The Evil Beet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sick of politics? Then sit back and enjoy this lovely video of Olympic gymnast and all-around hottie Alicia Sacramone punching a guy in the face at Brown University.
Online Learning Update (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Over the last six years, Stewart Mader has staked his career on the power of wikis. Mader first worked on wiki adoption initiatives in the IT department at Brown University, becoming fascinated by their power and potential. On the day we spoke, he had just left a two-year position as a wiki evangelist with Atlassian, an Australian-based software company that offers a wiki tool called Confluence.
Hominid Views (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
From the Big Tent in Denver, Colorado…here is today’s head-to-head poll round-up…. Presidential Polls: Brown University poll in Rhode Island Strategic Vision poll in Florida Mason Dixon poll in Florida CNN/Time poll in Colorado CNN/Time poll in Nevada CNN/Time poll in New Mexico CNN/Time poll in Pennsylvania Akron Buckeye Poll poll in Ohio Sen. Barack Obama trounces Sen. John McCain in Rhode Island,...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
A new Brown University poll in Rhode Island puts Sen. Barack Obama way ahead of Sen. John McCain, 51% to 30%. Key finding: President Bush's approval rating in the Ocean State is just 11%.
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
PROVIDENCE -- Democrat Barack Obama commands a 20-point lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race among Rhode Island voters who were surveyed, according to a Brown University poll out today. The survey, conducted Aug. 18-20, also found that...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
When I first read this story about Brown University student Zack McCune, I was surprised to find that college and university students are still being randomly selected by the RIAA to receive hefty lawsuits. Nonetheless, McCune was one of those unlucky students, but rather than delving back into obscurity after the RIAA contacted him, he went on to do the unthinkable: he made good of the situation!...
The Blog (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Introducing Michelle was her brother Craig Robinson. He is the new coach of the Oregon State basketball team. Last year he led Brown University to a school record 19 victories. Robinson played at Princeton University and was an investment banker for a while. Last year the Oregon State Beavers went 6-25 for the season, and 0-18 in conference. Brown was Ivy League, Oregon State is in the Pac-10. I’d...
Air America Radio - (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
(click for larger version) Jonathan Guyer works on the National Democratic Institute’s Middle East and North Africa Team. He recently graduated from Brown University with a concentration in Development Studies. Please visit his blog, Mideast by Midwest , for the lighter side of foreign affairs.
Effect Measure (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
I belong to a number of professional societies and one of them is the American Mathematical Society. The September issue of one of their publications, the Notices , just arrived and I read with interest a statement by one of the world's most distinguished mathematicians, Brown University's David Mumford. While most members of the public have never heard of him, Mumford has been a famous in mathematical...
GameSetWatch (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
A new survey of Guitar Hero and Rock Band players by Brown University ethnomusicologist Kiri Miller has revealed some fascinating trends, including the fact that 76% of the players bought music they heard in the game, and 69% often play in multiplayer modes. The initial results from Miller, who has previously written on the subject for GameSetWatch and has given permission for the stats to be reprinted...
Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Ellen Dannin (Penn State) has just posted on SSRN her essay Understanding How Employees' Rights to Organize Under the NLRA Have Been Limited: The Case of Brown University. Here's the abstract: The National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's) 2004 Brown University...
R. Enochs, Esq. (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
W ritten by Penn State Dickinson School of Law Professor Ellen Dannin, the American Constitution Society has released an issue brief on the NLRB's decision in Brown University . Professor Dannin argues that the NLRB’s 2004 decision in Brown University is an example of what she calls the “Bush Board’s disregard for the rule of law.” She explains how the NLRB ignored precedent and the central purposes...
parentalcation (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
America's Best Colleges sorted by State - Forbes.com Went to Forbes list of "best colleges", sorted by state and only two entries came up for Alaska; Hendrix College and John Brown University. One problem, they are both in Arkansas, not Alaska.
ExpoSay (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Another career option, perhaps? A video showing U.S. gymnast Alicia Sacramone punching a guy during her Brown University days has circulated on the Web. She may have either helped her team win the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics or have helped refrain them from getting the gold spot, but one thing is for sure, she can get a robust man down in just one punch.
Hollywood Grind (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Alicia Sacramone punched some guy in the face and knocked him out, when she attended Brown University. Judging by Alicia’s extremely poor 2008 Olympics gymnastic performance that cost the U.S. team the gold medal, and caused her team to take home the silver medal instead, I’d say she makes a better boxer than a gymnast. Am [...]
