Ok, ok, I know it's EVIL for us to share student excuses for the sheer humor of it, but this is a new one on me. I have a graduate student (in a professional ethics course, no less!) who missed her exam (allegedly) due to illness (the "allegedly" would take three pages to explain). Anyway, she was to have been here at 9 am for the makeup test. She called and left a message that she would be an hour late for the appointment because "the garbage truck has me blocked in; I can't get out of the parking lot!" I shudder to think of how much garbage would need to be there to cause an hour's delay in leaving the house. Beginning a new recycling plan today, David W. David Wasieleski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 912-333-5620 http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski "You can see a million miles tonight But you can't get very far..." --Counting Crows "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"