Students no longer required to give snacks to professor.

[RandySF]

A California university professor can no longer demand snacks from students taking his psychology classes.

Sacramento State Professor George Parrott has demanded snacks from his students for 39 years. Students were told of the snack demand on the first day of class. But two weeks ago he walked out of his Psychology 101 lab class because there were no snacks.

University spokeswoman Kimberly Nava says members of the psychology department at California State University, Sacramento decided Parrott's decision to walk out of class was unacceptable and the dean told him to stop.



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/23/BAGF1M3B69.DTL#ixzz1eegtibLW

[NYC_SKP]

1. Some context, twice a semester tradition:

And you won't get an apology from Parrott. The Sac State psych professor won't back down from his snack standoff.

"For the second week in a row, nobody brought and connected with and checked on each other to show up with the expected shared snacks," he says.

The longtime professor has been serving up his snack policy for years. The rules are simple: twice a semester students are expected to bring in homemade goods. The purpose is to promote class teamwork.

"It actually loosened up the stress," one of Parrott's students says.

more: http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/220655/58/Professor-abandons-class-for-lack-of-snacks

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[tularetom]

2. In 39 years nobody ever baked up a batch of ex lax brownies?

First thing that occurred to me.

"Demanded snacks"? Asshole.