Stanford academics

[AdmiralBackhand]

Deadspin, Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion

 

[mgriff]

0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0h Ouch

 

[IrishLax]

This is a total non-story. A list of introductory classes? That's it? What exactly is wrong here?

 

[mgriff]

This is a total non-story. A list of introductory classes? That's it? What exactly is wrong here?

Hence my incredibly sarcastic 0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0oh. Almost entirely 100 level courses.

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

"One professor who requested her class be taken off the list was told by school officials that it didn't exist.

And, when approached by the Stanford investigative journalism students reporting the story, the school promptly discontinued the list."

Sounds like a cover up to me. If there weren't anything to it, why try to hide it now? Just happened to see it and thought I'd share with everyone else.

 

[mgriff]

No offense, but this isn't the most reputable of sources and it can easily be fabricated. If this picks up steam and gets some more incriminating info other than easy 100 level courses that could be interesting to certain students, then I'll be more impressed. Just saying, that at worst right now there are easy 100 level courses, which are at every school. At best it's a completely bogus report from Deadspin, who has broken some news, but they aren't exactly CNN for reputation. I suppose CNN isn't the best either, but this is highly questionable right now, for me.

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

No offense, but this isn't the most reputable of sources and it can easily be fabricated. If this picks up steam and gets some more incriminating info other than easy 100 level courses that could be interesting to certain students, then I'll be more impressed. No offense OP, just saying, that at worst right now there are easy 100 level courses, which are at every school. At best it's a completely bogus report from Deadspin, who has broken some news, but they aren't exactly CNN for reputation.

Offense for what? Anyway, it was reported by the Stanford Daily, which was then picked up by Deadspin. It's not like Deadspin broke the news first. It's just where I found it.

For the rest of you, take it for what it's worth. If nothing else, just a quick bit of entertainment.

 

[IrishLax]

No offense, but this isn't the most reputable of sources and it can easily be fabricated. If this picks up steam and gets some more incriminating info other than easy 100 level courses that could be interesting to certain students, then I'll be more impressed. Just saying, that at worst right now there are easy 100 level courses, which are at every school. At best it's a completely bogus report from Deadspin, who has broken some news, but they aren't exactly CNN for reputation. I suppose CNN isn't the best either, but this is highly questionable right now, for me.

It was actually on ESPN before Deadspin.

 

[BirdmanND06]

I'm pretty sure every school does this in some form, though perhaps not so overtly. Athletes always seem to find the easy classes.

 

[mgriff]

Okay, I didn't know that it was carried by other sources, I was just looking at yours. In any event, it doesn't seem terrible, as they are lowly 100 level courses. I'm not hating on your thread or anything.

 

[dshans]

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Hell, I took "Space Technology & Society" (affectionately known as "Star Trek 101") at ND. There were quite a few athletes in the class along with a few shlubs like me who needed to avoid flunking out, getting drafted and shipped to Viet Nam.

One major project was to make a paper airplane and toss it from the balcony of Washington hall. Planes were graded on glide time and distance.

The prof, Nickolades (don't trust my spelling) was a brilliant engineer who did some crucial work in developing the "non fixed wing" – think parasails and light, personal aircraft. He was entertaining and passionate.

He also made a **** load of money redesigning the dimple pattern on golf balls.

The list of courses appeared to me as one that is common and helpful for students looking to expand their horizons by exploring subject matter outside of their comfort zone.

 

[NankerPhelge]

I'm with DShans. I was a history major at ND, but had to get a certain number of classes in required areas, one being math, which is not my strongest point. Took this basic math class that everybody called "Toys" to fulfill this requirement, taught by a student teacher named Andrew Palm (don't know why I remember that). Sat next to Kelly Tripucka, Orlando Woolridge, and Ty Dickerson. Big deal. I was not an athlete (except for my moment of disaster on the interhall football squad, of which I have previously written). Just not that interested in math.

 

[IrishinSyria]

Looks like a good list of classes to me.


edit: My freshman year, I signed up for Greek Literature because I thought it sounded interesting. First day of class I walked in and saw 2 junior hockey players and 3 or 4 football players who I had met the night before (we all might have been hurting that morning). Turns out, I had signed up for a notorious "jock class". Teacher was nice, but it still required work, papers, reading, etc...

 

[dshans]

Not to get too entangled with this thread, my parents worried about me when they received my grades in the mail (this was before the days of absolute student privacy) and saw that I was taking classes such as "Women In American History," "Afro-American Literature," "Poetry Writing" and "Woodcarving."

Each of these classes left a lasting mark on me, practical or not. Some were taken with regard to requirements as a liberal arts major (Arts and Sciences in ND parlance), some simply to satisfy youthful curiosity.

While I can't speak to today's standards, way back in my day even math, science and economics nerds were required and encouraged to take a liberal arts class or two to round out one's world view.

 

[GreatGolson]

at my brother's university Geology is regarded as "Rocks for Jocks" and astrology is " stars for retards"

 

[Veer option]

I have heard astrology being called "moons for goons"

 

[dshans]

at my brother's university Geology is regarded as "Rocks for Jocks" and astrology is " stars for retards"

As a Cancer born on the cusp of Leo I take offense. What was the pet name for Astronomy?

 

[Old Man Mike]

"Astrology"...uggh. Can't we at least get stuff like Astronomy vs Astrology right?? [pardon the science professor].

And open electives...yeh, what are those anyway?? My ND curriculum allowed space for three unless you loaded up some semester so you could take an extra one later. Mine were Philosophy of Science with the young Ernan McMullen, History of Economic Thought, Graduate Biochemistry and lab, and the Mathematics of Relativity. Yep, old Notre Dame, what a breeze.

Oh, and we all walked uphill and into the wind both to and from class....

 

[BGIF]

"Astrology"...uggh. Can't we at least get stuff like Astronomy vs Astrology right?? [pardon the science professor].

And open electives...yeh, what are those anyway?? My ND curriculum allowed space for three unless you loaded up some semester so you could take an extra one later. Mine were Philosophy of Science with the young Ernan McMullen, History of Economic Thought, Graduate Biochemistry and lab, and the Mathematics of Relativity. Yep, old Notre Dame, what a breeze.

Oh, and we all walked uphill and into the wind both to and from class....

... in snowshoes.

 

[kmoose]

... in snowshoes.

They got shoes?!?!?!?


Pansies!!

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

... in snowshoes.

OMM must have lived in DuJarie Institute or Carroll Hall.

Women here in Cali were wearing snowboots. About 72 degrees at the time... I admit I wore socks.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Sometimes I felt like it was kind of an "institute". [I know nobody cares but way-back we bounced through different halls by class each year---don't know what you-all do today. Mine were Keenan, Lyons, Pangborn, and Sorin. If you stand facing Sorin and look at the left ground floor "tower" room, that was me and my two roommates senior year. One became a PhD physicist, USAF pilot, and Air Force Academy professor. The other became a priest, and maybe the greatest guy on the planet if it wasn't my other roommate. But we weren't the most party-going group, so I can't relate to all the modern stuff....whether that's good or bad...who knows??]

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

I became a deer. But I always knew, deep inside, I already was.

 

[Anchorman]

To be honest, I don't see any issues. Looking through the classes, those are pretty standard college courses. There are easy classes on any campus.