(nearly) FREE PIZZA ALERT. This week only Taco Bell has the glorious Crunchwrap supreme for only $.88. With tax, it's like $1.76. Note that there is a limit of 2 per person. Note that a single CWS contains like 560 calories, so you probably will be full after two of them.
My entire house went last night once I found out about this and we all bought 2 and then went into a food comatose for several hours, emerging just in time for the morning news.
A "student" blog about St. Mary's College of Maryland
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Jurgo Radio Today, I am the Guest
lolwat. Listen today at noon. Will either be great or a trainwreck. Probably the former!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Transcript Fees
Transcript fees are here, woo! Lots of people upset. Most school charge for this sort of thing, but SMCM never used to which was kinda cool I guess. So the new fees are in part due to the service Transcript Ordering which lets you know via email when your transcripts are sent out and such. Transcripts now cost $5, and Transcript Ordering, which provides several services (online order tracking, 24/7 access, paperless, blah blah blah), adds another $2.50 charge. So if you want to apply to two schools, it will cost $15 now. Not sure why you would want to send two transcripts to one place, but you can do that too.
I asked Susan Bennet why this costs money, and this was her response (yes she writes emails in Comic Sans):
Either way, lots of people seem upset about this/have found something to whine about.
I asked Susan Bennet why this costs money, and this was her response (yes she writes emails in Comic Sans):
Didn't really answer the question as to why there is now a $5 charge for transcripts (other than that people decided it would be a good idea). The $2.50 fee is a third party group that takes in all of the transcript requests and sends them to the school. Not really sure what the purpose of that is, but I don't work in the Registrar's Office so I don't know how that all works. I'd rather not pay $2.50 and just assume that my transcript was in fact sent out.Hi Ken,
Thank you for your interest in this service. The cost for providing transcripts is a process that several SMCM administrators have been studying and evaluating for quite some time. The President’s cabinet gave approval for this charge over a year ago. We decided to wait until we could offer the convenient transcript request process before initiating the transcript fee.
Although Transcript Ordering collects the $5.00 per transcript fee, these monies are forwarded to SMCM. Transcript Ordering is a non-profit organization and charges the $2.50 per address to cover their processing fees.
Transcript Ordering only provides an electronic way for individuals to request transcripts and to receive email updates of their request. When the Registrar’s Office receives the transcript requests electronically, we will in turn process the transcripts as we have done before. That is, we still print the official transcript on official paper, seal it in an official envelope and mail it to the requested recipient. Or, if the individual requests an unofficial transcript, we will email as a pdf, fax or mail as requested.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Take care,
Either way, lots of people seem upset about this/have found something to whine about.
Monday, February 21, 2011
New Class of 2011 Shirts
New Class of 2011 shirts are available to order! For 12$ you can have one of these radtastic shirts.
You may remember our other class shirts, along the lines of 'on a scale of 1 to 10, we're an 11'. These are different obviously, and I think I like them more.
Tehehe I love jokes about STIs! You may also remember that the class of 2008 (or maybe 2009???) used a similar joke for their shirts. Something along the lines of 'I got my crabs at St. Mary's'. But it's a fun joke, and pretty relevant since we had our crab feast at Jurgo's house.
I think I'll probably buy one. They are 12$.
You may remember our other class shirts, along the lines of 'on a scale of 1 to 10, we're an 11'. These are different obviously, and I think I like them more.
Tehehe I love jokes about STIs! You may also remember that the class of 2008 (or maybe 2009???) used a similar joke for their shirts. Something along the lines of 'I got my crabs at St. Mary's'. But it's a fun joke, and pretty relevant since we had our crab feast at Jurgo's house.
I think I'll probably buy one. They are 12$.
Tour
A tour just walked by my house and I waved out my window and a mom waved back and I was very happy.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Chick-Fil-A Boycott
UPDATE: According to Debbie Davis they reduced their order by 25% yesterday (from 200 to 150) and as a result they sold out more quickly (noon instead of 1 or 2PM). Does not seem that boycott has had a significant effect thus far.
The Chick-Fil-A Boycott is heating up like woah. Today some dudes sat outside the Grind with signs (Cows 4 equality, etc.) and a petition. Mike Fritsch told me not to buy any as I walked in, but really I was just getting the new copy of The Point News I (even though it's an evil newspaper full of lies and slander) so I think they were avoiding yelling at people.
Anyway, at this point we have the original boycott event on Facebook with 257 attending, and a 'Boycott the Chick-Fil-A Boycott' event right here with 113 attendees.
WHO WILL WIN?!
Well it seems like the Daily Grind will probably cave to pressure and change providers, assuming a replacement of some sort is found. They are very open to discussing the issue with students, and I wouldn't be surprised if they stop selling it by March.
Anyway a cool thing is that the discourse has been for the most part civil (especially in the part of the organizers on both sides)
Anyways, dear readers, what do you think? What would you want as an alternative? My previous post had a lot of great discussion in the comments.
The Chick-Fil-A Boycott is heating up like woah. Today some dudes sat outside the Grind with signs (Cows 4 equality, etc.) and a petition. Mike Fritsch told me not to buy any as I walked in, but really I was just getting the new copy of The Point News I (even though it's an evil newspaper full of lies and slander) so I think they were avoiding yelling at people.
Anyway, at this point we have the original boycott event on Facebook with 257 attending, and a 'Boycott the Chick-Fil-A Boycott' event right here with 113 attendees.
WHO WILL WIN?!
Well it seems like the Daily Grind will probably cave to pressure and change providers, assuming a replacement of some sort is found. They are very open to discussing the issue with students, and I wouldn't be surprised if they stop selling it by March.
Anyway a cool thing is that the discourse has been for the most part civil (especially in the part of the organizers on both sides)
Anyways, dear readers, what do you think? What would you want as an alternative? My previous post had a lot of great discussion in the comments.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
King Henry VIII is like Lady Gaga
Something my professor just said...but he made a fair point to be honest.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
FREE PIZZA ALERT 2/15
Do yall love pizza? Come to DPC TODAY from 3 until 9 for pizza and to learn about closing procedures and take a boring survey. It's hosted by ResLife!
Also, last night I came home from the Door and went into the library with my box of pizza (via I had to watch a movie for class) and I felt lots of eyes staring at me. I'm not sure if they were staring at me with judgement (via Door pizza box) or because they wanted my pizza, but the whole process was a good decision. Atomic Cafe was a pretty interesting movie, I would recommend watching it!
Also, last night I came home from the Door and went into the library with my box of pizza (via I had to watch a movie for class) and I felt lots of eyes staring at me. I'm not sure if they were staring at me with judgement (via Door pizza box) or because they wanted my pizza, but the whole process was a good decision. Atomic Cafe was a pretty interesting movie, I would recommend watching it!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Darwin Days
Darwin Days is this week. Can we really trust evolution though? (yes duhhhh). But the most important part of Darwin Days is Bob Paul's Evolution of Candy presentation.
First of all, lets just start with the fact that Bob Paul is a wonderful human being. He has a great voice and I really enjoy his hair. But his Evolution of Candy lecture is really funny and also pretty informative (kinda). I don't really know how to describe it, but if you aren't busy at 6 you should go (I think it's in Cole Cinema???).
EDIT: Apparently it's in SH106.
First of all, lets just start with the fact that Bob Paul is a wonderful human being. He has a great voice and I really enjoy his hair. But his Evolution of Candy lecture is really funny and also pretty informative (kinda). I don't really know how to describe it, but if you aren't busy at 6 you should go (I think it's in Cole Cinema???).
EDIT: Apparently it's in SH106.
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