Live and Learn

Worst
1 - Realizing, as I had just started the last problem on my first Intermediate exam, that there was a time limit and it was up.
2 - Seeing the Longhorns NOT go to the conference (and national) football championship despite our being the best football team in the nation.
3 - Witnessing the layoffs and struggles [...]

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Who:  All college students…except those communications majors.
What:  Operation Hell Week
When: Friday, December 5 – Tuesday, December 16
Where: Libraries, Study Lounges and Classrooms
Why:  I only wish I knew.
It’s the slang term for the time of year when college students become zombies and are forced to neglect their social lives in hopes of not failing out of [...]

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We all know what time of the year it is.  Here in the Business School we have come to accept that we practically have two rounds of finals; one during the last week of class and again during the campus- wide finals week. Now for most of us, this week not only includes exams, but the [...]

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So, you know you’re a 3rd year MPA student when, while out shopping the after-Thanksgiving Black Friday sales, you find yourself thinking about the effects of the advertised sales, warranties, and other great deals on the stores’ financial statements. Or maybe you know it when you start considering the tax implications of actually winning that [...]

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I have recently picked up golfing as one of my weekend activities. I am reluctant to call it a hobby because I have only gone to the driving range about twice in the past month. However, I have every intention of keeping this weekly activity alive. The truth is, I am not very athletic, and [...]

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Welcome to the MPA Lounge. The door only opens for those with ID cards that have been activated to allow entry, making the GSB 4th floor room exclusively for MPA students.
Two girls are sleeping in the corner, one on each couch. Apparently the end-of-semester demands kept them up late last night.
In addition to those two [...]

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