I love going to Georgetown. The classes and professors are wonderful, and I love DC. But sometimes the administration leaves something more to be desired...

I got an email from the "Registration and Audit Specialist" this morning. The following (very scary) paragraph was in the body:

As of August 31, 2008 you have earned 47 of 84 required academic credits and 3.50 of 6.00 required semesters in residence♦. In order to complete your degree requirements you will need to complete 37 academic credits during the 2008-2009 Academic Year. Within your remaining credit requirements you also need to meet the following academic requirements:

Required first year curriculum – complete
Upperclass legal writing requirement (WR) – complete
Course in professional responsibility - need to complete

One major problem--as a joint degree student, I have lower credit hour requirements, and my enrollment at the policy school counts towards the residency semesters.

So I emailed this specialist asking her to check her information against the correct requirements. WHile I was composing this email, I got an "updated" audit, containing the exact same paragraph plus an additional line to check with a Dean if I have questions about my joint degree.

But I went ahead and sent the email I was composing. Within minutes I received a reply, confirming I was on track and alerting me to the fact that she had sent a second audit confirming my joint degree status. And, I suppose, if you consider the extra sentence an actual audit and enrollment confirmation a true update, she's correct. Completely unhelpful, but correct.

As Gabe put it, though, I suppose it's a victory that they don't have me listed as an undergraduate.

OK--whose job was it to choose the background for McCain's acceptance speech? It's wrong on so many different levels.

First, most of what is at his level is green. Yes, green. As in the horrible background color that got so much criticism when he had his first big speech as the nominee. And now it's blue. This is just screaming for another Colbert challenge.

Second, the first big picture that was behind him was a huge beautiful house. Considering he didn't know how many houses he owned when he is asked, and the country is in the middle of a housing crisis caused in part due to deregulation, added to many criticisms about the overall wealth of the leaders of the Republican Party, and it just seems like a bad idea.

The protestors are amusing to me. Particularly the response to them, which is actually more disruptive to the speech than the protesters themselves.

There is more I could say, but I think I'll work on a more comprehensive entry on my thoughts on the campaign (esp. Palin) for later. Now to watch the speech, in the interest of fair and balanced viewing. :)