or wrong even on tests, etc. You need special permission to go above 18 credits.

What really kill you are labs. I once had a 14 credit semester which had only four classes (4, 4, 3, and 3 credits respectively.) Problem is, three of the classes included labs, and in addition to being two or three hours long by themselves, the labs had their own homework, quizzes, final projects, etc. in addition to the classes. Thus, it felt more like seven classes at 20+ credits. By the same token, 18 credits of labless Humanities classes aren't so bad.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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Huh. Men are in their prime at 17-19- not because they are good at what they do but because they are able to theoretically impregnate more women -they are quick and able to repeat the performance quickly. Useless from a woman's standpoint.

you lost me here....

C'mon Mook. Get a grip. It's like baseball. One of the most valuable aspects of a good hitter is having the ability to spray the ball to all fields. And as Lewis P says men from age 17 to 19 are able to spray their balls to all fields.

 

[bostonewe]

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Can be. The classes I mentioned are particularly brutal ones, especially to take in one semester. Thermo/Fluids is just insane, Calc 3 has a nasty lab (Mathematica FTL,) Economic Decision Analysis grades you right or wrong even on tests, etc. You need special permission to go above 18 credits.

What really kill you are labs. I once had a 14 credit semester which had only four classes (4, 4, 3, and 3 credits respectively.) Problem is, three of the classes included labs, and in addition to being two or three hours long by themselves, the labs had their own homework, quizzes, final projects, etc. in addition to the classes. Thus, it felt more like seven classes at 20 credits. By the same token, 18 credits of labless Humanities classes aren't so bad.

No offense to you, but this perception by science-minded kids really bothers me. Just because you have more class hours doesn't mean that you don't spend as much time studying as a Humanities major. Those hours that you spend studying for a test or in lab probably come close to the average time a humanities student (a hard working one, anyway) spends in the library doing research for papers and writing them. While it definitely sucks to have 3 or 4 comprehensive exams, writing 100+ pages on several subjects isn't exactly a walk in the park either.

/rant
Sorry.

 

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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C'mon Mook. Get a grip. It's like baseball. One of the most valuable aspects of a good hitter is having the ability to spray the ball to all fields. And as Lewis P says men from age 17 to 19 are able to spray their balls to all fields.

Not all of them have fields...just sayin'

 

[St. Clown]

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Is 17 credits a lot at Tech? I don't think I had a semester at UNH where I took less then 16 (4 4-credit courses). Had I pretended to play an instrument and joined Pep Band at hockey games (our pep band was terrible when I was at UNH - virtually no requirements to join; no practices), I could have had 17 credits most semesters.

When I started at SCSU 17 credits wasn't considered too much. Then during my final year there they switched from a three-term school year to a semester system, and the courses were switched from 4 credits each to 3 credits each for a standard course. If you took 18 credits or more you needed to get permission from the dean. Before the semester system, that requirement was for 20 or more credits.