There have been moments here at RU when I would give anything to hear a good, old-fashioned bell because that might encourage my professors to end class on time, something many of my professors here at RU have been seemingly incapable of doing. Note the word many; I didn't say all. Some professors are quite concerned with ending class on time. To those professors I say, "Thank you for your consideration." For those educators unconcerned with this matter, I have some points to ponder.

Admittedly, RU is not a huge campus; still, for students with back-to-back classes, getting from one class to the next often takes the entire 10 or 15 minutes allotted them. Being on time can often be altogether forgotten if the student needs to stop to grab a drink or make a trip to the restroom. Therefore, if a professor chooses to keep a student for an extra five minutes to share that ever-important final point, that student is likely to be late to his/her next class, which often results in chastisement from the professor of the second class. Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the situation is that many of the professors who complain about students arriving late are the same professors whom keep their own students late. Invocation of the "Golden Rule" among professors might prove beneficial here.

Another infuriating event is when professors who are prone to keep students late let them go two minutes early on one day during the semester but insist upon reminding them that they have been let go early and that they should remember that in the future. I believe those two minutes and more have been made up during those extra moments the professor tacks on to nearly every other class period.