| Quidnunc
\Quid”nunc\,
n. [L., what now?] One who is curious to know everything that passes;
one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on.
by Jenna Gerds
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Dial-up
is for dorks
A new study put out by the University of Michigan suggests that
people who have high-speed Internet connections tend to be more
social than those who use good old fashioned dial-up methods. The
findings, which will be published in the Journal of Broadcasting
and Electronic Media, suggest that those with high-speed have an
easier time communicating over the web due to their faster connection
(i.e., they don’t have to wait ten minutes to see the top
half of their online girlfriend’s head.) The researchers also
found that the type of connection you have has no affect on political
involvement. However, broadband users are more likely to know about
entertainment or politically non-substantive areas, such as the
personal lives of celebrities and personal scandals of politicians.
Perhaps this study is just differentiating between different types
of dorks?
Caring
and Sharing
On September 14, volunteers from Eastern Michigan University donned
yellow and red T-shirts to signify that they were part of the Tenth
Annual Washtenaw United Way Day of Caring. About 200 members of
EMU’s faculty, student body and staff helped local agencies
with painting, cleaning, sorting, packaging, landscaping, building
fences and delivering furniture. Students reported feeling much
more warm and fuzzy than on the other 364 days of the year.
Go
shorty, it’s your birthday, tip a Porta-Potty like it’s
your birthday
Sometime between 3 and 4 a.m. on September 10, following a night
of celebration, a young man was spotted wreaking havoc on a few
blocks of downtown Ann Arbor. Citing his 24th birthday, man, as
the reason for his chaos, he was spotted heaving traffic cones into
Huron Street and knocking down tables and chairs that were set up
on Liberty for that week’s celebration of Oktoberfest. The
spree climaxed with a tipped over Porta-Potty that created a deluge
of human feces on Main Street. Happy 24th, chief.
Second
chance for A2P party
Are you really bummed out that you missed the Ann Arbor Paper one-year
anniversary party at the Necto on September 22? Well, don’t
worry your poor little head about it because we didn’t have
it. So now you get to go to the rescheduled party and have more
fun than you ever would have had in September. Keep an eye on www.annarborpaper.com
for details.
Email news, rumors and idle gossip to
quidnunc@annarborpaper.com
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