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Careful perusal of the Bulletin has revealed that New York's governor-in-waiting, David Paterson, is teaching a class here at his alma mater. Because he is employed part time by the state legislature, the class was not due to start until tomorrow. Bwog intuits that this has been canceled. Bad news for the SIPA students who had signed up to learn about Urban Planning & Charitable-Equitable Development! Sadly, only 17 people signed up for a course with a maximum enrollment of 40. Perhaps they couldn't figure out how a blind professor would respond to a raised hand. Commenters are encouraged to find the joke that must be lurking in that last sentence.
See also: Bad Timing, David Paterson, Sipa

March 13, 2008 @ 4:04 PM | Comments 23 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | | Share on Facebook

Posted by columbian: #1 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 4:19 PM (from campus)
What if canceling the class at such a low notice pushes someone below the minimum credits to graduate, be a full-time student, etc.? It's not like someone can join a new class to replace the missing one at this point.
Posted by 11123123: #2 (in reply to #1) · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 4:52 PM (from campus)
Paterson would be blind to such considerations anyway.
Posted by anonymous: #3 (in reply to #1) · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 5:30 PM
You're right.

We should demand that Patterson put off this whole being governor thing so he can teach his class!
Posted by Awesome: #4 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 5:45 PM (from campus)
Am I the only one who finds the idea of a blind person becoming governor of New York state pretty inspiring? His race probably didn't help him either.
Posted by it's workable: #5 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 5:53 PM (from campus)
to experience a blind (well, nearly) professor, take a class with Sidorsky. It's still good.
Posted by Helen Keller: #6 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 6:23 PM
I bet that course had no vision anyway.
Posted by hea: #7 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 6:45 PM (from campus)
Yea, Sidorsky is practically blind!

when he does see your hand, he'll call on you and look in a completely different direction. Poor guy, he's been here for 50 years and now he stumbles around Hamilton. Hes still sharp as a tack though, very intertaining
Posted by typo: #8 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 6:45 PM (from campus)
entertaining*
Posted by typo2: #9 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 6:58 PM (from campus)
commentatORS not -ers
Posted by 22222222: #10 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 7:19 PM (from campus)
Sidorsky is awesome.
Posted by well: #11 (in reply to #6) · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 7:28 PM (from campus)
from what i read on the syllabus, the material seemed a bit myopic
Posted by Patterson: #12 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM
doesn't see race.
Posted by Alum: #13 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Way to go, Bwog -- blindness jokes are so tasteful. Editors are encouraged to find the sarcasm that must be lurking in that last sentence.
Posted by sigh: #14 · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 8:19 PM (from campus)
I feel like the quality of writing in Bwog has gotten worse.
Posted by yeah: #15 (in reply to #14) · reply · track
March 13, 2008 at 11:11 PM (from campus)
my perception is that their writing has lost a lot of its depth.
Posted by Reality: #16 (in reply to #15) · reply · track
March 14, 2008 at 12:40 AM (from campus)
Geez, guys... if you take that stick out of your ass, you might find the world's a more pleasant place to be.
Posted by timmy: #17 (in reply to #13) · reply · track
March 14, 2008 at 12:44 AM
You see, we learned something today. Yeah, sure, we laughed at Timmy, but what's wrong with laughter? Just because we laugh at something doesn't mean we don't care about it. Timmy made us smile, and playing made Timmy smile, so where was the harm in that? The people that are wrong are the ones that think people like Timmy should be "protected" and kept out of the public's eye. The cool thing about Timmy being in a band was that he was in your face, and you had to deal with him, whether you laughed or cried, or felt nothing. That's why Timmy rules!
Posted by also: #18 · reply · track
March 14, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Paterson probably doesn't want to lend the perception that he's lost focus of the governorship already
Posted by Come on: #19 (in reply to #13) · reply · track
March 14, 2008 at 1:50 AM (from campus)
Paterson shows a sense of humor about his own blindness, so why can't you?

"When he [Paterson] mentions his disability, it's usually as a punch line. In 2006, he described Spitzer as the visionary and himself as the legislative technician, 'because I sure don't have the vision.'"

-- 3/13/08 AP article
Posted by #19: #20 · reply · track
March 14, 2008 at 1:52 AM (from campus)
I lolled
Posted by hmm: #21 (in reply to #16) · reply · track
March 14, 2008 at 10:18 AM (from campus)
i don't think you're looking at my comment with the right point of view
Posted by Henny Youngman: #22 · reply · track
March 14, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Optional cliches for future posts (feel free to copy and paste):

See here...

The view from my vantage point...

Look...

The way I see it...

In hindsight...

Feel free to add to the list.
Posted by well: #23 (in reply to #22) · reply · track
March 16, 2008 at 4:13 PM (from campus)
you're forgetting the phrases that lie on the periphery
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