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CATEGORIES
RECENT ENTRIES
BLOG ROLL
Stuff We Like: The revolution will be faxed, admissions of guilt, and dinosaur discovery
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE... FAXED?
"Iran’s Internet Battle Hits New Heights" (MSNBC, Jun. 17, 2009)
UChicago activists set-up a fax-to-Web service (iranfax.org) in case Iran's online links to the outside world are cut off completely.
ADMISSIONS OF GUILT
"Three Yards and a Clout of Dust" (Chicago Tribune, Jun. 18, 2009)
"Do institutions' mission statements include the feeding and preparation of athletes for the National Football League or the National Basketball Association?" asks economics professor Allen R. Sanderson in his op-ed about university officials who bend admissions standards to accommodate athletes who might not otherwise be accepted as part to join the student body.
DINOSAUR DISCOVERY
"Dino Want a Cracker? Fossil Resembles Parrot" (MSNBC, Jun. 17, 2009)
Evidence shows that the parrot-beaked dinosaur—Psittacosaurus gobiensis—found in the Gobi Desert in 2001 by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno ate nuts and seeds.
June 18, 2009