My Spanish teacher sent this to me at 11pm:

"Hey guys,
sorry, it is kind of late but, this is the format for the quiz tomorrow.
1. you'll have to write down the word that goes with my definition.
2.Study the meaning of the words in SIN DUDA 3.Study the page that follows SIN DUDA and the vocab. chapter 11.

Ms.Lundy :)
PS: Don't forget our party. You know what I mean. ;)"

College rules. my 45 year old spanish teacher from peru is using emoticons in her mass emails to her students. I mean, could life get better than that? She's even referencing her secret Spanish party we're having tomorrow. What a good girl.

So, just a week away, I still haven't gotten my ticket(s) to Bonnaroo yet, which means the hunt is intensifying for a cheap way to see one of the best fests of the summer. Not only do I still need a ticket, but I was able to convince my brother Clint and my two friends Joel and Brian to come this year so I really need four or so.

Why do I need a ticket? Glad you asked.

I had initially planned on working for the Manchester staffing company Hamilton-Ryker processing entrants to the fest, just like last year, but they had far more applicants this year and I got the big shove. (read more)

(subject to change due to chemical make-up at showtime)

Thursday

• 10:00 Mute Math
• 10:30 The National

Friday

• 2:15 Tortoise
• 3:45 Gillian Welch
• 6:00 Lily Allen / The Roots
• 9:00 Tool
• midn STS9 / Aesop Rock
• 2:00 *** DJ Shadow ***

Saturday

• 2:15 Regina Spektor
• 4:00 Xavier Rudd
• 6:00 Spoon
• 6:30 Franz Ferdinand
• 9:00 The Police
• midn The Flaming Lips / Girl Talk / Glactic
• 1:30 *** Sasha & John Digweed ***

Sunday

• 1:00 Pete Yorn
• 2:30 Wolfmother
• 4:30 The Decemberists
• 5:30 Wilco
• 6:00 *** Feist ***
• 7:15 The White Stripes

What's yours?

Haha -- to the excitement and clamor of hundreds of sleep-deprived students reluctantly studying in the library, exam week was interrupted by the gallant jaunt of a (naked) bro Tuesday evening. I arrived at Hodges shortly after this incident, which was undoubtedly edited and posted to YouTube moments later in the very same library. I think bro is a freshman so he obviously deserves mad props for his devious act.

Enjoy!

This week, OIT received another fifty of those nasty pre-settlement notices from the RIAA demanding students pay thousands of dollars or be taken to court. Here is an excerpt of a letter from the Dean's office sent to all UT students today:

"As you may have heard, the University of Tennessee yesterday received 50 letters from the Recording Industry Association of America. Each of these letters asked the university to forward an attached letter to an unnamed student. The RIAA is offering a pre-trial settlement to these students before filing suit for potential copyright infringement. The information provided by the RIAA listed only the student's IP address, the time at which the student was allegedly sharing copyrighted files, and a listing of those files.

UT is now in the process of forwarding the RIAA letters to the students involved. It is critical to note that we have not released the students' names or any information about them to RIAA and are serving only as a conduit for the information. UT feels that it is important for these students to receive this information as quickly as possible so that they can make an informed decision, though UT has not made a recommendation to them about how to proceed."

i work for the University. My job is to correct the technological wrongs of some 60,000 users state-wide. Basically, when people are stupid, which i've found to be a little more than always, they ask questions such as "What is emales?" and "Whare is internets?" But as a compassionate human being I understand and empathize with the throngs of plebes around me. After all, if you spend thousands of dollars on a new computer and take the time to hook it up to the largest communications network in the galaxy, why bother learning how to use it?