President Obama to speak on Central Campus

I plan to attend my classes on Tuesday. That'll cause some disruption. I'm a big deal.

Ames Trib says he is expected to speak around 1:10 PM. I thought I'd be skipping my morning class but it looks like I'll need to skip my afternoon one instead.

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Originally Posted by Cy94

POTUS will be on campus and you are ******** about a class being disrupted. Call this a real life civics lesson.

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I don't give a rats *** about Obama being on campus, I don't really respect the man and take everything that comes out of his mouth with a mountain of salt. I respect the office just not necessarily the man holding it right now.

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Originally Posted by cyguytillidie

Are they going to be checking people's bags on campus?

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If they check mine they might ask me to leave campus, you know with the republican voter card, NRA member card and all . technically because I believe in the 2nd amendment I am classified as a significant risk to be a domestic terrorist by this administrations homeland security department.

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Originally Posted by cy4prez7

My professor cancelled my class with a quiz that may have overlapped! I'm excited! Got my ticket yesterday!

And seriously people? The POTUS is coming and you're worried about a couple classes being cancelled? (Which may not even been the case) I personally was planning on skipping my classes anyway and I know I'm not the only one.

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Like Billy Madison said, "I'm here to learn!

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Originally Posted by gwoodclone

Ames Trib says he is expected to speak around 1:10 PM. I thought I'd be skipping my morning class but it looks like I'll need to skip my afternoon one instead.

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So it starts at 10:30 and he isn't speaking until 1:10? Looks like I will be waiting till 12:30 to go there then.

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Originally Posted by BigM

I don't give a rats *** about Obama being on campus, I don't really respect the man and take everything that comes out of his mouth with a mountain of salt. I respect the office just not necessarily the man holding it right now.

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I think it's grain of salt, but you seem like a special little snowflake. Considering a mountain of salt might be worth a significant amount.

The Big O will be speaking on three campuses on that day. Helicopter up from Des Moines A/P?

oh you're a smart one talking an obviously facetious statement and treating it as literal, man you got me good there!

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Originally Posted by BigM

oh you're a smart one talking an obviously facetious statement and treating it as literal, man you got me good there!

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Okay just as long as we agree that your post made no sense and that you don't know what facetious means.

I can't beleive the University of Virginia declining an Obama visit hasn't come up in this thread yet.

University of Virginia Declines to Host Obama Campaign Rally - ABC News

“The use of either of the desired sites would require closing buildings adjacent to the sites for the entire day,” Wood explained in a statement. “The cancellation of 186 classes would occur. … This would result in an extraordinary disruption of the second day of the new semester.”
Wood said the university would also have had to foot the bill for added security measures on campus and along the presidential motorcade route. Because of the school’s nonpartisan status, it would have to offer “the same accommodations and bear the same costs” for Mitt Romney, she said.
“While there are certainly financial implications to a state university that has seen faculty and staff salary freezes for the past five years, the primary reasons for declining the offer were related to disruption of the first days of classes,” Wood said.
The Obama campaign announced Saturday that the president would still travel to Charlottesville on Wednesday but hold an off-campus rally at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion instead. The venue is roughly 20 blocks from the center of campus.

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Originally Posted by Rabbuk

Okay just as long as we agree that your post made no sense and that you don't know what facetious means.

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fa·ce·tious/fəˈsēSHəs/

Adjective:	Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
Synonyms:	jocose - humorous - jocular - waggish - comic - funny

nope seems like i used it correctly

Pretty sure...we're right here...about into the cave:

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Originally Posted by BigM

fa·ce·tious/fəˈsēSHəs/

Adjective:	Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
Synonyms:	jocose - humorous - jocular - waggish - comic - funny

nope seems like i used it correctly

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Wasn't humorous just dumb.

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Originally Posted by cyatheart

I can't beleive the University of Virginia declining an Obama visit hasn't come up in this thread yet.

University of Virginia Declines to Host Obama Campaign Rally - ABC News

“The use of either of the desired sites would require closing buildings adjacent to the sites for the entire day,” Wood explained in a statement. “The cancellation of 186 classes would occur. … This would result in an extraordinary disruption of the second day of the new semester.”
Wood said the university would also have had to foot the bill for added security measures on campus and along the presidential motorcade route. Because of the school’s nonpartisan status, it would have to offer “the same accommodations and bear the same costs” for Mitt Romney, she said.
“While there are certainly financial implications to a state university that has seen faculty and staff salary freezes for the past five years, the primary reasons for declining the offer were related to disruption of the first days of classes,” Wood said.
The Obama campaign announced Saturday that the president would still travel to Charlottesville on Wednesday but hold an off-campus rally at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion instead. The venue is roughly 20 blocks from the center of campus.

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Hats off to them!