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No, that’s humanity, Dude. :)</p>
<p>Ever since our ancestors moved from hunting and gathering to agrarian villages about 10,000 years ago, this kind of stuff has been part of the universal human experience to one degree or another. Franz Kafka, anyone?</p>
<p>And regarding those Student Activities Council rules–aren’t those established and administered by the members of SAC; i.e., students? You can’t blame the Penn administration for that. :)</p>
<p>By the way, if it makes you feel any better ;), the current rule apparently is that failing to attend two meetings in an academic year results in disciplinary action (denial of funding) for that organization:</p>
<p>[Attendance</a> Policy](<a href=“http://sacfunded.net/policies/attendance-policy/]Attendance”>http://sacfunded.net/policies/attendance-policy/)</p>
<p>And again, that’s a rule promulgated by the student members of SAC, and not the Penn administration.</p>
<p>Bottom line: can Penn be a bureaucratic and cumbersome institution at times? Without a doubt. Is it worse in that regard than educational institutions of comparable size and stature? I haven’t seen or heard any hard evidence of that.</p>