Doc Blades » school http://blog.docblades.com what's not to like? Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Classy – This is why I love my school http://blog.docblades.com/2010/02/16/classy-this-is-why-i-love-my-school/ http://blog.docblades.com/2010/02/16/classy-this-is-why-i-love-my-school/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:05:29 +0000 Christian Blades http://blog.docblades.com/2010/02/16/classy-this-is-why-i-love-my-school/ Dear Students:

Our last mathematics colloquium this term is scheduled for next Monday, 22 February, at 3:30 pm in H203.  Our speaker is John Loustau, Professor of Mathematics in the Dept of Mathematics and Statistics at Hunter College of the City University of New York, in Manhattan.  Dr. Loustau’s talk will be about recent and ongoing work he’s been doing in the area of approximation. This is interesting and deep work that builds on classical results like Gaussian quadrature. He will explain his results using only elementary tools. Please see the flyer here for more details oustau. htm Coffee and cookies will be unveiled upstairs n Building D at 2:45.  

We’ll have the usual classy spread, including brand name cookies served on a chipped plastic platter and rea Half-n-Half I hope you will join us for this student- friendly event.

Dr. Dillon Mathematics

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    • ]]>     So, I got this email from the registrar today, and it just drips with hostility. Read along and see if you agree.

    (I read the extra spaces as pauses where the writer is trying to give me the stink eye down the web-o-tubes)

    edit: added subject, equally disturbing

    Subject: Fall Term is Paid (for now)

    Good day,
    This note is to let you know that you are registered for classes and your schedule has been “paid” either with a legal means of payment,  with financial aid, or through a contract.

    I write to let you know that you are registered and paid, lest  you think you are not, and thus, expect your schedule to be removed at some point.  As it stands right now, we are expecting you to attend fall term.

    If you agree with this assessment, you need not write  back.  Just start classes on time and continue with the term.

    If you do not plan to attend this fall, please remove your  courses, or let me know and  I’ll do it.  There are many student seeking seats and if you aren’t coming, it  would be good  to open them up.

    Otherwise, thank you for  registering and taking care of payment, and we look forward to serving you this fall.

    Please let me know if I can  help you with anything.

    Regards,
    Steve H.
    Registrar

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