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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 7 hours 21 min ago | The following year |
We had UN secretary general Kofi Annan, so we had it pretty good. |
| 20 hours 22 min ago | Inigo, not Indigo. I have |
Inigo, not Indigo. I have nothing else to add, as all this football stuff (weird that you'd talk so much football on a site dedicated to The Princess Bride and The Smiths) is out of my depth. Did I mention that I'm just here for the submarine sandwiches? |
| 4 days 15 hours ago | ah yes |
Good ol' Snoop Lion... |
| 4 days 15 hours ago | Mark Dantonio with his |
Mark Dantonio with his primary rival.
Oh bummer. It appears their "main rival" already has a date with osu... |
| 5 days 17 hours ago | wow |
They miss Michigan, michigan state, ohio state, and Penn State, and get Maryland and Rutgers from the East. The only reasonably tough team is Nebraska. Yeesh, that's just silly. |
| 5 days 21 hours ago | question |
What does "Lacks some functional strength" mean? That he just needs to bulk up and get stronger, or something more specific? |
| 6 days 21 hours ago | Well |
At least we're sure it isn't hoke's toilet, which would be a normal white toilet with gold poop. |
| 1 week 14 hours ago | That's right |
It's pronounced Mizurruh. |
| 1 week 17 hours ago | That cartoon thing on the |
That cartoon thing on the left side of the front page (currently) might be a bit inappropriate with some of the imagery, but he's definitely taken to it otherwise. |
| 1 week 1 day ago | Dream school - love it! |
Dream school - love it! |
| 1 week 3 days ago | RCMB crashes chrome on my |
RCMB crashes chrome on my iPad. Just saying. Welcome aboard! Go Blue! |
| 1 week 3 days ago | Wrong |
Clearly, they are planning to announce their decisions at the Michigan Men's Glee Club spring tour concert at Alice Tully Hall in NYC on May 18th. They will join the alumni on stage for the singing of Varsity and The Victors. |
| 1 week 4 days ago | Ha! |
So true. And did I mention that I typed my applications and essays on a Brother electric typewriter? I changed a few ribbons, for sure. I don't think youngsters these days truly appreciate what a pain it was to get theapplications aligned to the ribbon so they'd type above the lines and not ON the lines! |
| 1 week 5 days ago | or maybe Oregon. Utah and |
or maybe Oregon. Utah and BYU also get their fair share of Polynesians. |
| 1 week 5 days ago | but |
Voltron is still on, right? Right???? |
| 1 week 5 days ago | Mine |
TL;DR version: I grew up in Atlanta and applied to MIT, Columbia, Cornell, Michigan and GT (in order of preference). I was accepted to all except MIT. Somehow, I ended up choosing Michigan over the more prestigious Ivies. Really long version: I grew up in Atlanta, but knew I wanted to get out of state. I fancied myself a reasonably smart guy and just assumed I'd be getting into good schools, so I only applied to 5 schools. In order, from top to bottom choices - MIT, Columbia, Cornell, Michigan/Georgia Tech. I actually received a scholarship offer from GT if I applied to and was accepted into their Textile Engineering program. Needless to say, I filled out the application one afternoon lying in front of the TV and was accepted within weeks. Tuition paid for, but still on the hook for books, room and board. Not that tuition was particularly expensive for in-staters at GT back in the mid-90s (it was once voted the top bang for the buck school or something). So that was one in the bag. If nothing else, I knew I was going to college SOMEWHERE. My older sister ended up at Michigan in a journey not unlike mine, so that is where the motivation to apply there came from. She recommended that I send in my application as soon as rolling admissions opened, so I did. I believe I submitted the application in early September and found out I was accepted by mid-October. I know this because I scheduled a trip to visit my sister in AA after my acceptance, and it was the week of the 1993 Purdue game. Michigan was only 4-4 at that point, but pulled out the game in the 2nd half (first half was a bit of a snoozer, ending in a 10-10 tie, I believe). Anyway, I had a good time, but still didn't seriously consider it My top choice was MIT. I thought I wanted to be an engineer (I'm not now), because it was either that, or lawyer or doctor. What else was an Asian kid to do, right? Anyway, I applied early entry and heard back in December that my application had been deferred. It was a long wait until April to hear I had finally been rejected. Columbia was my clear #2, mainly because it was an Ivy and I really wanted to live in NY. I heard back in the spring that I had been accepted. However, my mom really put the kibosh on it. She was dead set against me moving to NYC, especially with all the outlandish horror stories she had heard about Harlem and crime and all that. No amount of arguing could change her mind, so that fell off my list and Michigan moved up another notch. Cornell was my clear #3, so I visited my friend's older brother there in the spring. Of course, he was studying for MCATs and pretty much ignored me the entire time I was there. Thanks. Anyway, I was waitlisted in March or so, and I had to wait until last April - literally days before the deadline to confirm my enrollment somewhere - to hear that I was finally accepted. Of course, by that time, I was a bit soured on the Cornell experience. The campus was fine and school obviously great, but I had a horrible time there. There was nothing to do or see. It was also a GIANT pain getting there, as my PHL-ITH flight was cancelled and I had to fly into Elmyra and then get bussed to Ithica. Based on those experiences, I dropped them from consideration. So now it was down to Michigan and GT. The complicating factor - my mother had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease the year before. When it came down to it, I was having a crisis about whether to leave home for myself, or stay home for my mom. I knew she'd be ok with me at Michigan b/c my sister was already there, but I also know she wanted me close by. She did try to bribe me with a NEW CAR! Ultimately, I felt I had to do what was best for me and selected Michigan. There was a lot of angst, prayer, and discussion over the decision to Go Blue, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. |
| 1 week 6 days ago | False advertising |
False advertising |
| 1 week 6 days ago | maybe a little facetious, but |
maybe a little facetious, but it's also naive to assume recruiters don't use them as tools and additional data points. This is also why I think you have some mismatches between the recruiting sites and offer sheets, where you'll see a middling 3 star with offers from all the heavy hitters, and a 4 star with fair-at-best offer sheets.
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| 1 week 6 days ago | So you can go driving around |
So you can go driving around without your seatbelt, get into a car accident, and be seriously injured or even die, and it won't affect anyone else, right? Like your parents, siblings, friends, significant other, children, colleagues, etc. Or if one of your loved ones were in the same situation, I'm sure you'd just say, "Hey, his decision, doesn't affect me." Right? The point is that there are many people affected when something like this happens. Of course some people are going to be resistant, not unlike trying to force NHL players to wear facemasks. Is it right to legislate? That's a separate question. I think it's worth a discussion, though. (Also, affect, not effect)
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| 1 week 6 days ago | It is of note that the |
It is of note that the Differential is based on Generated Revenue - Operating Expense. It does not consider the subsidy. Also note that this only includes public universities, as private universities (e.g., Northwestern, notre dame, Stanford, etc.) tend to not release this information. |
| 2 weeks 15 hours ago | oh |
but you replied, so he can NOT amend his comment, so his lack of reading comprehension skills will live on for all eternity. |
| 2 weeks 15 hours ago | Nah |
When my daughter was 3 yo, her shoulder was barely above my knee and I could take her out no problem. Jeremy Tacopants will be fine.... |
| 2 weeks 2 days ago | The word you want |
Is averse, not adverse, as any good Econ major should be able to tell you. /that guy |
| 2 weeks 5 days ago | If only EVERY game were an |
If only EVERY game were an opener or after a bye week! |
| 2 weeks 5 days ago | Dude, those were seagulls. |
Dude, those were seagulls. The pelican was the one who told Nemo's dad to get into his bill if he wanted to live. |
| 2 weeks 5 days ago | 2003 W vs. Indiana |
2003 W vs. Indiana State (FCS) 2004 L vs. BC 2005 L @ Iowa 2006 W vs. EMU 2007 L vs. Miami (OH) 2008 W vs. Northeastern (FCS) 2009 L @ UCLA 2010 W vs. Nicholls State (FCS) 2011 W vs. WMU 2012 L @ Alabama (Neutral) Just taking into account Division 1A / FBS teams, Hoke went 2-5 in his openers. Clearly, his teams were overmatched against power conference teams (BC, Iowa, UCLA) when he was at Ball State and SDSU. |
| 2 weeks 5 days ago | In the UK |
It's called a "hash" sign. |
| 2 weeks 6 days ago | define "field" |
Doesn't sound like anybody said anything about goalposts! |
| 2 weeks 6 days ago | with a name like that |
it seems pretty obvious that wvu would be his destination. |
| 2 weeks 6 days ago | That's what a sleeper is - |
That's what a sleeper is - someone who is not considered as good now, but could surprise (i.e., be better than we thought) down the road. |
