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BURNABY — SFU’s Mathematics is holding a brand new course this semester on the subject of fraction and although it’s been criticized by some as being too simplistic, the department hopes that it will attract students who wouldn’t normally take math.

“Our department has been struggling to keep up our numbers recently, and stupid math jokes alone aren’t really helping us reach out to average students,” explained Dr. Lorne Smith, who’s been assigned the new class this semester “We’re hoping that teaching fractions can help attract dumb art students who might be intimidated by calculus or linear algebra, especially when we cover ‘the fractions of Two and a Half Men’ during week 5.”

While the course is expected to drastically increase the Mathematics department summer numbers, the English department is receiving some residual benefits as this article’s headline is now required reading for a new 300-level course on ‘bad jokes.’

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