All Microeconomics 101 Students Swapped into Beginner Akkadian in Add-Drop Fiasco

In a recent fiasco for the advising department, all 206 students registered for “Microeconomics 101” have been accidentally swapped into “Beginner Akkadian”. 

The advising office was quick to offer explanations for the mix-up. “Think about it this way,” said Elizabeth Coil, a senior advisor. “Akkadian is hard. Microeconomics is hard. Therefore, Akkadian is Microeconomics. It’s the transitive property, or something. That’s what I’ve been telling people all week. And, just between you and me, do we really need more bizcon students here?” When asked whether the students could be swapped back into Microeconomics, Coil announced that she had a prior commitment she had forgotten about and needed to end the interview immediately.

Unlike the 206 affected bizcon students, Reginald Podgorney, the head of the Akkadian department, is overjoyed with this recent turn of events. “Our enrollment increased 5000% overnight. We’re even trying to get Duolingo to add Akkadian, so that the owl can yell at the students to practice every day.” Apparently, the only force more powerful than supply and demand is the UChicago scheduling algorithm.