Spring is here. I hope it stays a while and not let winter creep back in any time soon. For my walk today, I decided to take a detour and go to the site of uOttawa's second campus, also where the football field is. It's called Lees Campus, since it's located a few miles away from the main campus and is located on Lees Avenue. Part of it is now a big construction site.
Well, some schools build gyms. Others build academic buildings. Here is the future home of uOttawa's Faculty of Health Sciences. It's going to be a LEED Platinum building, so should be quite neat and sustainable as well. Will it get done before I am done with school here? Probably, at the rate I am going, haha.
I will post more updates as to progress as I go by over time.
So, Social Science has a new building. Business has one, which is also where History is. Engineering has one. STEMS has its own. Law has its own building, which is not new but not too old. Medical school has its own at the Ottawa Hospital. Which makes me wonder when they will get around to constructing a new one for Arts! As a graduate of the Faculty of Arts, I would like that very much. Currently Faculty of Arts is housed is several buildings, all old, apart from History. It's time we had a glorious new home!!! I'll even contribute $50 to it! Hey, I am a poor retiree!
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Waiting to find out what courses are offered in the summer/spring term. I will have to decide before April 1 whether to continue in the MA or switch to the certificate in law. Decisions, decisions.
Well, these are minor problems, eh? I remember a while back, when I was still teaching, and students were complaining about stuff, I used to say, "be thankful you're not in Syria."
Now, be thankful I'm not in Ukraine. I passed by the Russian Embassy yesterday evening, and even at that late hours there were protestors outside waving the Ukrainian flag and lambasting Putin. What the fuck is the matter with that asshole. Doesn't the world have enough misery already, what with Covid and shit like that.
Back in the 40s and 50s, the US should have listened to MacArthur and Patton. Alas...
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I'll leave you with this which I heard today.
I used to date an optician.
When I told her I couldn't see her anymore, she moved closer and said, "Is this better?"
Stay healthy.
Love the optician joke as I just read an article prior to this about opticians in PA and how they're losing out to the bigger chains/franchises.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of football field are they constructing? Do colleges play "canadian football" like the US colleges? Is it futbol / soccer? Curious on this one!
Good luck with course selection and God bless us all as this Ukraine situation isn't getting better anytime soon. I pray that it doesn't lead to total world annihilation, but it probably will.
Blue, they are not building a football field. It's just that the particular location is also where the football field is. What they are building is an academic complex for health sciences. As for football, we play "Canadian Football," which has a larger field, only 3 downs, and 12 a side. Stress on passing, haha.
DeleteI fear the worst with regard to Ukraine. It's so depressing.