January 14, 2009

Fun and Trouble. Mainly Trouble

Okay so here's the deal.  Besides crazy senior project related stress (because that is SO much fun), I have had several issues since I have returned from yonder winter break.
Problem A
According to the registrar I am short one writing emphasis class, which I need to graduate.
I am currently enrolled in one Human Nature and Society, listed in the course catalog under Gen Ed Writing Emphasis applicable courses.
I receive an e-mail from Paul, that same fiend, asking me about the note he received (corresponding to my own) about said MIA WE course.
All this happened on Monday.
On Tuesday, I had planned to spend my morning in the Ceramics studio.  I walk up the hill with Renee (who has Drawing Senior Project at the same time).  I try to catch Paul before her class (which he teaches), but he was not there.
I swing by after said class, and heard him in his office talking to someone else.  So I left with Renee to get lunch.
That afternoon I had said Religion/Writing Emphasis course, then went back up the hill to talk to Nancy (who apparently does not have morning classes this semester), my Ceramics senior project class being bisected by said WE class.
I talk to Nancy and agree to meet with her at the same time every week, then head next door in a last ditch effort to catch Paul, who is again absent.
I go back to my room for a few, head to dinner less than a half hour later, where I meet Renee yet again.  The first thing Paul said when he saw her this morning was, "Where is Shannen?"
This comment came shortly after I related to Deidre the trials of me trying to catch Paul in between classes.  As in immediately.
Renee told him that I was working on my Ceramics senior project (I did finish my Painting senior project last semester....).  She related his reaction (and did a fair impression of it), with his "oh yeah" and that light-dawning-on-something-I-should-already-have-known-expression.
I e-mailed Paul later that night about it, to which he swiftly replied (I was quite surprised to see it this morning); I told him that I was currently enrolled in the missing class mentioned and asked if I should go to the Registrar and correct them, he replied that I should.
Later this morning I went to said registrar, pointed out said WE class, and baffled the man who does the senior audits.
In the course listing said class is listed as a humanity.
In the course catalog it is under the Writing Emphasis gen ed classes.
He found this strange but felt inclined that I was correct, then proceeded to call the teacher of said WE class to confirm.
He, of course, did not answer the phone.   SA guy left a message concerning the WEness of said WE class.  I informed him that there were seven papers and I was fairly certain it was, in fact, a WE class.
He advised me to call back later in the day to check the progress of this issue.
At this point I left where I confronted the other problem, which I will elaborate on in a moment.
After confronting the other problem and failing to solve it, I went to Art History class,  immediately upon entering said class I ran into Paul.
Fortunately he was talking to someone else so I slipped away as discretely as possible.
I called the SA guy a little while ago.  He didn't answer his phone.  Of course.
So I e-mailed him.  I am waiting for the response.
The Other Problem.
After I left the Registrar I went to the computer lab (upstairs of Registrar) to print things for my Neurotic Notebook (urn pictures actually).
It wouldn't print.
I switched computers, that one wouldn't let me log in.
Deidre (who was leaving), was able to print, so I switched to her computer.
No dice.
I left and went to Art History.
After Bio of Women (which is right after Art History), I went to the library basement and tried to print.  Didn't work.
I went upstairs to the main floor, still nothing.
I went next door.  Not happening.
I e-mailed computer services.  This is the response I got:

Shannen,
 
We have looked into your printing issue and for whatever reason there was a software glitch that picked you.  It said you were -92 trillion dollars, so it wouldn't let you print.  We have fixed the problem so you should be able to print now.
 
Sorry for the inconvenience!
MBC Helpdesk

When I try to print later I hope I have more success.  That is how my day has gone so far.  And my semester.

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