{"id":1465,"date":"2013-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.224.237.165\/index.php\/2019\/02\/25\/ta-rebrands-discussion-section-as-darties-in-hope-someone-will-actually-show-up\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T04:57:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:57:34","slug":"ta-rebrands-discussion-section-as-darties-in-hope-someone-will-actually-show-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/16\/ta-rebrands-discussion-section-as-darties-in-hope-someone-will-actually-show-up\/","title":{"rendered":"TA Rebrands Discussion Section as \u201cDarties\u201d in Hope Someone Will Actually Show Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<h6>By <a href=\"\/search?author=By Dumbo McGonagall\">By Dumbo McGonagall<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>May 25, 2018<\/h6>\n<p>In response to declining attendance and a total abandonment of moral fiber, your TA has decided to take matters into their own hands and has sent out an email informing students that the weekly discussion sections will be changed to \u201cPsi U + [Insert your Major Department here] Present: Alcohol, Real People, and your Midterm From 5th Week You Haven&#8217;t Picked Up.&#8221; The aim of this new initiative is to \u201cto save your GPA, by whatever means necessary,\u201d according to an anonymous source.<\/p>\n<p>The Canvas notification in your inbox reads, \u201cHello all, this is a reminder that the weekly darty will be in [building you\u2019ve never been to] 107. Please come prepared to discuss the problem se&#8211;I mean, drink and do party things on a weekday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The student reaction has been mixed. The initiative has been described as &#8220;the most transparent ruse since your uncle said, &#8216;Got your nose!&#8217; to you as a toddler.&#8221; We stopped second year Dalton Thomas en route to the darty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe someone would do something like this,\u201d choked out Thomas between sobs, \u201cto take such an important part of my education as a darty and bastardize it like that! Have you no decency, you monster? Darties were the only thing keeping me going.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other students were not so easily fooled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, it was pretty clear from the fact that only 20 people were invited on the Facebook event and that the only event description was \u2018making poor decisions in a well lit room,&#8217;\u201d said third year Ashley Johnson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dealer attempted to contact your TA for more information; however, we have no idea who that is because we\u2019ve never met him or her, and neither have you. Maybe we should read the syllabus. Maybe we should all read the syllabus.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By By Dumbo McGonagall May 25, 2018 In response to declining attendance and a total abandonment of moral fiber, your TA has decided to take matters into their own hands and has sent out an email informing students that the weekly discussion sections will be changed to \u201cPsi U + [Insert your Major Department here] Present: Alcohol, Real People, and your Midterm From 5th Week You Haven&#8217;t Picked Up.&#8221; The aim of this new initiative is to \u201cto save your GPA, by whatever means necessary,\u201d according to an anonymous source. The Canvas notification in your inbox reads, \u201cHello all, this is a reminder that the weekly darty will be in [building you\u2019ve never been to] 107. Please come prepared to discuss the problem se&#8211;I mean, drink and do party things on a weekday.\u201d The student reaction has been mixed. 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