Take Back the Night Protestors Attacked (or) Why I do not feel safe on campus

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There was a Take Back the Night Event at SDSU on November 21st. A protest group of approximately 35 mostly female students held neon signs to protest 7 reports of sexual assaults so far this semester alone. They were meet with with so much hostility its unreal. Male Frat students waved dildos and screamed obscenities at the protestors. Several potentially unassociated driverbys threw eggs out their windows from the street. One of the female protestors reported feeling scared.

What were those frat boys thinking?
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A+?

I just learned about Blackboard's "My Grade" feature. I am getting >97% in both of my classes! It looks like I am keeping up pretty good so far for all extensive purposes even though I feel like I have been falling behind.

The metric I've been using for "falling behind" is the 2 hour/lecture hour rule of thumb I heard during undergrad. I shortened it a little and promised myself that I would study 2 hours for every lecture period (even though the lectures are an hour and a half). By that metric, I am exactly 4 hours behind on studying.

I am really happy with my performance so far. It looks like I am balancing work and school quite nicely, and I'll be in a good position walking into both of my finals. If I can get an A in the course, I'll be well on my way to applying to a Ph.D program in 4 years.