Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 31 January 2010- The African Union today unveiled its new flag at its 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government taking place in Addis Ababa. To tunes of the AU anthem, the new flag was hoisted by the outgoing Chairperson of the African Union, Broth[...]
Archive for October, 2011
October 24th, 2011 - 5:14 pm § in UW
The AVE Challenge: What does this story have to do with the UW?
October 24th, 2011 - 12:50 pm § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: Who is this young man?
a. Leading college basketball recruit for 2012 b. College dropout c. Kenyan nephew of President Obama entering Ohio State d. First African American student to rank #1 at West Point e. Promising basketball player from Seattle’s Garfield High[...]
October 24th, 2011 - 8:21 am § in Schools & Colleges
Yale Gets Award for Punishing Repugnant Frat Boys
MUZZIE AWARD TO YALE (Boston Phoenix) Wesleyan was not alone in clamping down on fraternities. In a widely reported controversy, Yale effectively disbanded Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) for parodic sexist chants made by pledges during an initiation ritual. Last October, pledges were marched up to the Y[...]
Origins of The 99% Movement.
The first steps in the OWS movement.[...]
October 23rd, 2011 - 10:33 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Man Claims Credit for Gaddafi’s Death
The rebel, who identified himself as Senad el Sadık el Ureybi, said: “We grabbed him, I hit him in the face. Some fighters wanted to take him away and that’s when I shot him twice, in the head and in the chest.” Why does anyone care? Would it have been better for all if he [&helli[...]
October 23rd, 2011 - 11:59 am § in Saudi Arabia
BREAKING NEWS:Tunisia votes in historic free election
Election in Tunisia (click here for Video) [...]
October 23rd, 2011 - 11:46 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Steve Jobs’ atheism
Walter Isaacson’s new biography portrays Steve Jobs at age 13 as giving up Christianity after seeing starving children on the cover of Life. Jobs asked his Sunday school pastor whether God knew what would happen to them. Jobs was skeptical of science as well. After learning he has pancreatic c[...]
October 23rd, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Politics
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Anniversary of Libyan Independence
Libya’s new leaders declared liberation on Sunday Oct. 23, 2011[...]
October 23rd, 2011 - 6:10 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: A good deed for today!
UPDATE: Repost of a post on the UW AAUP listserv by Ed Clark, Prof. of Immunology Although the AAUP has expressed support for the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, unfortunately only a few of us have been able to show up at rallies behind the AAUP banner has been. Most of us are very busy, yet[...]
Why is John McCain so upset?
So, John McCain has been complaining about the end of DADT. So, I was in the USN same time as John McCain. I never did understand either DADT or the fuss about it. My CO was openly and, actually flagrantly, obnoxiously, stick it in your eye .. gay.Funny thing, no one respected him … not [&[...]