The volcanic terrorism that erupted in Iceland a few days ago has caused flights from merry ole England to be cancelled, which is pretty lame because the volcano coincided with the end of the semester for Oxford study abroad students. Coincidence? I think not.What's important though is that the Office of International Education has failed to contact these stranded kids (as of Sunday morning) to figure out if they are okay/homeless/turning tricks on the street (lets hope so).
Kids over there started emailing dudes over here about this (I think someone's mom emailed Dean Bayless even), and I think that some have gotten their flights rescheduled and are on track to come back to the Americas.
Either way, hopefully the Office of International Education will make a greater effort in the future to ensure the safety of its students in the event of volcanic terrorism.
Also, Insert Lost reference/joke here (stuck on island, etc.).
UPDATE: Seems like a fair amount of people have had issues with Office of IE. I wonder if they are understaffed or just incompetent, probably the former.
UPDATE: Seems like a fair amount of people have had issues with Office of IE. I wonder if they are understaffed or just incompetent, probably the former.
Any reports of ominous whispers, exploding escape subs, or polar bears?
ReplyDeleteI know so little about Lost that I only recognize the polar bear reference.
ReplyDeleteI miss Oxford Kids :(
ReplyDeleteAlso, this kinda reminds me of when the IE department didn't get housing for the kids going to France last semester and French wound up homeless.
Also also, I approve of the lack of Lost knowledge.
we must prepare out bodies for the thunderdome.that is the new law.
ReplyDeleteAll of IE need to be fired. I had a terrible experience with them during my Study Abroad. If they're doing this to kids that were studying on a signature program, imagine how they treat everyone else who goes abroad and basically get zero help.
ReplyDeleteI hope that we don't get stranded in Italy--I'm ready to come hoooooome!
ReplyDeleteBlame the smoke monster!
ReplyDeletefuck LaRita Hagar. that is all.
ReplyDeleteIE fucking sucks.
ReplyDeleteIE is the absolute worst!
ReplyDeleteInternational Ed office consists solely of incompetent idiots that make studying abroad WAY more of a hassle than it needs to be. That office needs to GET IT TOGETHER!
ReplyDeleteJust one more Spring Oxford debacle --ask Spring 09 Oxford Kids about the time they got to England and found out they had no meal program. St. Mary's took all our monies and didn't get us food...
ReplyDeleteUm....that is clearly a picture of the Smoke Monster. Also, volcanic terrorism is no laughing matter, Ken - that's how demon baby children are born and babysitting them is hell.
ReplyDeletePun was intended.
zach eser, shut up
ReplyDeletesomeone from st. mary's please come rescue us on an off-shore keel boat or whatever the not tiny boats are called. ie office email when they did email us was really stupid, basically like, "yup, CMRS is awesome and thank god they're on their shit because, well, we sure aren't!"
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You're not supposed to leave the island! Don't leave the island!
ReplyDeleteI think it's terrible that no one contacted them. I agree with whoever said that everyone should be fired - one of the women who works there was a total bitch when I went in to ask her a question, and they have not made any effort to help me with my application and/or housing in Paris, which is a nightmare. Generally going to a foreign country is a big deal, they need to get on top of their shit.
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