<HTML>In a message dated 10/27/03 11:21:59 AM Central Standa= rd Time, jim_busby@byu.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I hate to say I told you so, butâ€¦   When we first started talkin= g about a course I stated that it was a long, sometimes difficult process wi= th many possible snags and you seemed to be a little short with me and then = listed the lengthy â€śprocessâ€ť of getting a class on the roste= r. If you didnâ€™t listen to me then, please listen now. The way to ge= t a course approved is to secure the highest ranking tenured person you can = to champion the cause. Period. If you do that, then your chances are pretty = good. You, of all people should know the game of politics involved. Iâ€= ™m your friend, not your adversary. This is one thing I do have experience= in.  Good luck, Jim Busby BYU<FON= T COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="= SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> </BLOCKQUOTE> Jim Thank you for the valued advice, and I thought I took it. I did talk to the = highest ranking graduate professor. She is a piano professor who's been in t= his department since 1953. How "high" can you get? When I talked to her abou= t the course, she said it was a great idea. I also discussed it with several= other professors, including all of the other piano professors, and they all= thought it was a great idea. But maybe that's the side of college politics = I don't understand yet. Any way, I'm going to try again, and discuss it with each one of them again.= But I would like to have some figures to back me up this time. Wim </HTML>