The previous implementation loaded all of the config variables into the app

settings table. This was a kind of nice solution because it meant we only had

one object to pass around, but doesn't make it possible to use anything

separate from the webapp. As I add more functionality, I'm planning on adding a

script that can sync user data from the slack API into more local data storage

in a periodic fashion, which won't go through the web stuff.

Loaded the student list and student views and verified that everything still

worked correctly.