I must admit I'm a bit apprehensive about the switch from the University of Washington to the University of Oregon style of bureaucracy. There's something in the air here - the service is slower at restaurants, the drivers all meander down the one way streets of Eugene five miles under the speed limit. "Animal House" was filmed here, after all. And I'm living in a coven of hippies.
It began when the flood of packets from the law school began arriving at my Seattle apartment, each with duplicative and often times conflicting information. Then came the correction emails - two or three a day - to let me know what information from the packets I could actually rely on. My suspicions of the complete lack of campus organization culminated today after a visit to the University of Oregon Office of Public Safety - I wanted to buy my parking pass. They were unable to sell a pass to me now - not because I was too early, but because they don't have the passes in yet. They hope to have them in by the time school starts. Hope to.
But, I will give U of O this - I got more smiles walking from one end of this campus to the other than I must have in all three years at UW. There's something to be said for friendliness even in the midst of rampant lack of attention to detail.
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Law School, 3rd Year: Be the Shark.
2 comments:
At least the U of O won't be closing any time soon. They can't be that disorganized.
that sucks. on the bright side, usually when i'm busy as hell the only chance i get to relax is when i'm waiting on other people.
on that note, how has law school been going? daunting but do-able? and don't worry, you didn't send me your address for nothing...
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