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A different viewpoint...April 5, 2007 EditionThis site best viewed with Internet Explorer™ since, like most of the University, I have sold out to Microsoft™ |
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The Bridge for Nobody, revisited
This will, of course, allow two layers of roof to leak, maintaining another tradition for campus buildings. The artist's concept, at right, of the eventually student-embellished glass sides begs the question: are ASU students bright enough to write their graffiti mirror image so it will be readable from the outside? New Whine Science Program
The funds were provided by the former congressman and member of the Misappropriations Committee, Chuck Taylor, who, ironically, was one of the first to benefit from the work of the wine chemistry under study, as shown in the photo of him below on the street in Asheville.
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Popular Sculpture Theme Returns
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ASU creates new study abroad programAppalachian recently put out a call for faculty exchange with the University of Angers in France. The Psychology Department responded by joining the College of Business in creating a program in Angers Management. From the image of the UofA campus on their web site (shown below), we can only figure that their first joint project was the steam pipe sculpture discussed above.
ASU creates ultimate general studies program with novel dynamic resource allocation systemApparently not having enough to do, the University is yet again revising its core curriculum. Courses will all have to have "themes" and will need to be revalidated frequently. All existing courses will be discarded and replaced with new courses created in our spare time. The most novel aspect, however, is the Dynamic Registration In Validation of Educational Listings system. Each semester every course in the catalog will be initially offered for registration. As the registration period proceeds, courses not filled will be deleted and the enrolled students notified to make new choices. Faculty will be fired and hired in real time by the software to reflect the demands of students, and the curriculum itself will be revised in real time. Provost Stan Shellgameman said that we will be guaranteed to end up with mushy courses that make little demand on students, but will at least make the students happy. Edbert With apologies to Scott Adams... ASU to ban smoking on campus -- new UNC campus to address the problem
Since other UNC systems are considering similar moves the UNC General Administration is planning to handle the problem and solve the growing enrollment problem by creating a new campus -- UNC at Winston-Tastes-Good. That campus will require smoking of all students, faculty and staff.
New ID cards to be provided
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ASU's
"Bridge for Nobody" is taking shape. We asked about the
shiny roof, an unusual finish, and we were assured that the final
roof will be another layer on top of this, in traditional Clod Robbings
Green.
ASU's
new pork-barrel project is the Enology program, housed in the Chemistry
Department. Their shiny, new Wino-bego is shown at right, docked
in one of only three unreserved handicapped spots in the CAP loading
dock.
We
were saddened to see the outdoor steam pipe sculpture removed from
the Rankin Science Building project aqbout a year ago (see 
In a bold move the administration announced that Appalachian State
will soon ban smoking everywhere on campus. The move was hailed
by all non-smokers (78% of North Carolinians), unhappy with exiting
their smoke-free buildings only to gag on the secondhand smoke of
all the smokers outside the building doors.
A
March 2nd email announced that we will all have to get new ID cards.
Their new numbers will no longer be your Social Security number,
but a number provided by the Banner System software. Anyone who
has used Banner would surely agree that this has to be much more
reliable and secure...