tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292365882024-03-08T12:18:52.917-08:00COMO BlogoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-10740278818051687562008-12-10T19:53:00.000-08:002008-12-10T19:54:04.299-08:00Redirect<a href="http://ptsrandomness.tumblr.com">Please redirect your browsers here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-17517822500287422572007-08-02T23:12:00.001-07:002007-08-02T23:38:41.862-07:00Why is the University of Missouri throwing money away?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/1/17/University_of_Missouri_seal_bw.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/1/17/University_of_Missouri_seal_bw.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />    What exactly is the University of Missouri paying Baker & Associates for? Baker & Associates apparently has a contract to search for a new UM System President, but they really haven't done much. <a href="http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2007/jun/20070606news014.asp">They picked a guy from the New England area who turned down the job for a private sector job in Florida. </a> You mean to tell me that no one got a feeling that the guy would do that? Baker and Associates should have been fired if they didn't smell that one coming. And if they did smell it coming, why did they pursue him?<br><br />    Now, they apparently approached Sara Martinez Tucker about being a candidate for the job. Ms. Tucker was just confirmed for the U.S. under secretary of education in Dec. 2006. It was a cold shot in the dark thinking she would want to jump ship already. And why would you want someone who would jump ship that soon after going through confirmation. <br> <br />    Plus, Sara Martinez Tucker already has made a questionable decision in her short term as under secretary of education. Nelnet, a student loan firm, was found to have overbilled the federal government by $278 million. <a href="http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070425/ZNYT02/704250783/-1/Help0530">Sara Martinez Tucker ruled that Nelnet wouldn't have to pay back the $278 million. Nelnet made a $50,000 contribution to the Hispanic Scholarship fund while Tucker was at the helm.</a> <br> <br />    This is another reason why Norm Stewart should be the next UM System President.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-9017526938247278322007-07-05T15:24:00.000-07:002007-07-05T15:29:29.141-07:00Demarre Carroll Shot on Cherry St.    I fell old. I remember back in the day when downtown Columbia was safe. All the shootings happened down on Business Loop.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/660115197CFE29ED8625730F0070A804?OpenDocument">Link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-4322286549259762072007-07-03T23:33:00.000-07:002007-07-03T23:35:36.498-07:00Rush Signs with Pacers    Kareem Rush has signed with the Indiana Pacers. He most recently played ball in Lithuania.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/D885F4A8E659268F8625730E001468A1?OpenDocument">link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-48198112170459179032007-06-03T14:59:00.000-07:002007-06-03T15:01:35.065-07:00Mizzou Sanity    Here is a link to a blog that is much better at covering Mizzou sports than I am.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://mizzousanity.blogspot.com/">Mizzou Sanity</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-5062027377725864342007-06-01T01:14:00.000-07:002007-06-01T01:24:34.784-07:00New GW '07 Video: Zeta, Lambda Chi, Delta Chi<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NUMORgp95v0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NUMORgp95v0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dTSe-Mo6wS8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dTSe-Mo6wS8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://columbiamissouri.blogspot.com/2007/04/greek-week-07-fling-videos.html">Complete List of GW '07 Videos</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-35214393442542088322007-05-29T14:19:00.000-07:002007-05-29T14:24:56.764-07:00This product is perfect for COMO    To be perfectly honest, I probably would have at least tried to use this in Columbia if I still lived there. It seems made for a college town.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/29/the-slurpr-wifi-aggregator-promises-free-broadband-and-jail/">link from Engadget</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-84014692347736052082007-05-23T14:35:00.000-07:002007-05-23T14:39:11.382-07:00Phi Kap/Beta Sig/Theta Greek Week '07 Video<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2wFDfHbank"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2wFDfHbank" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wBp2z5Hs1H8">Part 2</a> <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=u5V692-bYHY">Part 3</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://columbiamissouri.blogspot.com/2007/04/greek-week-07-fling-videos.html">Mizzou Greek Week '07 Videos</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-56995776239920331652007-05-23T14:31:00.001-07:002007-05-23T14:33:37.728-07:00AEPi IBA from GW '07<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KUuxQF81RQ4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KUuxQF81RQ4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://columbiamissouri.blogspot.com/2007/04/greek-week-07-fling-videos.html">link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-89082033215055008022007-05-22T19:36:00.000-07:002007-05-22T19:37:01.828-07:00Mizzou Rap Video<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zmSNBCU5f4Y"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zmSNBCU5f4Y" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-63656304539407714772007-05-12T17:43:00.000-07:002007-05-12T17:47:42.799-07:00Mizzou Depriving Students of Loan Opportunities  &nsbp Here is an article from the Post-Dispatch about how Mizzou is depriving students of load opportunities available to them through MOHELA and other private programs. I don't pretend to understand the whole college loan situation, but a State University keeping its students from using the lower-cost state-sponsored loan option doesn't seem right to me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/columnists.nsf/davidnicklaus/story/5B17C3063E01F072862572D900554134?OpenDocument">link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-10871483893608997942007-05-09T00:57:00.000-07:002007-05-09T01:06:15.132-07:00House Hearings on MSHSAA<img src="http://www.answers.com/topic/mshsaa-gif"><br /><br />    There is a bill in the Missouri House sponsored by the Rep. from Chesterfield, Jane Cunningham, that would put the Missouri State High School Activities Association under the control of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The bill is not likely to get a hearing during this legislative session, but it is good that someone is finally noticing how bad MSHSAA is at what they do. Several people testified in favor of the bill including a coach not named Floyd Irons who was suspended for supposed recruiting and an athlete forced to sit out a year because of a transfer for athletic reasons. MSHSAA looked for people to testify on its behalf, but the Vashon athletes conveniently weren't home at their listed residence in the Vashon district.<br /><br /><a href="http://prepsports.stltoday.com/ssi/prep/stories2007.nsf/general/story/9C0156BE6B9C15EE862572D600160FB2?OpenDocument"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-56235769593230492672007-05-04T01:28:00.000-07:002007-05-04T01:31:02.376-07:00Greek Week Production Dance Added<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZiaYcHUOoEk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZiaYcHUOoEk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaYcHUOoEk">Link</a><br /><br />Or view it below with the other Greek Week videos I have compiled.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-86025690571807831802007-04-26T17:16:00.000-07:002007-04-26T17:23:33.380-07:00New Big 12 Media Deal    The Big 12 Athletic Conference has signed a 8 year deal with ESPN worth a rumored $480 million. ESPN plans to also develop a weekly Big 12 radio show. Maybe we can get Quin and Soderberg to co-anchor.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2007/04/23/daily56.html?from_rss=1">Link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-18710398614151879482007-04-23T00:54:00.000-07:002007-06-01T01:21:48.903-07:00Greek Week '07 Fling Videos<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=NUMORgp95v0" target="_blank">Zeta, Lambda Chi, Delta Chi: Part 1</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dTSe-Mo6wS8">Part 2</a><br /><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=x2wFDfHbank" target="_blank">Phi Kap, Beta Sig, Theta: Part 1</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wBp2z5Hs1H8" target="_blank">Part 2,</a> <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=u5V692-bYHY">Part 3</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUuxQF81RQ4" target="_blank">AEPi IBA</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rUJAVfR-A18"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rUJAVfR-A18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaYcHUOoEk" target="_blank">GW'07 Production Dance</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUJAVfR-A18" target="_blank">KA, KD, Delta Sig: Part 1(above)</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnZbsAbWW_o" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhn3cuCRwM" target="_blank">APhi,AKL, AEPi: Part 1</a> ,<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP6Bv4syQoM" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRg0vI2BSVw" target="_blank">AKL IBA- "Pretty Woman"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtM9OBgo4pI" target="_blank">ADPi and Beta IBA</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-50844653206910220312007-04-20T01:26:00.000-07:002007-04-20T01:32:02.508-07:00Arrested 60 Times?    The 20 year old that was driving the car in which a 17 year old was killed had been arrested 60 times previously by the Columbia Police. How are you on the streets and driving after being arrested 60 times? I hope this man was driving without a license. When exactly is enough, enough and we throw away the key? Can we at least ship him to a deserted island? He obviously isn't an asset to society.<br /><br /><a href="http://showmenews.com/2007/Apr/20070419News001.asp">Tribune story</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-77614754076556145062007-04-18T17:18:00.000-07:002007-04-18T17:27:36.370-07:00Man dies in Columbia Shooting<a href="http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/dd7b5a56-c0a8-2f11-0160-892d5f947562/065280d7-c0a8-2f11-007c-fbab2a2feed5">New KOMU story</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=117275">KSDK story</a><br /><br /><a href="http://showmenews.com/2007/Apr/20070418News050.asp">Another Tribune article</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-61089825728291180282007-04-18T14:02:00.000-07:002007-04-18T14:07:57.688-07:00Shooting in ColumbiaLooks like shots were exchanged between two vehicles about 2:50 pm on Wednesday at Grindstone and Bearfield. A police officer stopped a vehicle going North on Providence shortly afterwards and discovered a man in the back had been shot. A vehicle was stopped on Bearfield carrying four people.<br /><br /><a href="http://showmenews.com/2007/Apr/20070418News050.asp">Tribune article</a><br /><a href="http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/dd7b5a56-c0a8-2f11-0160-892d5f947562/065280d7-c0a8-2f11-007c-fbab2a2feed5">KOMU story</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-22076949837086567222007-04-05T00:11:00.000-07:002007-04-05T00:21:38.020-07:00Friesen: Callin' out fools who need to be called out    Dan Friesen says what the <a href=""http://themaneater.com/article.php?id=26566>Maneater editorial</a> was going to say but didn't have the balls to. <a href="http://themaneater.com/article.php?id=26570">Here's his column</a>. The reality is that most of MSA is screwing over the Mizzou community. Why is it that the University Staff, which is paid quite well, can't or won't reign in these kids playing government?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-9787686830740199172007-03-16T18:33:00.000-07:002007-03-16T19:00:11.742-07:00MU Diversity Fee Is Such Crap    I am incredibly saddened to see that students at the University of Missouri-Columbia will soon have $3.19 each of their student activity fees going into a fund solely for minority groups. <br /><br />(Yes, I know MSA changed the wording so that all groups are technically eligible for the funds as long as it is used for "diversity" programs. That is just a formality) <br /><br />Students already pay about $10 a semester to fund student organizations on campus. That fee goes to the the Organization Resource Group, which distributed over $320,000 last year to student organizations. The organizations apply for funding and their applications are evaluated by a 12-member committee of students. Apparently that isn't fair enough. Guess how much money IFC and PHA greek organizations are eligible for of that? NONE. NPHC organizations can get funding to send their members to National Conventions, whereas IFC and PHA members have to foot the bill themselves.<br /><br /><a href="http://themaneater.com/article.php?id=26451">Maneater Article</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-26210884286500875192007-03-16T18:12:00.000-07:002007-03-16T18:17:20.880-07:00Enough is Enough for Elson Floyd    What is with everyone and their brother honoring Elson Floyd? Apparently they issued a <a href="http://themaneater.com/article.php?id=26448">proclamation in his honor in Jeff City</a>. It's not like the guy is retiring after years and years of exceptional service. He did his job and jumped at the chance to ditch the UM system as soon as a better job came along.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-83158434175196625892007-03-15T01:36:00.000-07:002007-03-15T01:38:36.296-07:00Read the Real Dan Friesen Column    Read the column that should have been in the <span style="font-style:italic;">Maneater</span> this week under Dan Friesen's byline. Also, read some of my wonderful commentary <a href="http://ptdsp02.blogspot.com">here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-27255337648135524702007-03-07T23:26:00.000-08:002007-03-07T23:33:34.688-08:00Coffey Blames Mizzou 'Cause He Can't Hack It    Apparently I am slow. I just read the Sports Illustrated article about Sean Coffey and how he blames Mizzou for <a href="http://blogs.columbiatribune.com/football/2007/02/extiger_featured_in_si.html">him not getting a quality education</a>. Would someone explain to me how Coffey can blame Mizzou for his lack of a degree? He got a handout and he chose to not take advantage of it. I don't believe the football program forced him into anything. He chose his own path. It is not anyone's fault but his own that he is without a contract and without a degree.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-76061515584748968442007-03-04T19:39:00.000-08:002007-03-04T19:50:01.589-08:00RAMS VideosHere are some links to the Youtube videos I could find from RAMS this year<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDI6866jh8">ADPi: Spice Girls</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5pzZf_LRt8">Gamma Phi: Latin Love</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHeytabxXSw">Farmhouse: Jungle Fever</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xK5gjk1-3s">Pike: Disney Remix</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHUb9PVjGz0">Theta: You Can't Stop The Beat</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDeC427-eM4">Zeta: I Wanna Be a Rockette (1)</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTwPV1QGApE">(2)</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwEs3x96n4I">Phi Mu: The Greatest Medley Ever Told</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1KXmaAlW50">Announcements</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29236588.post-19940784758475228982007-02-25T18:44:00.000-08:002007-02-25T19:13:21.302-08:00Do UM Curators Care?    Here's <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/bryanburwell/story/E7B12F4C70D0858B8625728D0014C4A3?OpenDocument">an article from Bryan Burwell</a> in today's <span style="font-style:italic;">Post-Dispatch</span> about how much the Jim Brady case is still costing the University of Missouri system.<br />    Jim Brady, the UMSL basball coach, won a $1.275 million judgement against the University three months ago for age discrimination. The UM system probably could have settled out of court for a whole lot less money, but that would have been too wise. Now, the Curators are fighting the judgement and spending that much more money.<br /><br />Be sure to read the <span style="font-style:italic;">RFT</span> article. I doubt UM has much of a chance on this one.<br /><br /><br /><a href="">Article from <span style="font-style:italic;">The Current, UMSL's student paper</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://search.riverfronttimes.com/2003-05-14/news/foul-ball/">great May 2003 article from <span style="font-style:italic;">Riverfront Times</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0