Entries Tagged as ‘Graduate School’

January 15, 2009

Parking Lot Wars

 
Today I realized that I had retained the most important skill for survival at the University of Arkansas – an aggressive parking lot stance. Years ago as a graduate student in English, I learned about how to get a parking space. Of course, this was in 1989-91, when one could find parking behind Kimpel Hall. [...]

January 13, 2009

Report from the University of Arkansas

 
Tonight I had my first class in the PhD. program at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. It has been 10 years since I have taken a class, and I was a little nervous. First, I had to get a parking permit, as the U of A has a zero tolerance policy for people who park [...]