Shots with Scholars

Today's title was brought to you by Matt. Good work, Matt.

This has been a week of stress (to be followed by a weekend, then holiday, then December, of stress). It has been a week of sickness of almost everyone on campus but me (yay, immune system, hang in there). And it has also been a week of smart words from sharp professors. Here along with such highlights are completely unrelated apple picking pictures.

In physics, we had a substitute for a class. Because only in physics would you have a substitute for a college course. We didn't mind, though. Vita-K and I actually rather looked forward to being reunited with our 103 Prof.


(On his in-class demo)
You know, you could very well get excited about all this. I could stare into this all day







Can you feel what's coming? Do you feel it? That's right, integrating!... The type of integrals you probably do for breakfast.




The sun's a very hot place. I wouldn't recommend it as a spring break destination.









And of course, there's the Band Man:
BM: Huh?
Chris: Oh no, I was just nodding in agreement.
BM: It's so rare for me to get that in class.


(On giving pop quizzes)
BM: I think I may have done that in grad school, I was probably drunk... with power.
Moi: You were also just drunk.
BM: Probably, I've repressed much of grad school.





(At Pints with Profs at the Pub, Eve and I are in the middle of two conversation groups, with no one talking to us. We glance around at the professors in conversation, consider their fields, and loudly drop words to grab their attention.)





Eve: How 'bout that psych, huh?
Moi: And physics. When I grow up, I want to be a neurophysicist psych person.
Eve: A neuropsychphysicist? Me, too!
Moi: Exactly! I want to be a neuropsychophysicist.

(Later, when we're talking with a few of profs, most of whom I've never met...)
"Rick": Yeah, that class of 2006. They were a classy bunch. They had real pints.
"Sam": And you didn't have to pay. They paid for their profs.
"Rick": Class of 2006. Weren't they your favorite class? They were mine. I think we had caviar, too, champagne. Everything was free. None of this pizza and Sierra Nevada, real food, real pints.
Moi: Well, they had real profs, too.

(Collective shock at my words, followed, "OHHHH!", "Ooooooh!", "Burn!" and thankfully, laughter. All's cool until Rick leans in to explain what I had said to 103 Prof, who was just joining in.)

Moi: No! No! Not [103 Prof], he was a real prof! Top of the line! Because I had him and he graded me and I'm afraid he'll take back my grade. Please, don't take away my grade. Plus, your office is really close to [current 104 Prof's] office...
103 Prof: And we talk all the time.
"Sam": We talk all the time, too.
"Rick": Yeah, and didn't I hear that you want to be a neurophysicist? You'll probably have to go through us if you want to do that. Good luck with that.