The Facts: The University regulations contain a vague attendance policy; however, it is not enforced by professors in a consistent manner.   Our Opinion: To fix this situation, N.C. State should produce a constant policy on attendance that they can enforce and hold students and faculty to.   It’s the end of the semester, and students are counting their skip days, disguising their sick days and hoping one teacher has forgotten to take attendance, while another won’t notice them slinking into class 10 minutes late. While every class supposedly has an attendance policy requiring professors to take attendance, some professors are more strict about the policy than others.   Some professors take attendance and provide a bonus at the end of the semester for those students who have met the requirement. Others penalize students for not attending class by deducting points from students’ final grades or even dropping them from the class.   The University policy on attendance states, “Instructors in 100- and 200-level course must keep a record of attendance throughout the