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They’re not Instructors, but Graduate Student Protesting Can Be Effective
By AHor (Chief Contributor) Tags: football seats, graduate students, i spy
Created: 03/24/2008
8:42 PM
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Class of 2009, your hopes of front row football tickets next year have officially been shat on. In case you haven’t heard, an e-mail was sent out today announcing that the University has rescinded its decision to award seats based on class standing. They will be assigned again based on credit hours “counted by the University”. I’m not really sure what that means, but I assume credits from other undergraduate institutions are counted in addition to credits earned in Michigan Grad School.
As an undergrad, I’m clearly not thrilled about this decision. There’s got to be some sort of middle ground. Someone who went somewhere else as an undergrad shouldn’t get front row seats the instant he becomes a Michigan law student, not after over a thousand others spend 3 years coming to games bleeding maize and blue. The University should form a system where it’s based off Michigan credit hours and/or previous purchases of season tickets. I’m sure there are plenty of other ways this could be settled.
Undergrads pre-game hard, travel in large spirited groups and embody what being a college fan is all about. The majority of graduate students wake up at 11:30, put on their pants and walk down to the front row of Michigan Stadium. I base this on nothing, but it’s true. When the college gameday cameras are rolling around the corner end-zone it should be the undergrads with painted faces, not the same graduate students for 3-5 seasons that get to be seen on ABC.
As an undergrad, I’m clearly not thrilled about this decision. There’s got to be some sort of middle ground. Someone who went somewhere else as an undergrad shouldn’t get front row seats the instant he becomes a Michigan law student, not after over a thousand others spend 3 years coming to games bleeding maize and blue. The University should form a system where it’s based off Michigan credit hours and/or previous purchases of season tickets. I’m sure there are plenty of other ways this could be settled.
Undergrads pre-game hard, travel in large spirited groups and embody what being a college fan is all about. The majority of graduate students wake up at 11:30, put on their pants and walk down to the front row of Michigan Stadium. I base this on nothing, but it’s true. When the college gameday cameras are rolling around the corner end-zone it should be the undergrads with painted faces, not the same graduate students for 3-5 seasons that get to be seen on ABC.
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Paul Tassi says,
yes, it is...where in the world did you find this picture?
AXOs always in my seats pshh
AXOs always in my seats pshh
Posted 03/24/2008 9:21 PM
Anonymous says,
This is complete bullshit. Football games are supposed to be centered on the athletes and their peers who are watching them. That doesn't include grad students who just show up one day in Ann Arbor and buy tickets. Screw grad students and all their bitching.
Posted 03/24/2008 9:24 PM
AHor says,
google "michigan football fan" -seriously
The typing in the caption I actually said out loud, the second part at least.
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The typing in the caption I actually said out loud, the second part at least.
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Posted 03/24/2008 9:25 PM
Anonymous says,
1) come on
2) it doesn't make sense that they rescinded the law. it kind of does, because people that are in grad school that came here semi-deserve it, but do they really show as much scholastic responsibility as other students? In this regard, 4th year med students would be in the front row, but **** they don't always have enough time, so I actually think that seniors deserve it. They'll be the most enthusiastic and will be the happiest with the seats. Grad students never should be put behind freshmen (I was one pretty recently), but people should be wolverines as undergrad seniors before being grad students here--these students have had their chance. And this is as someone who is drunk at 2:55am on a monday.
2) it doesn't make sense that they rescinded the law. it kind of does, because people that are in grad school that came here semi-deserve it, but do they really show as much scholastic responsibility as other students? In this regard, 4th year med students would be in the front row, but **** they don't always have enough time, so I actually think that seniors deserve it. They'll be the most enthusiastic and will be the happiest with the seats. Grad students never should be put behind freshmen (I was one pretty recently), but people should be wolverines as undergrad seniors before being grad students here--these students have had their chance. And this is as someone who is drunk at 2:55am on a monday.
Posted 03/24/2008 11:55 PM
GSI4hire says,
No No. No one is getting credit for classes outside of Michigan. It means grad students aren't automatically at the back of the line behind freshmen. It is based off of Michigan credit hours as you suggest.
Posted 03/25/2008 04:56 AM
Anonymous says,
screw grad students, i dunno about you guys but every single one of my gsi's suck. ass. they shouldnt be getting more money or better football tickets or anything. they should do their shitty job and like it and stop bitching
Posted 03/25/2008 09:06 AM
Anonymous says,
Yeah, the assumptions in this post aren't accurate. I was a grad student for three years at Michigan, and I went somewhere else for undergrad. My seats were with Freshman undergrads the first year - meaning, not in the front row - and with the undergrad sophomores the second, and so on. The only grad students I knew in the front row were also Michigan undergrads. So, the credit thing counts only Michigan credits. The complaint was that Grad students were going to be sat behind the undergrad freshmen, which the grad students thought was unfair.
Putting it another way: the old system sat all students, undergrad and graduate, proportionate to how long they've been at UM. So first year grad students with freshman undergrads, second-years with sophomores, and so on. New system would put even a fifth-year grad student behind an undergrad freshman. New system's been scrapped.
So, there. By the way, I tailgated early in the mornings, got to the games in time to see the band, and stayed to the end of blowouts. But while we're playing the generalization game, the undergrads I stood with spent most of the time bitching about the playcalling and/or yelling for the backup quarterback, yelling Anchorman quotes and jingling their keys all dainty-like at times when they should be screaming as loud as they can.
Putting it another way: the old system sat all students, undergrad and graduate, proportionate to how long they've been at UM. So first year grad students with freshman undergrads, second-years with sophomores, and so on. New system would put even a fifth-year grad student behind an undergrad freshman. New system's been scrapped.
So, there. By the way, I tailgated early in the mornings, got to the games in time to see the band, and stayed to the end of blowouts. But while we're playing the generalization game, the undergrads I stood with spent most of the time bitching about the playcalling and/or yelling for the backup quarterback, yelling Anchorman quotes and jingling their keys all dainty-like at times when they should be screaming as loud as they can.
Posted 03/25/2008 7:15 PM
AHor says,
Actually my brother started law school this year and was in the First row of Section 33, I was in row 74. He did not go to Michigan as an undergraduate. "So, there" back at you. Maybe there's another system we don't even know about.
Posted 03/25/2008 7:25 PM
Anonymous says,
Look it undergrads, by the time I will have left AA I will have been here for 9 years, that is 9 seasons of football. Didn't go her for undergrad, but I can guarantee that I have painted up for more games, gone to more away games and more rose bowls than you ever will.
Additionally, if you had half a brain, you would know that the seating is done around the stadium, not up and down. It is more desirable to be higher up at the 35 than down low in the endzone, you can't see anything down there. Therefore, the more credits you have, the closer to the 50 you are, not necessarily closer to the field.
Additionally, if you had half a brain, you would know that the seating is done around the stadium, not up and down. It is more desirable to be higher up at the 35 than down low in the endzone, you can't see anything down there. Therefore, the more credits you have, the closer to the 50 you are, not necessarily closer to the field.
Posted 03/25/2008 7:34 PM
Anonymous says,
That is not true, and i'm sick of all this shit and bitching of grad students ...cough...GSI's....you guys bitch and get your way even when there is a "no strike clause" in your contracts. You know if you had an issue with the contract when you signed it then you should've spoken up then. Not picketed like a bunch of whiny bitches in front of your departments buildings. This is a load of shit for upper classmen undergrads. I've earned over 100 credits here at UM and now I" m going to be pushed back when I should be down near the endzone. You know why people like being closer to the field?>...b/c it's closer to the action.
If you had half a brain you'd stop bitching and shut the **** up.
Why don't you go kiss Mary Sue Coleman's ass some more.
If you had half a brain you'd stop bitching and shut the **** up.
Why don't you go kiss Mary Sue Coleman's ass some more.
Posted 03/26/2008 08:26 AM
Anonymous says,
the AXO all the way to the left of the picture has a mouth like a plunger. I'm so tempted to kick her in the teeth whenever I see her based solely on how ****ing goofy she looks.
Posted 03/26/2008 2:41 PM
Anonymous says,
Yea seriously **** GSI's. I saw one of them holding up a sign like "Salary: $18,000...Tuition (or some other bullshit expense): $17,999. Left with: $1"
Go suck on your mother's teet. Undergrad out of state students pay $32,000 or so per year and I'm not bitching, but quietly taking it all out in loans. You're only a GSI for what, 5 years tops if a PhD student? You knew what you were getting yourself into, so why whine and complain? And for you masters students, c'mon. Unless you're a ****ing retard, you're here for 2 years.
Shut up, do your shit, get out and make the money you knew you were going to make when you finished your program or you would have never come here in the first place.
Biaaaatch.
Go suck on your mother's teet. Undergrad out of state students pay $32,000 or so per year and I'm not bitching, but quietly taking it all out in loans. You're only a GSI for what, 5 years tops if a PhD student? You knew what you were getting yourself into, so why whine and complain? And for you masters students, c'mon. Unless you're a ****ing retard, you're here for 2 years.
Shut up, do your shit, get out and make the money you knew you were going to make when you finished your program or you would have never come here in the first place.
Biaaaatch.
Posted 03/26/2008 2:49 PM
Anonymous says,
@ Anonymous: ^^^^I hope you "painted up for more games, went to more away games and more rose bowls than any of us ever will," you were here for nine ****ing years.
If you had half a brain it wouldn't have taken you that long to finish graduate school.
If you had half a brain it wouldn't have taken you that long to finish graduate school.
Posted 03/26/2008 5:07 PM
Anonymous says,
yea no shit...are grad students at um this ****ing dumb or do they just not think before speaking....r u serious those bastards get $18,000 for being a GSI??:? my god that is ridiculous they are worthless to the undergrad students they "instruct"...does mary sue have any more surface area on her ass that hasnt been kissed??
**** me gsis aren't worth a dollar....is there even a gsi on campus that speaks legible english?
**** me gsis aren't worth a dollar....is there even a gsi on campus that speaks legible english?
Posted 03/26/2008 5:53 PM
Anonymous says,
a source spotted Travis Radina picketing with the infidel GSIs who were singing "Kumbaya," albeit said source noticed a stifled Radina due to his objection of singing a song whose words might negatively impact the Obama campaign.
Posted 03/26/2008 7:54 PM
Anonymous says,
so get this, apparently one of the issues that needed to be ironed out at the GEO-UM meeting last night was a cap of 25 mental health visits for all GSIs..the GSIs said they wanted MORE..what the ****?! let me help you, if you feel like you're going nuts, go out and have a beer. or two. or until the room gets blurry or you pass out, whichever comes first. how can life as a professional student possibly be that hard?
on a side note, a rider to the new GEO contact included a cap of 75 mental visits for a certain Travis Radina, because as we all know, he is a whack job.
on a side note, a rider to the new GEO contact included a cap of 75 mental visits for a certain Travis Radina, because as we all know, he is a whack job.
Posted 03/26/2008 10:12 PM
Anonymous says,
the issue there is that not every person is mentally healthy. It's not that all GSIs need help, but the few who do might need a lot. The average student here at UM doesn't really need it, but the select few who do deserve to get the help they really need.
Posted 03/26/2008 10:18 PM
Anonymous says,
^^^ yea well..you're probably right, i rescind my comment minus the travis radina rider
Posted 03/27/2008 09:46 AM
Anonymous says,
girl second from the right is apparently the new jen sterger
Posted 03/29/2008 11:54 AM
Anonymous says,
@ Anonymous: She's the Florida State fan... also in top right corner of "U of M Actually Makes List of 50 Hottest Student Bodies! Rejoice!"
Posted 03/30/2008 08:27 AM
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