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um... I dunno about that... not exactly academic related but.... I've seen people do this. I think it's pretty hideous, considering the first impression is that it's a grease stain.. I've also seen a guy with pine trees tattooed on both of his calves, and that was even worse. but when done right, it's something to admire and respect. (fuck cheaters)

you're going to like Austin. way way way waaaay more interesting than Madison, or any town in the Midwest for that matter, aside from Chicago or something.

sounds like your situation sucks more. At least I have a really awesome boss, who understands my situation, considering he was in the same position for years. He's not one of those stuck up corporate guys who's fixated on $$ signs, which is pretty much all you see the higher up you go.

I'm trying to make a connection between the two... stealing credit card information and being overworked at your job... Did you/someone you know get their credit card stolen, or .... what? on a related note... I work in a certain area at my chemical plant. The process units each get 4 or more engineers to monitor their operations, while we get 1 engineer (me!)... And because we have so many shit to do due to years and years of negligence, I more or less detract from the whole operations scheme, and have made myself a project engineer. Even worse is that I'm planning to leave for grad school, my boss just got "promoted" to take on 2x more responsibility without the actual promotion part, the one person with 40 years of experience in our group is planning to retire, and nobody is doing anything to fill in those gaps. This feels like a sinking ship.

reversi I'm willing to bet nobody on this forum can beat me at this game

same boat as you.

I only read the title. My biggest frustration as an F-1 was not having access to most scholarships, unique work/study opportunities, employment outside school, and having to rely on Visa sponsorship for employment, REU's, etc. What pissed me off even more was that I grew up in the US, and it felt like I comparatively had the privileges of a second class citizen.

thanks for taking the time to respond. I was in the same batch of acceptance emails as you. So far, I've contacted all 4 of my POI's, and none of them have expressed too much (if any) interest in taking new students. On the other hand, the grad coordinator assures me that I'll be able to find an adviser, but I'm not quite sure if she means to keep going after these professors, or get assigned to a different lab. I certainly don't want to end up in a group that does research that I'm completely unfamiliar with.

Mike Chang's shortcut six pack abs. give it a rest ffs, and gtfo my youtube feed, it's really obnoxious.

UCLA anyone?

Has anyone been admitted to UCLA MSE, and is currently in the process of finalizing their study plans? I've contacted 4 POI's and none of them seem to have any spots left. This sucks.

drinking I agree with bacon. probably worse than mcdonalds

Reminds me of Saturday Night Live. I just don't think it's very funny.

oh shit. it's sold out... looks like I bought the last one. hehehe

http://www.woot.com/offers/asus-13-3-core-i5-128gb-ssd-zenbook-9 best deal I've found so far. I'm not sure about the SSD, because I saw a review stating that you get either a really good SSD, or a sub par one, and it's totally based on chance. Still, this is a great deal, perfect for traveling. btw. they had this sale maybe a month ago, and it sold out. looks like they restocked. http://www.woot.com/plus/laptops-the-tops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHa-BcvsXLA I lose faith in America when I watch American Idol.

country music

I can only think of one other place than the face where mustaches grow.

are the drivers really that bad? as far as I know, there are bike lanes everywhere.

20 years is a pretty big gap. but who cares? do what you want. the possibility for academic dishonesty is an entirely different issue though, and it'd be hard to not lump academics and personal affairs together. If I were to do anything, I might discourage them from taking classes together in the future, and tread carefully about how I say what I say.

WHAT? I thought cycling was safer in CA because so many people do it, it's impossible for the drivers to ignore.

can't beat cici's. nothing beats cici's.

pizza hut is selling large pepperoni pizzas for $7 through the 19th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATlMED9jsUE I mean who's supposed to clean the water up? turn it off the water man!

not really school related, but people in Texas keep forgetting where I'm from. "where are you from again?" - Iowa - "ohh, cold up there" - yep.... "so you're Buckeye fan?" - no I'm from Iowa - "yea but aren't they the buckeyes? er no, hawkeyes" - no that U of I, I'm from ISU, Cyclones - "ohhhh" "So are you going back to Idaho for Thanksgiving, er Ohio?" - *thinking: are we really going to do this again?*