We'reeee Baaaack!

Avenue Q is much praised and awarded Musical which has run both on and off Broadway for several seasons. It features puppets and 'real' characters who together explore the dilemma a recent college graduate faces after graduation. Avenue Q was composed by college graduates (so people do actually graduate.) In honor of your return after a much too short winter break here is one of the songs performed by the original cast, I Wish I Could Go Back To College.

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Planet College: Butts in seats.

This is a Planet College Advisory. College is a butts in seats business. That is how it works. In order for your school to function it needs your butt in a seat. Schools thrive on recruiting students. Maybe you've seen this. Maybe you were recruited your self. What ever it was it was because your school needed you. It needs a whole big bunch of yous to make the thing work. You are a critical part of your college. Simply put, your school needs you to function as a school. Seriously. It is the students who make the school. If you and all of your friends left where would the school be?
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It also works the other you. School is why you are there. You have decided that you need this education which the school is providing. So. Whenever it is time, get your butt in to a seat. Get through. Get on with your life. Finish and do whatever you have to do to graduate. You got your butt in there, now get your butt out of there.

What is your department?

Colleges on Planet College are divided into departments.
Department.
A Department is a section of a college. This section of a college is always dedicated to one particular discipline within the college. The College of Arts may have a Department of Theatre Arts. The College of Physical Science may have a Department of Biology. Within a department there are often specific courses of study called programs. For example within a College of Natural Sciences, The Department of Health Sciences may have a Nursing Program. What department are you in? Do you know? What program are you in? If you don't know you better find out.

Planet College the tour continues.

This is the next stop on the Planet College College tour. This tour stop is college itself.
College. The term college connotes a collection of like-minded individuals gathered for a common purpose. We get the words colleague and collegiality from the same root word. The colleges, when grouped become a university. The individual colleges within a university are usually dedicated to one overall discipline. Your campus may include a College of Arts, a College of Science, a College of Engineering or any others of many disciplines possible.

Dean. The head of a college is called the Dean. He or She is the other person on the platform who will be shaking your hand after the president hands you the fake diploma everyone gets at the graduation ceremony. Deans move around a lot. In fact during the time it takes you to read this your college probably got a new Dean.

Planet College explanation: Quarters.

Indispensable item for laundry. By now you realize that if you had been really serious about college you would have started saving quarters some time during your sophomore year in high school.