career staudent.....

ok, so i was amused by this piece online....

May 16, 2006

HAYS, Kan. (AP) -- Matt Larsen has done a lot of things during his years at Fort Hays State University.

He edited the student newspaper, hosted a radio show on a campus station and joined the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was even the school's costumed mascot, "Victor E. Tiger," for two years.

One thing he hasn't done? Completed a degree.

"My life has sort of developed into a really sad version of the movie 'Groundhog Day,"' said Larsen, who transferred to Fort Hays State after two years at Barton County Community College in Great Bend. He graduated high school in 1992.

The 33-year-old Larsen, who has skipped only three semesters since he began college, has accumulated almost 200 credit hours. Most bachelor's degrees require only 124 hours -- but Larsen has never been able to put together the right combination of courses.

Larsen, who lived in the same dorm for almost a decade, now lives in Manhattan and works in customer support for a phone company. He went into the spring semester needing only one online biology class to graduate.

But because of the time constraints of his job he didn't pass the course -- and his degree in general studies remains at least another semester away. He said he plans to retake the course over the summer or this fall.

His long college career is really based on one thing, he said.

"I didn't ever really have a true game plan," he said.