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February 10, 2005

Freshman Questions

I found this in the 1992 edition of the Rampway yearbook (back when Ga. State had a yearbook). Questions submitted by freshmen:

  • When do we find out what books we need to buy for our classes?
  • Why don’t you have a meeting that would help us learn how to schedule our classes?
  • How are students supposed to get from class to class on the first day of school if they do not know their way around?
  • Are the professors as mean as they say?
  • What does the “H” stand for in Dean H. King Buttermore’s name? Hamlet, Herman, or Horhay? Just wondering. It seems to me that nobody knows.
  • Does anyone ever get tickets for jaywalking?
  • How do we figure out which classes we need to sign up for?
  • Is college life as hard as everyone says it is?
  • Where do we go or what number do we call to rent a parking space at MARTA?
  • How do I know which classes are the core classes that I have to have?
  • Does it take long to adapt to college life?
  • How can we complete this evaluation if we have not participated in all the events listed?
  • Did I win?
  • How do I balance work, school, study, and sleep in a 24 hour period?
  • Tell me one thing that GSU can offer me that another university can’t.
  • How do we register for classes?
  • How do we know what to take?
  • How should we manage our schedule?
  • How do we know what times and days are available for our classes?
  • Can I take classes during the summer for extra credit toward graduating early?
  • Where am I?
  • Has anyone ever been hit by an automobile?
  • Where is the nearest liquor store?
  • If I joined the Greek Life, will it take up a lot of my time and interfere with my job?
  • How many times can you go through Rush?
  • What’s on the 5th floor of the Urban Life Building?
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Published Again

Yesterday the AJC ran a front page story about the proposed design for the new home for the Atlanta Symphony. The design is remarkably ugly, features a lot of dead space surrounding the building, and includes a raised walkway that doesn’t seem to serve much purpose. So I sent in a letter, which got published today:

Flash unnecessary

While the Midtown Alliance and the city of Atlanta have worked hard to turn Midtown into the living community it is today, they are turning a blind eye to the principles of good urban design in accepting the new symphony hall proposal (”A grace note for city,” Page One, Feb. 9).

A concert hall does not need to be a giant block of cheese in order to be great. For an example, look at Carnegie Hall.

JOE WINTER, Smyrna

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