profQUOTES

"It's springtime, so you can substitute the variable n with this [draws a heart] ... or it can be ducks or squirrels ... anything!"

Miskovic, MATH 119

"Do you know why engineering has a higher success of graduation than math does? Because it's easier."

Zorzitto, MATH 247

"You probably did this proof already if you took MATH 1-whatever."

Zorzitto, MATH 247

"If you get used to it, it doesn't bother you anymore, like putting on your shoes in the morning."

Zorzitto, MATH 247

"You can mess around until you find the right candidate."

André, MATH 138

"Make the tutors happy ... but don't do anything illegal."

André, MATH 138

[About student at back corner of classroom] "He's over there by the extreme point."

Tunçel, C&O 350

"So these matrices are the same! ... There is a difference in excitement between me and you."

Tunçel, C&O 350

Student: "The second line is wrong."
Prof: "Oh, yeah, well it's easy to mess-up when you're stupid."

Hoffman, PMATH 330

"Let's, in the word of Will Smith, get giggy with it, and do DLX."

Vasiga, CS 241

"That is 4 294 967 295 err bits ... bytes err whatever it's big."

Vasiga, CS 241

[Talking about the midterm] "So don't book a hot date. You have a hot date with me."

Vasiga, CS 241

"Without this trap 0 your program will do strange things, like run to a certain point and go blahhhhhhhh — blahhhhh — wassssssssup!"

Vasiga, CS 241

"We're all in Square One in Gap buying kakis. Bad state!"

Vasiga, CS 241

[In "evil infinity voice"] "Err ... don't believe Toy Story, there is no beyond infinity."

Vasiga, CS 241

"I have given up on Rob Bruce."

Jackson, MATH 249

So, a lot of you have been wondering, where are the profQUOTES? Is this some crazy plot by the editors to make me read more of the articles? Well, no. It's just been a slow term for profQUOTES. So here's a recap on how to submit them:

1. Prof says something funny in class.
2. You write it down. Don't rely on others to think it's mathNEWS-worthy, they're all asleep! So write down that quote.
3. Now there are options. You can (a) take that paper you wrote it down on (noting the prof and class, of course), jot down your name so we know who to credit when the profs come after us, and drop it in the BLACK BOX in the MathSoc office. (b) Alternatively, you can email it to mathnews@student.math.uwaterloo.ca. Do not, under any circumstances, think it's silly and throw it out. We will use every quote that comes to us until there are too many profQUOTES.
4. Let stand for 1 – 3 weeks, and Voila! You've contributed to profQUOTES.

All are welcome and encouraged to submit. We are especially hoping to hear from profs who haven't been in profQUOTES this term, such as:

• AM profs, we haven't had a quote from the entire department
• All 100 and 200 level CS profs (We didn't even get those Vasiga quotes until this Tuesday)
• Other profs, including Biegl (CS 360), Case (CS 370), Cherry (STAT 231), Cheung (C&O 350), Dickey (PMATH 360), Djokovic (PMATH 345), Geelen (C&O 351), Kolkiewicz (STAT 333), Ng (PMATH 334), Nica (PMATH 351), Pooley (CS 370), Richmond (C&O 480), Steiner (STAT 231), and many more ... we know who you are ...

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