If you notify me by phone or e-mail at least 30 minutes before class time, you have given notification. If this gets to be a habit, we'll find an extra-work remedy that fits your situation. If you are 15 minutes or more late without notification, it will go down as an absence for that day. If you miss a quiz or exam because of an unnotified absence, you will receive a zero. Do not give me written excuses or tell me about an absence after it occurs.
Prior notification is all that matters, and it matters greatly.
Current events You are studying to be a journalist. Therefore, you should know what is happening in the world, especially our part of it. The Tuscaloosa News, and The Crimson White regularly. Read The New York Times and listen to NPR several times a week. Watch a television news or magazine program several times a week.