http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUfLIgnXnE From: Teaching Breakfast List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Withington, Jennifer Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 1:21 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Student excuses and bad roommates Colleagues, If my students are to be believed, then a very large portion of them have roommates who turn off alarms which do not belong to themselves. Thus facilitating the target student over-sleeping and missing class. It has to be the #1 excuse for 'over sleeping' that I get. [Whatever happened to grouchily waking the roommate up with much noise and complaining?] If true, then does Student/ Resident Life need to sponsor education sessions on personal property issues? If not true, then why do students feel this is a great (repeatable & reusable) excuse? Anyone else? Dr. Jennifer Withington Asst. Professor of Biology SUNY Oneonta 116 Science I Oneonta, NY 13820 607-436-3421