Have You Heard of a JR?

No, really, have you? I'm not sure about other schools, but a JR here stands for Judicial Referral. What does that mean? Basically, it means that if you get one that in a few weeks you will be in front of a court of your peers trying to defend yourself from some charge pinned on you for once reason or another. There are a lot of ways to get a JR (drinking, fighting, etc.) and, while a lot of them are serious, there are some silly ways to get one.

Present, Exhibit A: One such method of attaining a JR is to not read the handbook thing with all the rules ever invented on the face of Tech history (actually, I have no idea what it has in it, hell, I have no idea where to find it). More specifically, in my case, there is a clause--or statement or whatever--that says that we are not allowed to have pets in the dorms except for fish. If you know me or are psychic, you know that I brought along with me a gerbil. I don't want to get too technical, but simple biology teaches us that a gerbil is not scaled, finned, gilled, or any of the other traits that define it as a species of fish. Whoops, my bad. (Did I mention that I have some of the most whimsical stories to tell?)

So in the end, I walked out of Jay's, my resident advisor, room having signed a nice sheet of paper accusing me of a violation. He's a cool guy so I don't hold anything against him (technically this really is my fault), plus he mentioned that if it were up to him, he wouldn't even file a JR on me. Heh, ohs well, at least my first (I guess hopefully last?) one was for something silly like this. At this rate, the courts won't even be contacting me until a week or two after my little gerbil's been back home. Man, isn't the legal system great?

Well, I'm done with that, just thought I'd throw out another funny part of my life here. It's kinda sad really, since JR's are supposed to be really serious and can get you suspended or expelled at times. Mmm, that's about all I've got to say about this topic. Laters.