Katy Dempsey
Would You Rather Wednesday
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Does Mama really know best?!
I say, YES!
I feel like with the invention of social media, I now know how crazy my first boyfriend really was. Would I ever consider marrying him? Absolutely not. True, I was smitten with him in high school, but thankfully I’ve gotten wiser since then.
While they might not pick the perfect person, my parents could make a decent choice. My mom and I don’t always agree on looks, we have totally different tastes in that department, but quality wise, they know what would make a good partner.
I’d totally go with my parents on this one! But which would YOU rather?
-Katy
Professor Horror Stories
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
The beginning of May marks the end of another college semester- a time when students frantically cram for exams and professors enter into possibly the biggest power trip of their careers.
Now I’m not ragging on professors.. in fact, when I went to A&M, I had one of the COOLEST professors ever. (Poli sci kids, I’m talking about Cary Nederman)
I just don’t see a problem with emailing your professors toward the end of the semester because you care about your grade, especially when you’re told there’s going to be another extra credit assignment and you’re .12 points from an A.
Why do they even assign those point grades? Why not just say 89?!
This is the scenario that a listener emailed me about. She says she has an 89.3 and when she emailed her prof about something she mentioned in class regarding a last minute point opportunity, she received this little gem:
*Melissa,
I mentioned in class that I hate and detest last minute begging and it makes me very sad to have curved the final exam by 12 points since I felt you deserved one more chance for extra points. I’m sorry but you had five months to earn the grade you received. To grant you extra credit is immoral, unethical, and illegal. (Federal laws)
I’d be happy to take that away, which I still can do, and it would lower your grade significantly. In fact, grades are not finalized yet, and I still maybe just have to remove the curve.
-*Fastie
*The names in this email have been slightly (and hilariously) altered to protect the individuals involved*
Now that’s just too much. I get that profs are inundated by these messages at the end of the semester, but it’s not begging if you have a valid question. And I would like to point out, if the curve was taken away, *Melissa would still have a B.. she just wanted to make sure she wasn’t missing out on something that could earn her that extra .12.
So her response?
“So… is that a no?”
HAHA priceless!
In honor of this brave individual, I want to hear your professor horror stories. Time to take a break from studying and rant and rave now that the semester is almost over!
What’s the worst thing you’ve ever encountered in a class?
Here’s mine:
I was working in Houston, taking classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I had to miss a class where a major assignment was handed out, but I told the prof in advance I couldn’t make it, and set up an appointment with him (at his convenience) to get it. After working on this bad boy for 2 weeks, I went in for our mandatory final rough draft meeting, and he told me I had done everything wrong.
Turns out.. he’d given me the wrong assignment. And instead of grading me on the one he gave me, he let me have a full two days to complete the “right one.”
Yeah, between studying for finals and a full time job in another city, want to take a guess at how many @*!&s I gave on that? I think he ended up being pretty nice in the grading, but that experience haunts me.
So instead of ripping your profs online like I did, just tell me your stories here!
Happy Finals!
-Katy
Missed Connections Monday
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Time for this week’s missed connections.
Welcome first timers to the creepy and endearing messages strangers leave for one another on Craigslist.
Here are the very best of what our area had to offer this week!
I run someone off the road, I get a finger. This lady runs someone off the road, she gets a beautifully crafted missed connection.
Which one of us is doing it wrong?
I can’t wrap my head around this one. A stranger took your picture and then showed it to you, and instead of being creeped out or alerting the authorities, you’re searching for him on craigslist?!
..If ever a pair of people were meant to find love via missed connections, it’s yall.
Because nothing says I want you like a bad case of swamp a$$.
This guy’s bad at flirting, speaking, AND spelling. Congrats. You hit the trifecta!
Don’t do it Patrick! She’s only after you for the Big Mac secret sauce!!
(SPOILER ALERT: It’s 1000 island)
Because that’s what you do when your car breaks down at 2 am.. Ask a stranger in a Walmart parking lot for help.
This is the shirt I’m picturing in my mind..
Which totally deserves a missed connection.
Strangely, I’m okay with this one.
If you or someone you know is the subject of one of these gems, respond here!
And don’t forget you can email me your missed connection anytime!
Keeping the BCS connected,
Katy
AUDIO: Taylor Sansom – POP
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
“Handsome Sansom” aka Taylor Sansom returns to the show to chat with me for a bit, before stealing my heart with that deep voice.
Ladies, come out and hear this guy tonight at 8pm at Ozona Grill and Bar for Party on the Patio!
DON’T FORGET that tonight is the big $500 Ozona giveaway! So whether you want to throw an awesome end of the year graduation party or just eat free for a while, remember you must be present to win it TONIGHT! If you haven’t registered yet, you can do it tonight before the drawing!
We’ll have crawfish at 6:30 on the patio as well as those $2 wells, $2 domestic drafts, and our $3 Kai? Chai? Ki? whatever it’s something delicious involving whiskey. Come let Ben sling one up for you tonight!
See yall there. 
and GOOD LUCK!
-Katy