सोमवार, सितंबर 06, 2004
Everybody, are you ready to be jealous of me (as if you weren't already haha)? Yeah, ready? Well....
...I have access to the Class of 2008 message boards. Yes! Be jealous! I have acsess.
"But Mark, how? Outside of new freshman, only Student Directors can access the message boards?" asks Alex Marie, pondering in confusion, but with a sense of covetousness in her tone.
"That's my secret," replies Mark with a girm.
Some background:
The University of Chicago puts up a message board for students to socialize for before school starts. This makes sense. After all, most students at our wonderful institution aren't used to real social situations. They are used to the Star Wars Message Boards, Dugeon's & Dragon's chat room, and AIMing people from their online book club. So why not put these students in a social situation where they feel comfortable? The Class of 2007 Message Boards create this. Never mind the fact most of the people that become friends will never hear each others voice, for lack of people-to-people social skills, but, hey, at least they can be internet social. I never was one to post much on the Class of 2007 Boards, although I do lay claim to having the first ever post (along the lines of "Hi, I'm Mark. Bye", since I coincidentaly was on the website only minutes after the boards became open to the public...but boy do I love to read them! The people on these boards are ones I likely will never make friends with, those people are out enjoying themselves, but it is still enjoyful.
Even though "the boards" have been, for most accounts, successful and highly liked by the students that use them, "The boards" have are rocked with a scandalous history. The Class of 2006 was the first class to have message boards, and they were open to the public. No login required, anybody could go. This caused mega trouble, as conversation and behavious got a little to out of hand. It eventually required an authorized UCID login.
In 2007, access was restricted from the start. If you were an O-Aide or incoming freshman, you could access the boards. It made sense, as the many O-Aides could provide helpful questions to incoming students. I was one of them. I was curious about how I can get my MTV (aka cable), and the question was quickly answered by an O-Aide.
In 2008, however, only Student Directors (all 4 of them) could be there to help the freshman. This was a stupid idea. First of all, when you are a Student Director, chances are you are a complete social outcast (no offense to those who are) that can only answer half the questions that are asked...I have witnessed it with these actual (slighly exageratted) account:
Freshman: "How do we join a frat?"
Student Director: "Rush season is autumn (maybe Spring as well) and you can start pledging as soon as you get going in college."
Freshman: "Is it okay to have visitors during O-Week?"
Student Director: "That is a stupid thing to do."
Freshman: "Are there parties?"
Student Director: "No."
Freshman: "How much is cable?"
Student Director: "I don't know."
Freshman: "What cell phone company provides the best service?"
Student Director: "I'm not big on talking on cell phones."
This annoys me, because I could have throughly answered all five of those questions with ease. While the Student Directors have no problems asking questions I couldn't answer like "What's the best Hum sequence?", "What teacher do you reccomend?", and "What's the best place to study?", they look like morons when it comes to answering the other stuff.
The frat question bothered me the most. Not only is the guy entirely wrong, but he talks about it as if he is sure.
The University of Chicago makes stupid decessions sometimes...this was one of them.
Reading the '08 message boards has been fun though. Some of my favourite threads include...
...one in which somebody asked if they were allowed to have packages mailed to them.
...the always popular "Is there a social life?" thread. In this year's thread, one student commented that "This is the UofC. We aren't here to have a social life! If you don't like it, don't go." The actual post, with big words, follows:
"All of the u of c's promotional materials, not to mention countless guidebooks have advertised the school as one of the most rigorous undergraduate experiences in the country. Its main selling point is its intensely demanding and diverse core curriculum--one of the few left in the country, not its selection of frats and parties. There are many places for 'not very studious' people to attend. There may even be one close to your home, so you can spare yourself the expense of travel. The U of C isn't that place."
[to my relief, the thread, at 140 posts long, had many people very upset at the above posters comments]
..."The Laptop vs. Desktop" threads. There are at least seven of them.
...A thread in which a incoming student asked if you are allowed to have non-uChi students sleep in your room.
...Also in the social threads, students will ask "Are there parties?" and others will respond "Yeah! I was there on Prospie week. Even though it was a Thursday, there will still parties!" LOL. I wish I had posting privledges so I could explain to them Thursday parties are a one year event.
...the refridgerator thread. In one of many, someone asks for suggestions on what fridge to buy. A very helpful incoming student responds with some fridges she found for sale on the net at low prices:
"target sells 4.2 cubic feet ones for like $140 (but then shipping and handling is like 50 bucks), and walmart has the same fridge for $130, and shipping is the same as target.that is the shipping cost if you buy it online, don't know if they charge shipping if you just show up at a store and buy it though... anybody know?"
In the poster's defense, she is from a foreign country and probably thought of shipping as being a tax of sorts. Still funny though.
...various freshman saying how "The Class of 2008 will be king and we will be on top of the school's social scene." HAHA! sorry, class of '08 may be cool. you can't top '07. ;)
Yeah, so there you have it. The Class of 2008 will rock (not as much as '07) and I am very excieted about the school year starting again, except for the part about going to classes.
and for all those class of 2008 students that found this blog on google...well...that's creepy...well, actually I did the same thing. welcome to the university of chicago. you're going to have a very, very fun time at this school. contrary to popular belief, we have fun. call me (305.528.0693), facebook me (just type in ikea), visit me (max west 410B), and look for me at the parties (i'll be at every single one of them, as will anita, who you should facebook too). it'll be good times.
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...I have access to the Class of 2008 message boards. Yes! Be jealous! I have acsess.
"But Mark, how? Outside of new freshman, only Student Directors can access the message boards?" asks Alex Marie, pondering in confusion, but with a sense of covetousness in her tone.
"That's my secret," replies Mark with a girm.
Some background:
The University of Chicago puts up a message board for students to socialize for before school starts. This makes sense. After all, most students at our wonderful institution aren't used to real social situations. They are used to the Star Wars Message Boards, Dugeon's & Dragon's chat room, and AIMing people from their online book club. So why not put these students in a social situation where they feel comfortable? The Class of 2007 Message Boards create this. Never mind the fact most of the people that become friends will never hear each others voice, for lack of people-to-people social skills, but, hey, at least they can be internet social. I never was one to post much on the Class of 2007 Boards, although I do lay claim to having the first ever post (along the lines of "Hi, I'm Mark. Bye", since I coincidentaly was on the website only minutes after the boards became open to the public...but boy do I love to read them! The people on these boards are ones I likely will never make friends with, those people are out enjoying themselves, but it is still enjoyful.
Even though "the boards" have been, for most accounts, successful and highly liked by the students that use them, "The boards" have are rocked with a scandalous history. The Class of 2006 was the first class to have message boards, and they were open to the public. No login required, anybody could go. This caused mega trouble, as conversation and behavious got a little to out of hand. It eventually required an authorized UCID login.
In 2007, access was restricted from the start. If you were an O-Aide or incoming freshman, you could access the boards. It made sense, as the many O-Aides could provide helpful questions to incoming students. I was one of them. I was curious about how I can get my MTV (aka cable), and the question was quickly answered by an O-Aide.
In 2008, however, only Student Directors (all 4 of them) could be there to help the freshman. This was a stupid idea. First of all, when you are a Student Director, chances are you are a complete social outcast (no offense to those who are) that can only answer half the questions that are asked...I have witnessed it with these actual (slighly exageratted) account:
Freshman: "How do we join a frat?"
Student Director: "Rush season is autumn (maybe Spring as well) and you can start pledging as soon as you get going in college."
Freshman: "Is it okay to have visitors during O-Week?"
Student Director: "That is a stupid thing to do."
Freshman: "Are there parties?"
Student Director: "No."
Freshman: "How much is cable?"
Student Director: "I don't know."
Freshman: "What cell phone company provides the best service?"
Student Director: "I'm not big on talking on cell phones."
This annoys me, because I could have throughly answered all five of those questions with ease. While the Student Directors have no problems asking questions I couldn't answer like "What's the best Hum sequence?", "What teacher do you reccomend?", and "What's the best place to study?", they look like morons when it comes to answering the other stuff.
The frat question bothered me the most. Not only is the guy entirely wrong, but he talks about it as if he is sure.
The University of Chicago makes stupid decessions sometimes...this was one of them.
Reading the '08 message boards has been fun though. Some of my favourite threads include...
...one in which somebody asked if they were allowed to have packages mailed to them.
...the always popular "Is there a social life?" thread. In this year's thread, one student commented that "This is the UofC. We aren't here to have a social life! If you don't like it, don't go." The actual post, with big words, follows:
"All of the u of c's promotional materials, not to mention countless guidebooks have advertised the school as one of the most rigorous undergraduate experiences in the country. Its main selling point is its intensely demanding and diverse core curriculum--one of the few left in the country, not its selection of frats and parties. There are many places for 'not very studious' people to attend. There may even be one close to your home, so you can spare yourself the expense of travel. The U of C isn't that place."
[to my relief, the thread, at 140 posts long, had many people very upset at the above posters comments]
..."The Laptop vs. Desktop" threads. There are at least seven of them.
...A thread in which a incoming student asked if you are allowed to have non-uChi students sleep in your room.
...Also in the social threads, students will ask "Are there parties?" and others will respond "Yeah! I was there on Prospie week. Even though it was a Thursday, there will still parties!" LOL. I wish I had posting privledges so I could explain to them Thursday parties are a one year event.
...the refridgerator thread. In one of many, someone asks for suggestions on what fridge to buy. A very helpful incoming student responds with some fridges she found for sale on the net at low prices:
"target sells 4.2 cubic feet ones for like $140 (but then shipping and handling is like 50 bucks), and walmart has the same fridge for $130, and shipping is the same as target.that is the shipping cost if you buy it online, don't know if they charge shipping if you just show up at a store and buy it though... anybody know?"
In the poster's defense, she is from a foreign country and probably thought of shipping as being a tax of sorts. Still funny though.
...various freshman saying how "The Class of 2008 will be king and we will be on top of the school's social scene." HAHA! sorry, class of '08 may be cool. you can't top '07. ;)
Yeah, so there you have it. The Class of 2008 will rock (not as much as '07) and I am very excieted about the school year starting again, except for the part about going to classes.
and for all those class of 2008 students that found this blog on google...well...that's creepy...well, actually I did the same thing. welcome to the university of chicago. you're going to have a very, very fun time at this school. contrary to popular belief, we have fun. call me (305.528.0693), facebook me (just type in ikea), visit me (max west 410B), and look for me at the parties (i'll be at every single one of them, as will anita, who you should facebook too). it'll be good times.
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