Expected delays

Last year, when the Journalism Department faculty learned that our new building would be ready August 31, 2005, I figured that any delay would be disastrous.

Well, at least I wasn't surprised.

I'm on the second week of teaching two courses in computer-assisted reporting, and I don't have Internet access in the computer labs. I have one lab whose iMacs at least have software, and a second lab that has a projector, but whose eMacs have never been turned on.

It's not a terrible situation, and I am working around it with hand-outs, and lots of boring lecturing, but still....