You might be an SAU honors student

With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy. Today I spoke at the penultimate Be a Mulerider (BAM!) session and explained Honors College aping Foxworthy's "you might be a redneck" line.

So, I explained to student, parents, and friends that these sayings might help them better understand what honors students are like.

• If you are disappointed when your English teacher says the paper must be 10 pages or less, you might be an honors student.
• If you love reading algebra equations, you might be an honors student.
• If you happen upon Juliet's seemingly lifeless body and the first thing you do is order a toxicology screen, you might be an honors student.
• When a satellite crashes in your front yard and you run to your computer so you can calculate the decay in the orbital trajectory, you might be an honors student.
• If you are strolling on campus with a big smile on your face clutching your brand new iPad, you might be an SAU honors student.
• If you love your smaller classes where your fellow students always make it to class, you might be an SAU honors student.
• If your residence hall really is quiet during quiet hours, you might be an SAU honors student.
• If your Honors Seminar instructor shows up for class wearing a Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and sandals then you really are an SAU honors student.