Students Rush to Buy Sunscreen After Registering for CMU Africa
While the majority of students at CMU register for classes at CMU’s Pittsburgh campus, every year, several students accidently register for classes in CMU-Africa’s Rwanda campus without fail. Scotty’s Market and Entropy report a sunscreen shortage as students rush to buy sunscreen after being advised to prepare for a “warmer climate than Pittsburgh” in an email sent by The University Register’s Office.
ReadMe spoke to several of the students cross registered between continents. “I am functionally illiterate,” said a student who is registered for ICI in Africa Seminar. Another student reported being unable to register for 122 in Pittsburgh, saw Illiano taught in CMU-Africa, and figured 122 there was equivalent. “What do you mean 122 is different in Africa?” None of the students seemed concerned about the walk. Several upperclassmen mentioned that they had classes in the Mellon Institute and, “Africa can’t be that much farther.”
Scotty’s Market is not concerned about buying more sunscreen to compensate for the shortage: “You see this every registration. You won’t be seeing those students again. On the first day of classes, when students have their next class in CMU-Africa, they’ll put on their sunscreen and start walking. And keep on walking, and keep on walking and keep on…”