According to Academic Technologies (AT) at GW, nine classrooms on the Foggy Bottom Campus are newly equipped with desktop PCs, DVD/VCR combos, AMX control systems, LCD projectors, and auxiliary interface plate.

And that's just that start of it. The actual list is much longer--it runs almost as deep as a professor's confusion about how to use any of this junk.

AT announced that they are "pleased to be able to provide faculty and students with the tools they need to pursue academic excellence," but judging by past experience, this equipment will be checked for errors, say, never, and staff will be mysteriously missing whenever a question comes up.

When AT was asked for comment, all we got were faint cries of "Ha, ha, suckers!"