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Things that have been awesome this week: I found out yesterday that I only need three more classes to graduate and yes, I will be graduating in May as planned. I called the mortgage place today and they told me that we have been pre-approved. House hunting for us!
Things that have sucked this week: I as a studen of USM am no longer considered a student. We are now customers. There is a new department at the university and it is called "The Department of Customer Services". My understanding of this new department is that they are the liason between the "customers" here on the coast and the administration in hattiesburg. The administration in their infinite wisdom, said that in order to expand the enrollment at the college they would increase the number of online classes. Now, here comes the logic, people, this in turn would lower the number of actual live bodies on the campus. This is a true statement but the administration is saying it is false. I heard it from two sources within the faculty of the school. One of my professors made the comment of what was happening and the chair of the department of customer service came into our class to despell the rumour. #1 she didn't tell our class and #2 she can say things like that if she wants to, she is a professor. Let me just tell you a little about her. She got her PHD from Columbia University and studied underneath Edward Said, the inventor of post colonial literature. She is the nicest woman you would ever meet and she is brilliant and creative. Because of the bull shit they are doing to her b/c she told the truth to her class she is resigning. Now, if you didn't notice before, i mentioned she had a PHD from COLUMBIA. She could work anywhere she wanted to, but she grew up down here (Ocean Springs) and wanted to give back to her community. My buddy and i decided that we don't want these guys in polyester suits to represent us and that we, as the students, should represent ourselves. We are going to fight this stupid institution. You know there are now 25 members of this department of customer service and the administration couldn't fill instructor positions for 40 classes? Bastards. I hate that school. It isn't even a good school, it is a 4th tier school and it has a turnover rate higher than most resteraunts. Oh I have much more to talk about, but it will have to wait for now...