Today’s word is quisling. A quisling is an eponym, from Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who betrayed Norway to the Nazis. Quisling, as a noun, therefore means a traitor or collaborator. It also strikes me as an awesome scrabble word.
The president would never pardon a quisling.
That’s a crappy sentence, but it was either that or “Scooter Libby is a quisling” which I couldn’t bring myself to post (even though I just did). Oh well.
Today was an interesting day on campus. When I arrived at 7:50-something the hallways were dark and hot, however, my 8:00 class had lights, so we proceeded to take our exam as scheduled. Finishing my exam well before 8:50 I left the dark liberal arts building to kill some time in the library, which had lights and a/c. When 9:00 rolled around I made my way back to liberal arts, which was still dark and deserted. My 9:00 class wasn’t fortunate enough to have lights, so it did not meet, and so I trekked back to the library. By the time 10:00 rolled around the light situation was fixed in liberal arts, although the a/c didn’t seem to be working correctly. So, after one successful class period I figure my 11:00 class will meet without a problem, but that was not to be the case. Either we had a fire drill or some foolish person pulled the fire alarm, causing the entire building to evacuate and wait outside in the steadily rising temperatures for security to inspect the building and okay our re-entry. By the time we got settled in our classroom only 15 minutes remained for the professor to lecture.
Need I say that it felt like a wasted day?
Not that I wasted the downtime this morning; I’m ahead of the game as far as reading and homework, which is something at least.
In other news, I have an appointment with my adviser on Thursday to discuss my upcoming graduation (yay!), but I also want to talk to her about either obtaining a minor in sociology if I could squeeze all of the requirements into one more semester, or possibly obtaining a second Bachelor’s Degree if I could squeeze all of the requirements into three more semesters. It will really depend on the terms of my PTK scholarship. I know it would cover one additional semester, but the fine print seems to indicate that it will cover a total of six semesters. This being my third semester, I could conceivably continue on for three more semesters without paying any tuition. The thing I’m not sure about is whether it will allow me those three additional semesters in pursuit of a second degree. I’m going to call tomorrow about this so I’ll have that part answered before I go meet with my adviser. Chances are, though, if I’m seeking a second degree from another department, my history department adviser won’t really be able to help and I’ll have to seek the assistance of an adviser from the sociology department.
More details later, but the whole idea of extra time at JSU has occurred to me because I’m starting to feel as if I won’t be ready to move half-way across the country in less than a year. And while I hate the thought of putting off my graduate studies, if I could do it in such a way that I would be going in more prepared than I would if I jumped in right away, I feel like I should take my time and line up all my ducks in a tidy row, so to speak.
Right now, though, it would be in my best interest to stop writing, stop thinking, stop worrying, and get some rest.
