The University of Alabama has
cancelled class this coming week so students can go to Pasadena to watch a football game.
Or, more accurately, the school has cancelled classes on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; students
are expected to attend on Monday and Tuesday. As the press release notes:
[G]iven the number of students who have to be in Pasadena, Calif., to represent The University of Alabama on Jan. 7 and the number of faculty, staff and students who want to be there, we are dismissing classes on Jan. 6-8.
Enrollment at Alabama is about 27,000, with another 1,400 (rounding up) in faculty,
per the 2008 Factbook. Those who "have to be in Pasadena" include maybe 100-150 players, some student trainers, cheerleaders, and the like, and maybe the marching band. Call it 500, to be nice.
So there are either a lot of students who can afford to fly to LA and back for a long weekend, or something else is going on.
They will be
doing some good things while they are there.
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