Even though University President Richard Lariviere issued an e-mail to all students, staff and faculty pardoning classes for school pride, Monday’s classes were still in session and, unless prior arrangements had been made, attendance was required.
Thousands of fans, alumni, students, staff and faculty members travelled to Glendale, Ariz., to see the game, but the campus was not quiet.
University freshman Dylan Gates said he attended one of his three Monday classes to spend the rest of the day getting ready to watch the Ducks take on Tigers in the National Championship Game.
When asked about the class he attended, Gates said, “It was pretty full, but it was at 11 a.m. though.”
Many people still showed up for class, especially the morning classes, University professor Susan Anderson commented.
“I feel like a lot of teachers are being lenient about it too because it’s such a big game,” University senior Alex Wilson said.
Some of the classes scheduled in the afternoon were let out early to accommodate students because attendance in the classes was at an all-time low.
Although professors were understanding of the big game, they were not giving a free pass to students that did not attend classes. Students with morning classes that require attendance were marked as absent, if they failed to show up for these classes without having made prior arrangements.
Because of the magnitude of the National Championship Game and Oregon pride, there were professors who adjusted their syllabus to take the game into consideration and delayed tests and papers.
“We didn’t have anything due today,” Gates said when asked if professors were making special arrangements for students who wanted to attend the game.
University sophomore Yuri Liu  said professors were not really making special arrangements for students, but they were understanding of the people who wanted to watch the game.
Students that are attending the game in Glendale, Ariz., are expected to make up all the work they missed. This means different things for different classes, but students do have some making up to do if they chose to watch the game instead of attending classes.
Oregon cheerleader Stefani Crocker, who is attending the game, said on Thursday that she has a lot of reading and labs to catch up on when she returns to campus, but she said she thinks it is worth it.
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