Once again, the so-called “March Madness” is upon us and it’s time for basketball fans and non-fans alike to put together their picks for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (aka, “the final four.”) Last year, we had a small but enthusiastic group participate in the picks here at EMUTalk.org, and the victory went to Honolulu [...]
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An alert EMUTalk.org reader sent me information about an article in the current Inside HigherEd about a forthcoming movie called Tenure, which will apparently star Luke Wilson. Here’s a quote describing the project: Blowtorch Entertainment will next month begin filming on “Tenure,” which is about a college professor coming up for tenure (Luke Wilson) and facing [...] I came across this gem in Annarbor.com: “Builder of ‘obscene snowman’ isn’t upset police told him to destroy it.” Here’s the meat of the story (so to speak): Police responded to (Mike) Scoffins’ North Summit Street home about 3:31 p.m. Tuesday after someone called to report an “obscene snowman,” a police incident log said. Scoffins said the woman [...] An alert reader sent me this, though I had also seen a press release about this too: from Freep.com, “Former Lions QB Charlie Batch, six others going into EMU Hall of Fame.” Good for Batch and the others included– Denise Allen (basketball), Jerry Cerulla (track), Angela (Springer) Johnson (track), Sharon McNie (gymnastics), Gary Patton (football), and [...] Loyal reader/friend of the site Publius Crabgrass alerted me to this fine Dilbert comic: Notice that our PowerPoint presenter is discussing “PROJECT EMU.” Coincidence? Well, yes, probably so. But I think I’ll be checking back at dilbert.com this week to see if there is any mention of our fair campus and/or my favorite flightless bird. This comes to me via something called Deadspin: “NYU Business School Professor Has Mastered the Art of Email Flaming.” It’s a little long, but the gist of it is that Scott Galloway, a NYU business professor and entrepreneur-type responded to an email sent to a student who was trying to explain why he showed up [...] The Echo has an article on this and I have to give a shout-out to not only my English Department colleagues but also to their efforts to raise money for English major-types: “EMU prof to donate rock show proceeds to students.” That should probably be “profs,” along with administrator-type and a few other not directly [...] Also in the public service/college fun category of things: “EMU Women’s Basketball Helps Box Out Breast Cancer” on February 24. A bit from the press release: EMU “Pink Zone” t-shirts will be available for $10 and a silent auction of EMU memorabilia and apparel will be held with all proceeds benefiting the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. [...] My colleague and friend Jessica “Decky” Alexander sent me this yesterday, and I thought it was something good to post here: Dear EMU Community, EMU and You. Making it better. Continuously. What are you making better? EMU is filled with stories where someone has improved the quality of life, and learning. Tell your story. Share how you or [...] This comes from EMUYou! folks/Bilal Saeed– he posted it on the book o’ face, but I’m sure he’d appreciate it being posted here too: The Second Annual Ford Lake Frozen Leap is Saturday, February 13, 11am to 3pm. Check out the story– spectators are welcome, and it’s a fund-raiser for the American Heart Association. Oh, and check [...] |
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