2009-2010 Year: An Intro

Greetings peebles, and welcome to the 2009-2010 academic year.
It’s a new semester and we’ve got new things going on.
First of all, if you haven’t please take the survey so we know what you want from your friendly neighborhood COGS reps.  It’s available here.  Your responses are important, so pretty please take 5 minutes and rock [...]

December COGS meeting

Hello everyone.
COGS had its final meeting of the semester. Here’s what happened:
Curriculum Revisions
COGS voted on new changes to the curriculum:

There will be 4 established areas/concentrations of study (Urban, Gender, Globalization, Inequality)
There will be 1 required foundation per area + 2 elective courses in that specialization
Everyone must complete one area of study in order to qualify [...]

Careful, TAs!

You never know what kind of shit your students will pull.
CMB
Student takes his “C” to federal court
Judge dismisses suit against UMass

In his lawsuit, Brian Marquis contended the university violated his civil rights and contractual rights. (STEPHEN ROSE FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff  | October 4, 2007
Plenty of college students grumble [...]