Since my marks have been released, I am somewhat less reluctant to publish a post for the winter 2009 awards! Read the Fall 2008 awards, see how previous awards were given, or check the random crap in the full post after the jump (Read More).

Righteous Rage: Prof Sood

Sood caught someone cheating on a final exam the previous semester, and his fury was unleashed upon all of his students. Well, most likely any year of students other than first…though I’d imagine they’d have found him a bit snippy (using a BETTER word), since supposedly he already knew some of his 4th years cheated the crap out of things.

WTF, You Guys Again…Even Though I Know I’ll See You All…: TA Olaf

His facial expression as he entered the first tutorial was a mix between “Hey sup!” and “OMFG I CAN’T BELIEVE ITS REALLY YOU AGAIN…”

Proof That Procrastination Comes in All Ages: Prof Fischer

Our midterms for one class weren’t marked until after the final. HOWEVER, in the end we magically got marks…so he either burned the midnight oil for several days, or the marking is beyond us. We all did well, so no complaints.

In Life, Potatoes Are The Only Things That Matter: Prof. Fischer

The sheer multitude of times he spoke of potatoes caused me to really desire eating potatoes during class. If you are capable of tying potatoes into every aspect of a lecture on microprocessors, C-code and Assembly Language, you are nothing short of brilliant. Or hungry.

I’ll Rape You All, And It Would Be Justified: Prof. Grami

We returned to one of our most memorable and favourite profs, but this time we saw a more raw, passionate side of him. Similar to Prof. Sharam in our Fall semester, Prof. Grami’s field of research and experience is in communications. Therefore, when he teaches a communications course, he’s going to be bloody damn well passionate. Of course, when he says the final could cover just about ANYTHING he even mentions in lecture, and doesn’t mention, as well as information from the book…AND guarantees there will be NO MERCY on it, WHILE SMILING, you know this professor is probably one of the best you’ll ever get.

Most Energetic: Prof. Grami

When asked a question regarding communications, his eyes widen, brighten and he will literally jump around in front of the boards, quickly erasing and replacing those notes with the explanation.

Most Unlucky: Prof. Carswell

He was about 30 minutes late for our exam since he couldn’t get to the printing room. Of course, when he was able to get to it, it turns out “the printer had been previously raped by someone before him” and all of the exams were missing sections, which required him to reprint all the exams and distribute them as we were writing.

The Biggest Truths: Prof. [?] Wolff

This man supposedly has a huge wealth of experience as an entrepreneur, from start-ups to major player business to utter failure. There’s the truth, and then the truth…and we weren’t able to really tell which was which. It doesn’t matter, since it was all very interesting and albeit inspiring.

Looks Similar to Aaron Tait: TA Paul

Self-explanatory, he kind of looks like the other fellow from a distance or lazy eyesight.

Gawd, I Hate This Subject: TA Tina

Most of us think she was placed as our probability TA out of blind luck, and that she wasn’t meant for this subject and probably hated it. She still soldiered on with the solution manual answers though, bless her heart.

The Joker: Prof Carswell

He likes jokes. He likes telling them. He doesn’t remember telling the ones he’s already told a few times though.

At the front of the lecture room
Prof Fischer: *something something about email*
Prof Carswell: Well yeah, *something something* online sex.
PF: ??
PC: You know, waiting for you to come online.
PF: …?
PC: Come online?
PF: What did you say? Huh?
PC: Come online?
PF: OH. BAH! That’s disgusting. Hahaha, man…

Your Best Friend: TA Hiteshkumar

“Hello, friends!”

Constantly Had His Name Used In Vain: TA Olaf

There’s a saying on UrbanDictionary for “Olaf’d”, which refers to a UFC contestant named Olaf Alonso. Supposedly he always gets knocked out. Correction: he always gets knocked the fuck out. And so we began using the mighty Olaf’s name in vain whenever we got raped by an assignment or test…

And that’s it…the Winter 2009 Awards. I’m sure I’ve missed plenty of awards/achievements out of this list, so feel free to add yours!