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It's thrilling to participate in the explosion of online social media. Now protesters in Iran can tweet their way past government censors, politicians can connect their supporters, and everyone...

January 7, 2010 · 6:57 PM

UMBC and the Kiplinger "Best Value" List

There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about college rankings of any kind (except when they put UMBC at the top of the list, of course). Rankings are only as good as the factors that...

January 5, 2010 · 2:21 PM

Welcome to My Online World (Useful Links)

I admit it: I was the last person I know to get a cell phone (with the possible exception of my parents), and I've sent and received a total of maybe 30 text messages ever. But my habits as a...

January 4, 2010 · 3:40 PM

10 Years Ago and 10 Years Hence

If you had asked me ten years ago tonight where I would be living and what I would be doing at the dawn of 2010, my guesses would not have been close to the mark.There has been some continuity...

December 31, 2009 · 9:42 PM

December 31, 1999

Ten years ago, on December 31, 1999, I was spending a quiet evening with my future wife at her apartment.At one point, stretching out on the carpeted floor, I started writing on the lined pages of...

December 27, 2009 · 10:00 PM

I Love You Snow Much

When I was growing up, snow was a destination, not a weather event. Once or twice each winter my family would drive an hour or two into the mountains around Los Angeles. We called it "going to...

December 18, 2009 · 12:36 PM

ROCK FOR PUSH Featuring Count Your Blessings, Man & Dog,...

ROCK FOR PUSH featuring Count Your Blessings, Man & Dog, Loose Change, and the Town Criers, 12/11, Flat Tuesdays

December 7, 2009 · 7:05 PM

This Monday! SEB Cinema Series: OUTRAGE

I'm hoping that everyone has purchased their Raekwon tickets for tonight's event. If not, we'll be selling them at the door so bring your friends! The show is going to be great - I doubt you want...

November 12, 2009 · 2:34 AM

RAEKWON (of the Wu-Tang Clan) at UMBC THIS THURSDAY!

Hey UMBC - you have until Thursday to get your tickets for the Raekwon show! The show is Thursday night, November 12 in the UC Ballroom. Doors open at 8:30pm and the show will be starting at 9pm....

November 8, 2009 · 10:20 PM

DEMETRI MARTIN IN 16 DAYS + a short recap of the year so far

Yes, that's right, comedian Demetri Martin will at UMBC October 17th to help with our Homecoming celebrations. Tickets have been selling fast and with the date just around the corner, supply is...

October 2, 2009 · 9:13 AM

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