As an undergraduate in physics I was spared from any absurdity like that, but I knew professors got emails and the like for those types of things. However, the

As an undergraduate in physics I was spared from any absurdity like that, but I knew professors got emails and the like for those types of things. However, the most amusing thing that I heard about was that our department (Physics and Astronomy) would get calls inquiring about their horoscope. Which caused us every year to change our name to Department of Psychics and Astrology on Halloween.