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$20,000 Fact: Learning at the University of Alabama - That thing you do in-between post-tailgating hangovers.
They've canceled the first week of classes to because of "the number of students who have to be in Pasadena, Calif., to represent The University of Alabama on Jan. 7 and the number of faculty, staff and students who want to be there."
...the level of weasel words bullshit here has me barely controlling my sneering upper lip. The vast majority of students probably can't *afford* to attend the game in Pasadena, but of course we have to accommodate the few who can. Oh, and the football team, of course.
This stuff? Is the exact reason I despise college football. I don't begrudge anyone liking it, but I happen to have attended college because of that "books 'n' learnin'" part of the degree, not the cheap student football tickets.
At least we graduate our African-American football players, unlike Texas.
They've canceled the first week of classes to because of "the number of students who have to be in Pasadena, Calif., to represent The University of Alabama on Jan. 7 and the number of faculty, staff and students who want to be there."
...the level of weasel words bullshit here has me barely controlling my sneering upper lip. The vast majority of students probably can't *afford* to attend the game in Pasadena, but of course we have to accommodate the few who can. Oh, and the football team, of course.
This stuff? Is the exact reason I despise college football. I don't begrudge anyone liking it, but I happen to have attended college because of that "books 'n' learnin'" part of the degree, not the cheap student football tickets.
At least we graduate our African-American football players, unlike Texas.