January 1, 2021 at 4:20 pm by ethan Dildine Emma Demorest / Daily Nexus Due to declining attendance and technical difficulties experienced when hosting virtual classes, UC Santa Barbaraâs Department of Religious Studies has opted for a more reliable approach: astral projection. While some professors were initially skeptical, the department has quickly adopted it as its main method of teaching, and its benefits have quickly become apparent. Students no longer need to practice basic hygiene to look presentable on camera, nor possess a corporeal form at all to attend their lectures. âScientifically, our spirit bodies have been shown to transmit data 10 times quicker and more reliably than a Comcast internet plan,â explained someone from the religious studies department. âAttendance has been up almost 250% in the last quarter! From 22% to an astounding 54% on average.â