Fix unicode issue in class_dashboard.
**Stanford Hotfix do not pull into master: metrics tab 500
Stanford bad merge tag fix
fix edx-west password_reset
Merge pull request #1631 from edx/jbau/fix-password-reset

fix edx-west password_reset
Merge pull request #1632 from edx/jrbl/edx-west/hotfix-badmergetags

Stanford bad merge tag fix
Merge pull request #1633 from edx/dcadams/fix_metrics_tab

**Stanford Hotfix do not pull into master: metrics tab 500
make edxapp work when not run from a git repo
Merge pull request #1636 from edx/jbau/fix/git-middleware

make edxapp work when not run from a git repo