Section 2, Turkish Delight
Jason Dolenga
Issue date: 9/23/02 Section: Sections News
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After suffering defeat at the hands of just about everybody in the MBA games, Section 2 got down to business. Looking to assume the title of "most curious" section, Deucers spent the first two weeks of class testing their professor's knowledge, and patience (not Patience the section member), with some really tough questions. Of course, as we were reminded over and over again, these questions would be solved in our second year of our studies, but that didn't stop the few who just needed to know the answer RIGHT NOW. Finance started off with a bang, with Kevin Yuan questioning whether "a dollar today is worth more than tomorrow," if Kevin were to exchanges that dollar for 120 yen today and 100 yen tomorrow and buy an option contract while hedging in the Barry Sanders rookie card market. We tried to introduce risk and IRR way too early, and got quickly directed to the syllabus. Econ was no different where Pete Perna quizzed Professor LaFontaine over whether interest costs were truly fixed in an environment of debt funding for variable cost hamburger buns.
Despite all of the time our professors have devoted over the last two weeks to telling us what other classes we would have to take ("Yes, that will be covered in FIN 622") to find the answers to such important queries, we have learned a few things. Among other things, we found out that are actually exhibits in the cases that we are reading, and that a large number of these exhibits have numbers that can be used in calculations. Poor professor Kale was originally convinced that there was a coursepack conspiracy to leave the exhibits out that led to our overly qualitative performance. We also learned that Professor Yoon will never look like a "real" construction worker, even if she puts on that flannel shirt, drives NASCAR, and chews tobacco. In addition, we realized that our first tuition check was a sunk cost, and that those of us who haven't paid it yet still had a choice.
The questions have slowed down a bit, but other questions surface, now that we are fully engaged in the process of being MBA1s. Questions like: "Is Frank Guiterrez still dancing?" "How can I watch the Sopranos on Sunday night if I have a group meeting?" "Where are the plugs?" "Why aren't the social reps writing the section news article?" "What was the referee smoking in the Notre Dame game?" "Will Dolenga ever stop jabbering?" "What really happened between Rob and Romaine at that Club Med?" and finally "How does the nation of Turkey produce so many Finance professor?" We can only hope that the next two years will make the answers to these questions, and all the others, "CRISTALLINO"…
Despite all of the time our professors have devoted over the last two weeks to telling us what other classes we would have to take ("Yes, that will be covered in FIN 622") to find the answers to such important queries, we have learned a few things. Among other things, we found out that are actually exhibits in the cases that we are reading, and that a large number of these exhibits have numbers that can be used in calculations. Poor professor Kale was originally convinced that there was a coursepack conspiracy to leave the exhibits out that led to our overly qualitative performance. We also learned that Professor Yoon will never look like a "real" construction worker, even if she puts on that flannel shirt, drives NASCAR, and chews tobacco. In addition, we realized that our first tuition check was a sunk cost, and that those of us who haven't paid it yet still had a choice.
The questions have slowed down a bit, but other questions surface, now that we are fully engaged in the process of being MBA1s. Questions like: "Is Frank Guiterrez still dancing?" "How can I watch the Sopranos on Sunday night if I have a group meeting?" "Where are the plugs?" "Why aren't the social reps writing the section news article?" "What was the referee smoking in the Notre Dame game?" "Will Dolenga ever stop jabbering?" "What really happened between Rob and Romaine at that Club Med?" and finally "How does the nation of Turkey produce so many Finance professor?" We can only hope that the next two years will make the answers to these questions, and all the others, "CRISTALLINO"…
