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web 2,0: the machine is Us/ing Us

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:41:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: simply fantastic vid on web 2.0

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Tags: "web 2.0", anthropology, semantic, machine, ethnography, college, student, university

A vision of students today

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:18:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: As a full time college student, I found this to be quite poignant.

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Tags: college, students, university, education, media, ethnography

The Thermodynamics of Hell

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:42:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's been around for a while, but hey... classics are always good.

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The Thermodynamics of Hell

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, “…it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having an affair with her, then #2 above cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze over.”

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY “A”.

Tags: thermodynamic, hell, college, mid-term, humor

Oral Roberts' son and daughter-in-law accused of improprieties at evangelical university

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:07:05 GMT

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Oral Roberts' son and daughter-in-law accused of improprieties at evangelical university

It details dozens of alleged instances of misconduct. Among them:

- A longtime maintenance employee was fired so that an underage male friend of Mrs. Roberts could have his position.

- Mrs. Roberts - who is a member of the board of regents and is referred to as ORU's "first lady" on the university's Web site - frequently had cell-phone bills of more than $800 per month, with hundreds of text messages sent between 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. to "underage males who had been provided phones at university expense."

- The university jet was used to take one daughter and several friends on a senior trip to Orlando, Fla., and the Bahamas. The $29,411 trip was billed to the ministry as an "evangelistic function of the president."

- University and ministry employees are regularly summoned to the Roberts' home to do the daughters' homework.

Tags: news, oral roberts, university