Start the Day

Shamelessly lifted from social media, this cartoon reads (in Spanish):

HOW TO START THE DAY IN PEACE / ENOUGH COFFEE / GOOD MUSIC

It is fitting for both of the Geography Second-Year Seminars I offer at BSU (mainly as Honors courses). The nature of our SYS requirement is that if you take The Planet Sings you cannot take The Secret Life of Coffee. 

And vice-versa. Every student takes one FYS and one SYS course (unless waived by prior credits), but nobody can take more than one. Even a dean's "magic wand"cannot make that happen -- we've tried.

But fear not, SYS students! If you take my coffee class (or any of my classes) there will be some music. And if you take my music class (or any of my classes) there will be some coffee. Bastante coffee, in fact, and quite good coffee.

Lagniappe

 Colleagues and former students are always welcome to stop by class for a cuppa. It is always served with the music at the beginning of class.