Department-specific ad forms: WTF?

Is there any reason for each department to have their own ad forms? The Communications and History Department forms ask for the exact same information, why not have one standard form online that works for the entire school?

I asked the clerks at both department-offices, neither knew why the rule existed but would still only accept their own department's forms.

Your ASI at work

The State Hornet is reporting on ASI president Angela Arriola's sudden resignation:

Arriola said she resigned in order to focus on her academics, adding that she has been recruited to study public policy at Carnegie-Mellon and Harvard University as a graduate student in fall 2007.

Arriola also admitted that she would have been forced to resign otherwise because her fall semester 1.9 GPA was short of ASI's GPA requirements. ASI representatives must maintain a 2.0 GPA each semester. In addition, ASI executive officers must have a 2.5 cumulative GPA, according to the organization's website.

Scheduling meetings that overlap with classes can't be a good idea. A 1.9 GPA is right between a C and D -- I'm surprised that Harvard is into that sort of thing.

By the way, were the pages in anyone else's copy of The Hornet in the wrong order? How does that happen?

Stupid Class

I may have discovered the most draconian attendance policy at Sac State.

Not only do we have to wait in line to sign in at the beginning of each 75-minute class period, but we must also sign out at the end after class is dismissed. The class is in a small room, without any breaks or opportunities for a sneaky getaway. I simply can't comprehend why we have to waste our time with this vestigial remnant of high-school.

This teacher has also spouted gems like "irregardless" in a sentence describing how she is a major stickler for proper English and grammar.

Then when two students offer answers that are direct contradictions, they are both praised for being right, as she refuses to even subtly imply that a student is wrong, leading the class to wonder about what part of the lecture to remember or dismiss. Anything a student does or suggests is "right," even when it clearly isn't.

Direct quotes like "You're never going to really know who's right or who's wrong until you get into it" in response to objective truths really don't make any sense at all.