Westminster Distinctives
No, no, wait… don’t run, don’t click this window closed!! This post is not about to assault you with the contents of my readings from this week. No, this is far more useful than the synthesis of heady theological ponderings. This is where the rubber meets the road… Seminarian Fortuitous Fiscal Findings.
Yes, on a day when the new WTS catalogue announced tuition increases for next year, I stand willing to divulge a little known secret for HALVING a significant cost of seminary education. Yes, you guessed it, the library copier. And while you probably never realized it (unless you were paying attention during library orientation), I am here to tell you that if you copy two pages at once onto one sheet of 11 x 17 inch paper, you will only be charged for copying one page. Yes, you heard it here first. You can copy 100 8.5 x 11 sheets for the cost of 50 if you take the extra time to do it manually (sorry, it doesn’t work on the document feeder) and select the larger size paper.
I know for a fact that the University of Hawaii (at Honolulu), the Library of Congress (Main Reading room AND the special research room), and the University of Virginia DO NOT have this special distinctive. Their copiers all charge by sheet size. So, for those of you considering the high cost of seminary, you should reconsider Westminster because, after all, you’ll be saving yourself a pretty penny in the libary! Why, I figure in the time it takes to get my degree, I will probably save enough to pay for at least one credit hour of classes.
Please remember the Seminarian Honor Code and keep this to yourself!
Next week, in our continuing effort to stem the cost of higher education, Issue 2 of Seminarian Fortuitous Financial Findings will publish two highly anticpated articles. The first will list the schedules of all the local churches and when they have potluck (dish-to-pass) lunches after worship (correctly scheduled, you will never have to make Sunday dinner again!). The second will be a listing of all the pubs with free food with the purchase of a beer (Monday Night…WINGS!! Tuesday Night… NACHOS!!!)
N.B. - I find myself increasingly self-conscious as I post this kind of info since we are becoming ever-more aware of WTS faculty who have found our blogs. Well, I have been encouraged on occasion (by my husband no less), that if I am going to sin, I should sin boldly. I can always repent boldly tomorrow. After all, someone has to keep the professors in their jobs by giving them some crazy theology to straighten out!