Hello, my 8010 peers. I have returned from the great states of Nebraska/Iowa, and I’d like to know what I missed during my absence. Columbia appears to be in one piece, but who knows, there might be a disease looming beneath the surface.
So, what’s the skinny?
What happened in 8010 while I was away?
Are we still known as the University of Missouri, or did we change our name while I was gone?
Did Rhetoric & Composition hold a coup and split from the English department?
Did Rebecca dye her hair eight different colors over the past week?
Are freshmen in the Writing Lab still deconstructing the Lord of the Flies and the war in Iraq?
Who thinks it was all downhill for The Clash after their debut self-titled 1977 LP?? (And don’t give me the usual jargon and critical aphorisms about London Calling.)
And so forth, etc. …ad infinitum.
Hmm, well, Friday night a fair portion of the English Department was indisposed due to excessive welcoming of potential students. Saturday, a fair portion of the English Department was ever so slightly under the weather. Sunday, a fair portion of the English Department worked frantically to compensate for their lack of productivity on Friday and their sluggish productivity Saturday.
Dude. I resent that.