Overwhelmed by new technology, College of Business Administration professor Mary Andrews spent her entire 50-minute class trying to get the VCR to work.

Andrews was planning on showing her class the video "Working Quickly in the Workplace," but hit a major snafu when presented with a VCR tape and a Samsung VCR.

"This just isn't like my Sony back home," Andrews said.

She went on to talk about how "there's probably an IT person somewhere in the building," but she never appeared to do anything about it.

Andrews checked the plugs several times but spent most of the class period looking exasperated.

Typical college girl admits 'Grey's' 'kind of overrated'

In a shocking turn of events, junior Allison Brown admitted that although she watched "Grey's Anatomy" along with five of her friends every Thursday and put up an AIM away message about it every week, she didn't think the show was all that great.

"I started watching it when my roommate did and it did have some pretty cute guys in it," Brown said. "But before long, it just seemed like any other popular drama about doctors that's out there. It's not like they're covering stories we've never heard of before."

When asked about the program's following on the Marquette campus, Brown said, "Weren't those the same girls who made 'The O.C.' popular two years ago? They won't even touch that show now."

If this isn't the 'real world,' where are you teaching?

An awkward situation occurred in Johnston Hall Room 401 yesterday when BREC student and all-around troublemaker Bill Adams asked his professor a question he wasn't prepared for.

Professor Don Smith told the class that, "Once you get out into the real world, you're not going to be able to get away with the things you can here at college. The real world is a tough place, there's not someone holding your hand every step of the way."

Some in the class muttered under his breath, "Isn't the real world kind of like if you flunk out, you lose $100,000 and have to start completely over from scratch? Plus your whole family hates you and your friends distrust you?"

But the trouble began when resident smartass Adams asked, "If this isn't the real world, where is your job located?"

Forced to think outside of a textbook situation, Smith stumbled for words before modifying his statement by saying, "Teachers are in the real world because they get fired for poor performance. Everyone knows the teacher evaluations students do are really, really important."

Thankfully for everyone involved, nobody brought up tenure.

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