Won’t you stay in your 8:40???

Though we’re still well in to the Shopping Period, some professors have gone above and beyond to accomplish a rewarding retention rate for the first week of classes by making you feel welcome/uncomfortable/curious where the line between student and professor stands. Whatever the intention or the response, we’ve compiled some of the best memories from Spring 2015’s first week of classes with professors who need a full lecture hall for personal validation. 

Edward Mendelson

“[PrezBo] was taken over by Martians 15 years ago.”

Homa Zarghamee, Economics of Gender

“Unfortunately you can’t really pick a husband off a menu.”

Brendan O’Flaherty, Principles of Economics

“I could be at home playing with my cats.  I’m here because I’m getting paid.”

 Gareth Williams, Intermediate Latin II

“Ovid is the closest you will find in the Roman literary canon to Belgian chocolate.”

The Real MVPs

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