University Closes at 1:00PM

Cerebus · December 7, 2005

The University of North Texas System and University of North Texas will be closing all offices and libraries at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 7) because of the inclement weather.

Online classes in WebCT, including any scheduled online testing, will continue.

This closure includes the UNT Dallas Campus, but does not include UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth and Universities Center at Dallas. UNTHSC and the Universities Center make its own closure announcements.

University personnel identified as essential must be present at their work places, unless otherwise notified by their supervisors.

Essential employees who are required or permitted to work will earn compensatory time in an amount equal to the hours they work.

Before you begin driving to work tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 8) listen to radio or television stations or visit www.unt.edu for announcements of closures. Only closures will be announced. If an announcement is not made, then the university and system are open for business .

Coffee and TV · December 7, 2005

Sweet, hopefully it'll be the same tomorrow and that's one less powerpoint I'll have to do.

ipEAGLE · December 7, 2005

Sweet, hopefully it'll be the same tomorrow and that's one less powerpoint I'll have to do.
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Ughh... PowerPoint is worthless.

Coffee and TV · December 7, 2005

Ughh... PowerPoint is worthless.
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Hey, they're widely used in all my classes, sorry my degree isn't as worthy as yours

ipEAGLE · December 7, 2005

Just seems like a lazy way of teaching... and a very boring way to do projects/assignments.

BCIS major here.

Edited December 7, 2005 by ipEAGLE

Michael Scott · December 7, 2005

Just seems like a lazy way of teaching... and a very boring way to do projects/assignments.
BCIS major here.
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I had maybe 6 professors at 3 schools who didn't use power point to do their dirty work. Its the crutch of the "research focused professor," who is semi concerned with teaching, egotistical enough to think him or her reading the notes is of benefit, and ultimately is only worried about his or her next journal or grant.

It happens all over American because of how academics are now commercialized and losing focus on teaching (didn't someone posts the related blog and all other incidentals such as read "Beer and Circus" recenty?)

Edited December 7, 2005 by Michael Scott

ipEAGLE · December 7, 2005

I had maybe 6 professors at 3 schools who didn't use power point to do their dirty work. Its the crutch of the "research focused professor," who is semi concerned with teaching, egotistical enough to think him or her reading the notes is of benefit, and ultimately is only worried about his next journal or grant.
It happens all over American because of how academics are now commercialized and losing focus on teaching (didn't someone posts the related blog and all other incidetnals such as read "Beer and Circus" recenty?)
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Great post... sad but true.

Coffee and TV · December 7, 2005

I've had great professors use powerpoint and ive had bad professors use, so it really comes down to how good the lecture itself is I think.

DeepGreen · December 7, 2005

I've had great professors use powerpoint and ive had bad professors use, so it really comes down to how good the lecture itself is I think.
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My professors use to write the lecture/highlights/bullet points on a blackboard with chalk.

Michael Scott · December 7, 2005

I've had great professors use powerpoint and ive had bad professors use, so it really comes down to how good the lecture itself is I think.
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Agreed - I just did not come across many. I didn't mean using ppt on its own was bad.

Coffee and TV · December 7, 2005

My professors use to write the lecture/highlights/bullet points on a blackboard with chalk.
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LOLZ You're OLD.

meangreendork · December 7, 2005

Powerpoint is...convenient, but sweet god, is it an eyesore.

Anyways, the closing isn't a shock. Although my g/f, a New Yorker, said her old college in NY wouldn't shutdown under less than a few feet of snow or something like that.

MeanMag · December 7, 2005

Powerpoint is...convenient, but sweet god, is it an eyesore.
Anyways, the closing isn't a shock. Although my g/f, a New Yorker, said her old college in NY wouldn't shutdown under less than a few feet of snow or something like that.
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Anyone else get fed up with northerners having an elitist attitude towards texans in snow, and making fun of us? I do.

It's like the first ice storm up north everyone has to relearn how to drive. Tons of wreaks. They have the equipment up there to deal with ice and snow, and lots of it. Here it just isn't feasible to have the equipment for 3 days out of the year.

When they get 90 to 100 degree days up there they cancel schools because they dont have AC in some of them. They uncap fire hydrants, and sadly, people always die it seems like.

Oh well, I'm glad I'm not a yankee

bison · December 7, 2005

From the educational/business world:

"Death by PowerPoint!!"

Arkstfan · December 7, 2005

Good PowerPoint use is a great aid. Bad use is bad. The best speakers using it will insert some blank slides to get the focus to what they are saying rather than the bullet points.

Chalkboards ain't great if you have professor with lousy handwriting.

When I took Fed Jur in law school the professor had an outline on the board and told us to copy it down because that was the entire class right there. We spent the next three months filling in the branches of that outline.