[UPDATE]: Word is Talbert is going to have a nice showing, as Facebook lists a few thousand people in attendance. In other creative Mark Talbert news, Emre ‘DJ Deniz’ Balci ’12, has hammered the final nail in Talbert’s publicity coffin: an epic and surprisingly club-worthy version of the lecturer’s meltdown (go to 2:43).
In case you haven’t gotten enough of our Professor Talbert coverage this week, Cornell students are now apparently staging a “Yawn In” in HADM 1174 on Friday. Here’s info from the Facebook event page:
Throughout history, sit-ins have served as an effective means of non-violent protest against great injustices like racism, sexism, apartheid and unjust colonial rule. But protesting professors who take a stand against yawners who are “systematically disrupting” their lectures- this is a first.
Wicked. Brill. I’ve been practicing yawns in front of the mirror in anticipation of this glorious event.
This gets better and better. Favorite comment on the situation thus-far, on the youtubes: “When Mark Talbert was 19 years old, he changed the face of hotel administration instruction. He was handed the keys to the kingdom, multi-million dollar deals, endorsements. Everyone wanted a piece of his sh*t. Just a man with a mind for victory and a mouth like a fu*king cannon. But sometimes when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm.”
some of my favorites:
“how much you want to bet that someone takes him up on that “anonymous tip” offer after class? i mean this aint a state school. this is cornell. got to be at least 10 snitches in there”
“any college professor that utilizes an attendance sheet or cares if you are in class should be kicked in the f***ing dick”
I know, right? The internet commentariat renders more wisdom than Solomon. Sadly, speaking from an entertainment value perspective, I’m certain that no one will show up for this “Yawn In”.
Celebrate the hilarity and wear the message of yawn outside!
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