Unofficial: Now It's Official. (3 comments)
In a puzzling move, the Office of The Provost sent out a massmail advertising the annual campus bars' "unofficial" St. Patrick's day celebration.
See, St. Patrick's day often falls in inconvenient conflict with spring break. This year, it's the last day of classes before break starts, so a good portion of campus will be out of town and unable to celebrate St. Patrick's divinely-inspired invention of beer. The local alcohol vendors owe it to the students to give them a day of reverent celebration without the distraction of leaving town, so the merchants agree upon an alternate day and encourage the kids to start drinking before noon.
On the off chance that there were people who didn't already know about it, they've now been enlightened by this email:
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 01:14:56 -0600 (CST) To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals <everybody@uiuc.edu> From: Office of the Provost <provost@uiuc.edu> Subject: MASSMAIL - March 3, 2006 - Unofficial St. Patrick's Day On Friday, March 3, 2006 Champaign bar owners will be hosting Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. This event is not supported by the University in any way. The Mayor of Champaign has issued an executive order that alcohol cannot be served in licensed premises before 11 a.m. on March 3. It is possible that student behavior associated with this event may disrupt classes on Friday, March 3. The University discourages instructors from cancelling classes. It is suggested that both attendance and behavior expectations be addressed earlier in the week. Should behavior issues arise in your classroom, please keep the following in mind: 1) The Student Code addresses individual student responsibility in the classroom and the University will respond to student conduct concerns. Students can be asked to leave the classroom. However, if circumstances suggest that a confrontation is best avoided, a complaint can filed with the Office of Student Conflict Resolution once class has been dismissed. Please contact: 333-3680. For your information, the Student Code can be found at http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/policy/code/index.html. Sections 1-102(d), 1- 302(f), and 1-307 are relevant to this situation. 2) On March 3 Student Affairs Staff and the University of Illinois Police Department will step up patrols at various places on campus including large classroom facilities. If you are in need of assistance in addressing a disruption, please contact 911 or 9-911(from a campus phone) for emergencies where you need police immediately or 333-8911 for non-emergency situations where you need a Student Affairs/Police intervention. Office of the Provost Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs This mailing approved by: The Office of the Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs