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The End of Free News?
Saw this article, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8186701.stm, on the BBC website regarding Rupert Murdoch planning to charge for the news content on the News Corp. websites (Fox News, NY Post, etc.). My favorite quote from the article is when Murdoch said, "Quality journalism is not cheap, and an industry that gives away its content is simply ( Read more... ) -
Birthday Thoughts and 25 Things to Do Before I'm 30.
So today is my 25th birthday and I am now closer to being 30 than being 20. Everyone always says that your 20's should be one of your most freeing decades, "You will never be more broke or more free than in your 20's ( Read more... ) -
Today we are all Hokies! :-(
What a sad and sickening day. It's 1:30 AM and I am watching the coverage on CNN and I feel sick to my stomach. Who the hell would barge into a university building and shoot dozens of people? Its absolutely sickening, why would a person shoot professors in the head, then shoot almost everyone in a class? I will never understand what causes someone ( Read more... ) -
On the downhill side of Spring Break
This week is Spring Break for MSU and I have been enjoying it. Not much has happened on the travel front, I am just too damn poor and have to save the money for my trip to SC in May. Even if I had the money, I had too many school related things to work on this week. This semester is getting busier and busier with projects. On top of my capstone ( Read more... ) -
I PASSED!!!!!
Quick update:
I passed my written comps. I got a 'passed' on one of my questions and a 'passed with honors' with the other one. Now as long as I pass my classes and my studio presentation I will graduate in December!!! Woo hoo!!!!!
Now if I could only find a job!
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The Long-Awaited Update
I haven't been around a lot so far this semester. I have been pretty busy with 12 hours of classes (one of which is my Capstone Studio), my presidential duties for SURSI, and trying to spend time with Kelly. I have a lot to say so I am going to divide my entry into sections (damn I have been writing too many memos ( Read more... ) -
No, I haven't turned into a giant block of ice
I know it's been a while since I have updated, but I was never good at keeping journals. December in Minnesota, well what can I say, it's cold. Until today, it hasn't been above freezing in over a week! It was -3 the other night, the lakes are freezing up pretty solid now, but alas the ground is still barren. Anyone who knows me, knows that my ( Read more... )
