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UWEB Lightning Talk Notes 09-04-2009

By Chris | Published: September 4, 2009
What little I wrote down is here. There is a couple good links. Robert: who makes user experience design Stephanie: WordPress content import plugin. Also see: wordoff.org Rob:  SVG Plain text (XML). It can be manipulated by JavaScript (DOM). Monty:  Standard module format Also see: Yahoo Theather At the end we had an open discussion [...]
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Get While the Getting Is Good

By Chris | Published: June 16, 2009
Even if you quit a university president’s position, it’s all good because there’s always the golden parachute. From theeagle.com: Severance details released Murano’s severance package included being paid her salary of $425,000 while she is on leave through June 2010. She’ll also be paid $295,000 by the end of the week in exchange for agreeing [...]
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Galveston’s Loftin named interim A&M president

By Chris | Published: June 15, 2009
From The Eagle: Galveston’s Loftin named interim A&M president The scary part: “Before going into closed session, Frank Ashley, vice chancellor for academic affairs for the system, discussed what’s been a mystery since the agenda was posted Friday – “shared services opportunities.” System officials declined at the time to explain what that meant, saying Ashley [...]
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Crisis in College Station

By Chris | Published: June 14, 2009
And now for the rest of the story…. Burkablog published an op-ed piece on texasmonthly.com about President Murano’s resignation. It’s a “I heard it from a friend who heard it from someone else” type of story, but it has some truth to it. The original content was from Jon Hagler, class of 1958, Distinguished Alumnus [...]
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Fwd: Helicopter Crash

By Chris | Published: January 12, 2009
The original email notification from CodeMaroon: ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Helicopter Crash Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:15:38 -0500 From: CodeMaroon@TAMU <e2campus@omnilert.net> Helicopter crash on Duncan Field. No students injured. No current danger. Please stay area from the area. The Eagle newspaper was on the scene: Eagle photo from Dave McDermand An army UH-60 Blackhawk [...]
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Day of the weird

By Chris | Published: October 23, 2008
Colbert Disses Texas A&M: …I sit down with Michael Farris, Chancellor of a christian college know as “God’s Harvard,” which makes Harvard God’s Texas A&M…. WFT?! Of all the schools out there he disses A&M? So, what, A&M is easy and cheap? More Bizarre Stuff: Sticking with weird stuff. I saw this and thought it [...]
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FBI charges student with NetID hacking

By Chris | Published: September 6, 2007
Source: The Battalion, College Station, Texas Steven Romo 9/6/07 The FBI has charged Luis Castillo, a former Texas A&M student with allegedly hacking the university’s NetID system in February.
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1984 In 2007?

By Chris | Published: February 27, 2007
Are they showing support or following a leader?
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Meet Robert M. Gates, Iran-Contra Crook and Bush 41 CIA Chief

By Chris | Published: November 8, 2006
Meet Robert M. Gates, Iran-Contra Crook and Bush 41 CIA Chief – Wonkette Then there’s this from the man himself. From: “Dr. Robert M. Gates” To: undisclosed-recipients Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:24:25 -0600 Subject: To the Aggie Family By the time you read this, the President of the United States will have announced that [...]
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