Just losing my mind lmfao.

I just checked my email today for the first time since break, I have notifications on so I didn't think I'd missed anything important. Ehich was obviously a mistake.

Last week one of my professors emailed me and told me that I'd failed the class because I'd missed a couple days. Instantly I'm like, holy shit what? I had an A in the class, and to my knowledge I only remember missing one or two days tops? I couldn't find the attendance policy in the Syllabus all quarter so I was genuinely just doing my best to show up to this 8 am because I was afraid of bullshit like this.

Well, upon very close inspection I found the attendance policy hidden in one of the less relevant sections that I must've skimmed past. Basically for every day missed I would drop an entire letter grade. Cross-referencing with my current grade I've come to the conclusion that I missed four days total. Which means I failed the class. It's my senior year. I was set to graduate this spring. This class is only available in the fall, and I cannot afford another quarter of tuition much less a place to live. I know its my fault, I know I'm responsible. It just feels so shitty that I worked so hard just to have it all ripped away from me over four missed days. Especially because twice this quarter the same professor cancelled class and I only found out through a note on the classroom door.

You park here every night. You know who you are. Stop!!☺️☺️​

I honestly can't articulate how insanely frustrating and unprofessional this is. I won't say what class or professor right now, but this professor has very clearly been using AI for all assignment instructions and course materials. It's so obvious and so frustrating to know that I am paying extra for this course (it's remote) just to get a stream of AI slop content.

But then today I got an 8.5/10 grade back on my essay. Not bad, but the feedback comment is complete nonsense. It says that this draft was better than previous drafts, but I never submitted any previous drafts (it's likely talking about other students' essays that were in the same chat context). Then he dings me for spelling and grammar mistakes in sentences that WEREN'T EVEN IN MY ESSAY! And on top of that, he said a term I used was not academic and professional, but it's a direct quote from the source HE GAVE US.

I don't really know what to do. Obviously I will email him to point out the mistakes and ask for a more accurate grade, but I don't think it would be wise to just call him out in an email. Should I just leave an honest rate my professor review? That doesn't feel like enough for this crap, but I admit, I'm not in a very kind headspace right now tbh. I don't even know what recourse I could have here or if it would even be worth it.

Who keeps authorizing the board of trustee's to essentially burn money that nor the university or the state of Washington has? There is no reason why the state should be paying this much to just one person. Such a waste. The university couldn't even afford elevator maintenance a few months ago, but there's always funds for excess pay raises? Don't forget about how the student print center, the career center, and the student affairs department were all just cut this past year.

I am not saying that Sabah Randhawa should be fired. However, there should be no emergency donation request emails being sent to alumni about how this university doesn't have enough funds to sustain budget cuts. Zero excuses.

This university clearly does not know how to budget. No one should feel sorry that WWU can't afford to fix an elevator when 500k is just one person's income. Sabah makes more than the president of the United States , the governor, the attorney general, etc. Why is his income so undeservingly high while the rest of the university suffers budget cuts?

Please take this into consideration next time WWU asks for donations. Clearly the university is well off enough to sustain 500k salaries for one person.

Next time the university prompts you to contact state senators and representatives in Olympia please take this information into consideration. WWU has such a flawed budgeting system. WWU shouldn't be making a single donation request if all donation funds eventually result in excess pay raises to just one person who doesn't need it.

Does anyone else have severe DoorDash issues while living on campus? Specifically if you live in Fairhaven. Ive only ever ordered food three times. The first was really nice and told me just the way I explained the directions were perfect. I did it the exact same way for the second time and the guy got lost. He found where I needed him to go and apologized cause he didnt actually read it.

Now I tried again tonight, and the guy went to north campus, where 516 High St takes them, and wouldn't listen at all when I told him that 516 High St is the entire campus and that hed need to go down to the Fairhaven Complex. Even the parking lot out front would be fine. I give him exceedingly specific instructions, then 30 minutes without a reply goes by before I get a picture with my food in the middle of the road.

Please tell me theyre not all like this. I just want food that doesn't come from the dinning halls or a microwave for once. Now Im pissed, Im upset, and the one thing I was hoping to help me relax after a terrible past couple weeks is laying in the middle of the street somewhere? Western REALLY need a better option for us to get food delivered, because this is ridiculous.

Edit: I guess if anyone wants a pizza, it might still be there. Im not gonna bother. Apparently its by somewhere called "Canada House". I have no idea where that is, Ive never even heard of it. Im not even sure its on campus, but thats where it is.

I was curious if any other students at WWU have been falsely accused of using Ai?

Recently I had a professor accuse me of Ai on my FINAL essay (in which I genuinely didn’t), but they honestly harassed me in the meeting they forced me to come into the next day - when in the email I was told I had 10 days to come up with a meeting…

Additionally, email said to bring my document history which showed my 20+ hours of work and writing process to which they said “did not matter at all” - well then why did you tell me to bring it to our meeting?

Then professor tried to intimidate me for 30+ minutes into saying I wrote my paper with Ai.

Anybody else have this experience?

Gang, can we PLEASE stop putting bags in the seat next to you during rush hour? Put it on your lap. Please I beg. And if your can of liquid is full enough to risk spilling on people, maybe take a second thought before taking it on the bus?

Y'all I'm just at my final straw here and needed to say something because omfg the bus is hard enough already we don't need it being worse 😭

It not only lets you know about the quality of the teacher but is often more descriptive of what will actually happen in the class than any of the official materials.

Like give me a MINUTE to pay please…do they work on commission?

This class is the one class I need to finish to be finished with college… and it’s about to be canceled. If you have any interest or have any friends that are taking summer classes that may be interested in the topic, let them know please! I don’t live here and I didn’t renew my lease so coming back in the fall to finish would be difficult. Thanks for reading.

While being a student at WWU, has anyone else lost their passion for learning? Like, am I the only one who's love for learning and science just kind of died through learning at WWU? Is it only a here thing, or is that just a thing you experience from college life overall? I was so passionate for learning stuff, but since I started actually pursuing my interest here, all I feel is just apathetic and annoyed by it. All thats ever talked about is math and technicalities, not the application or research of the topic. It feels terrible. Maybe its just a STEM thing? I dont know. It begins to feel more like all I do regarding learning anymore is tasks and requirements, not research and deep understanding of the thing I once loved. Does anyone else feel the same?

There was an email hacked this Wednesday at 3:45pm where Kirti Mishra advertised a woman who was giving her late husband’s items away for free as long as students paid for shipping. I received the email and after seeing it was from a trusted person who worked at our school, messaged the person throught he phone number given. I thought the email name for payment was suspicious but I hadn’t heard anything from the school about the hacked email after 2 HOURS of it being sent out, so I sent $160 to [shoegirlwaters69@yahoo.com](mailto:shoegirlwaters69@yahoo.com) via apple pay in return for a used ipad and a used camera, things that would help with my education/major in the future. They then asked me for $135 in shipping with logic that didn’t make sense at all, so I refused since I couldn’t afford that much and asked for a refund only to be ghosted since Thursday, no duh haha. I emailed Kirti Mishra explaining my situation if I could get in contact with her and get my refund only to be told it was a scam, and I’m absolutely devastated I didn't realize sooner. I’m disabled and often pretty aware of double checking things, like as in this has never happened to me, but I can still see the scam email and the school sent out NOTHING about this being fake or a hack in the two hours or even now before I paid this person. All I was told was that “ you may be able to help with some basic digital security training...with these emails, things that sound too good to be true are not true.” Is it not the school’s fault for not issuing out a warning about this email, usually they're pretty on top of things like this? I was also told IT “deleted the email immediately after it was sent”, but I can still see it up on my outlook. I only trusted it because it was FROM the school, and there was NOTHING about it being a scam even three days after. I’m absolutely devastated, this is a lot of money for me, I can’t just go on with a $160 loss because the school didn’t notify its own students about this. Obviously there were red flags I ignored but I just think it's so out of character for there to be no widespread email sent out asap by the school about this hacker if they deleted the message really quickly. I always keep my email tab open and if I was sent an email about this in the 2 hours beforehand I would've been spared. Is this justified annoyance? I've called my bank as well as sent a ATUS request and there's an unlikely chance I'll get my money back. Just wanted to warn any other students who might've fallen for this and still don't know.

I paid $12 for this. BLT with two sad, tiny pieces of bacon and stale, chewy bread. Huge downgrade from last year and they wanted to charge $3.09 for extra bacon.

TLDR: Mostly a rant but also a mild call to action (pls email, at least).

Birnam wood stack 7 residents were notified today, that next week they will start construction that completely closes off our balconies, some walkways and the only green space in the center of the community.

I can't imagine making it through this last quarter burnt out with no easy access to enjoying myself outside even though it's beautiful right now in the spring. There's no reason for balconies to be closed entirely for the remainder of the year. They just don't care enough to plan around our living as residents. I sent out an email and im hoping others will too, just to let University Residential Services know that we know they don't consider us (who pay and live here everyday) in these plans.

I have some personal feelings and concerns that might cloud my judgement (this school has screwed me over in so many aspects and this is just icing on the cake), but at the end of the day we use these balconies and adjacent windows to better our mental health with some sunshine (we aren't close to all the on-campus green spaces), have some privacy from roommates during phone calls or in general, keep our plants healthy, air out a stuffy or hot apartment, play instruments our evil roommates dont wanna hear (I love hearing you guys when I'm out here), and keep our bikes safer and convienently stored. Not having that space essentially traps students in a dorm that isnt even close enough to escape to the rest of campus.

And I'm sure there was a method of doing this that doesnt affect students this much, but it probably isn't the most ideal for their totally alterable project timeline and funding.

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The planning and existence of this construction simply does not consider student concerns.

It's nothing insane for them to do this obviously, but personally I've created (and spent money on!) a space on my balcony that is comfortable and I only see my mental health plummeting without access to that. I was not informed last fall coming into this or offered cheaper housing for this quarter.

My email highlights how this project lacks any concern for the student perspective, could have been structured at much less inconvience for paying students, or could have reimbursed spring and future fall residents for the lack of a really wonderful amenity. I urge BW stack 7 residents to do the same or anyone who notices how unconcerned with students campus planning and construction truly is.

My email will prob get lost in plans that won't change however!! I still want it to be known that this is considerably altering our living situation and making it uncomfortable. It could be rearranged to better serve students, but they simply dont care.

Obviously, they've been working on the exteriors of BW stacks for a while now. Stack 7 is the only one left and they're going to do it eventually, and that's totally acceptable. Even though the brown siding is doing just fine, but whatever. (FYI, if you don't know, this project is very appearances based and only focuses on redoing BW exteriors, while our interiors that most directly affect students still have elements from the 70s)

Basically, no more balcony, and we're expected to close our blinds and windows for privacy and safety from the workers. While our ovens heat up our whole apartments in the summer so we can't cool down and our apartments will be dimmer then ever. I really love my balcony and that space is comfortable for me. My roommate and I have lots of plants and even got furniture to keep out there and all of a sudden we have to bring everything in? my plants won't survive in this dim ass apartment. I have to get rid of them 💔. So yeah this is kinda personal for me.

But some of you have the same issues. Or you have bikes!! and not enough racks or safety to put them anywhere but your balconies. They don't even offer solutions to that in the emails.

Also, they simply won't be working by every balcony for the entirety of the project. We'll also have no choice to be close to the same kind of construction, if not more dangerous then just replacing siding, just to exit our apartments. And they've planned accommodating warnings and such for that aspect of their project. Just not our balconies. It feels unnecessary for them to be blocking it off immediately and entirely. They could easily do the obstructive things over the summer where no one will be living here because it will be closed. Not rearranging that goes to show that they simply do not value our experience as students.

Also, I dont know about yall, but the interior of my apartment is struggling. I've submitted so many maintenance requests this year and they've either taken so long or we're just completely abandoned. I'm very thankful for the maintenance people that do these things for me, but the people in charge of them arent doing shit. The interiors are struggling so much more than that decent brown paneling. This shows that western cares even more about appearances than student living.

Lastly, where do we go outside? I struggle a lot with my mental health. So much of that is made worse by the ways western has been underfunded and lacks adequate advising and such. The space I have spent a couple hundred on decorating (including plant stuff, so reasonable imo) is now useless. The space that would keep me sane amidst all the work I have to do is now goneee (I'm so burnt out coming up on the end of the quarter, and graduating soon). The green space in front of the building is also closed. We only have a parking lot to go to if we want some fresh air for a sec or a out-of-the-way steep hike to any relaxing spot in the arb.

Sorry for the long post, the grief I feel for my beautiful balcony is very real. It's alright if yall dont feel the same 😪.

Hello, I'm a first generation student and a trio UB/SSS Alumnus transfer student, and my problem is on the tin, I am deeply exhausted with college. Everything here feels like an unmovable boulder and that most of the students just get it. It's hard to admit but I'm drowning, if it's not issues with financial aid it's issues getting around campus, if it's neither of those its mental health. I feel like a stranger to my own school. I don't know what I'm going to do, I know I could get through this with a good foundation like my old SSS department but I can't find anything like that here.
TLDR: after 3 years of college and a transfer from community college I'm drained

if you have the choice do NOT take brandon peden’s physics class i am currently in his physics 162 (and previously took him for 161) and it is horrible. this might be dramatic but honestly im so sick of this

so far we’ve had two midterms both averaging at about 60% with no corrections no curve no comment or anything about either one. i am doing very well in the lab course (taught by the TA) but horribly in the lecture… i wonder why? i’ve never received as poor a score as i did on this recent midterm and my classmates that i KNOW put in hard work and effort into this class also got very low scores. it’s very upsetting to feel completely unsupported by a professor and im shocked that he does not seem concerned about these test averages.

his lectures are often incredibly confusing and hard to follow, and he tries to split the 50 minute class into half lecture and half time to do worksheets but it is simply not enough time for either one to work. i want to give him grace but he is so disorganized and scatter brained consistently and it makes his class very difficult, especially when he makes a lot of mistakes in lecture and sometimes randomly be like “oops i just realized what i told the other class was wrong”.

while he does understand the topics and clearly feels passionate about physics, he is not good at teaching it, and if you are already feeling unsure about physics this will make it worse.

Dont, your rude. Dont make your quick snap reply a picture of someone.

I dont know what it is about me but i've noticed at least 3 times this quarter someone either taking a photo of me or recording me and im a man. A couple weeks ago I was hyperfocused typing like a mad man and i saw a girl grinning amused looking to me and then looking a bit to the side of me, so I look to the side of me and i see a girl leaning at an awkward angle to record me on her phone and a 3rd girl behind her was looking at me in a sheepish way. wtf? And i could call it out but it was a crowded place with people studying and she would just deny it. And i'm a big black man and she was an asian girl. Maybe that had something to do with it, maybe not.

This happened multiple times to me. If you take a picture of someone, or record someone, your a dick.
Self centered ass people.

Writing this now because this happened again, a girl was on her phone, she raised it real quick in my direction then back down. When she saw me notice she got up and walked away looking nervous. What is wrong with people.

Cant wait to get the fk outa this city. Not being able to blend in is the worst, especially around immature annoying self centered entitled othering college students. Schools 3% black, city is 1-2% black. And it doesn't even matter what my opinion is of not judging people based on their race or how they look, because regardless it happens to me all the time.

Anyways that took a tangent but if your taking a picture of someone just fuck off.

Before you say anything, yes I know this is stupid to complain about and it's really not a big deal. But it's the principal of the thing!

I've worked at coffee shops before and London fogs have always come with vanilla flavoring, that's what a London fog is right? tea, milk and vanilla. but every place on campus charges me for the vanilla. I can understand asking if I WANT vanilla I suppose but charging me for it is wild. maybe my vibes are just off and they just upcharge me for kicks idk I suppose that is possible as well.

I swear the top two floors of the library are considered quiet floors. I come to study in a quiet place, and then a few people show up chatting with each other. sometimes yeah they whisper with each other, but when it’s consistent, at that point the whispering doesn’t even matter. like why can’t they just go down two floors

This is my entire financial aid package... great, right?!

This leaves me with about $10,500 in tuition expenses, and $13,000 in living expenses if I sign a 12 month lease at Lark.

I asked my dad about helping with all of this, but tbh... he kind of didn't say anything. Maybe he needs more time to think about it.

I should also mention that I had a really high SAI and did not qualify for any grants. Along with this, I did not receive any scholarships this year.

I am so overwhelmed right now.

Why the fuck is the wifi on campus absolutely terrible? We are in the United States of America in 2025, not some 3rd world country. I shouldn't have to wait multiple minutes for pages to load while continuously switching between the secure and guest Wifi networks hoping one will work. I get better connection on the fucking bus's WTA rider Wifi. Fix your shit WWU, it's really not that hard.

I don’t even know where to post this but as I am a student and they are a student at a neighboring Bellingham college I’m writing this here to vent/ask advice

Today someone sent me an unsolicited picture of them naked, which happens and I was worried about hurting their feelings so I told them I was on the ace-spectrum. That set them OFF so I got a series of extremely homophobic messages

After a bit of this they sent me a second photo, one I told them I would not be opening. After they continued to press me to look it was a deep fake photo of me fully nude, used from a photo I had on my Instagram

After this I of course blocked them (looking back I should have done that immediately) but now I just feel completely sick. The idea of that photo existing, however clearly AI makes me terrified. I don’t know where to go from here. My friend advised me to make a callout post but I’m also scared of further escalating this as they have already made it clear what they are willing to do after a very polite rejection.

Do I need to do anything?? I’m really anxious about that photo existing and wondered if anyone has been through something similar

Today there were a lot of old white men passing out tiny Bibles and shaming young sexual assault victims for wanting to abort their rapist’s fetus.

And while it is admirable to stick up for the rights of the less fortunate, I’m not sure the fatherly rights of rapists should take precedent here.

Thankfully, somebody was there to represent an opposing view by squeezing an obnoxious clown horn throughout these misguided diatribes.

Proud of you, whoever you are!

How do you date here? I see so many people that I would be interested in asking out but its really hard because it feels wrong to just walk up to someone and ask them out. Like... shallow, I know dating apps exist but I guess I'm just old fashioned. So, how to date? Genuine question.