Sunday, April 27th, 2003
Log of things that kept us awake for our 36 hour stint covering the
Sebi and Grace stayed up 36+ hours to hear President Bush fluff up the war like a Hallmark card. To stay awake we had to provide our own entertainment. Here is a log of the events as they unfolded. Surreal, surreal…
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Friday, April 25th, 2003
Public Service Anouncement
Just thought I’d share the news: I am going to be Opinion Editor of The Oracle for the summer and the coming fall.
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Column: Genshaft’s vow of silence continues
USF’s president Judy Genshaft still is not doing a good job, so I am still writing about her. I am told one of us is getting better though.
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Rabbit Proof Fence DVD review
A beautiful movie with a message.
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New dining initiative needed
Food on the USF campus is sold by one company only: Aramark. This of course creates a monopoly that puts students at a disadvantage.
This is the edit I wrote for my application as Opinion Editor at The Oracle. It got me the job.
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2003
New York Times: Apple Said to Be Entering E-Music Fray With Pay Service
No kidding? The press conference is tomorrow at 10 pacific, 1 pm eastern time. Can hardly wait to get my legal, Apple endorsed music fix. And new iPods…
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Monday, April 21st, 2003
Lack of summer classes, budget cuts inexcusable
There are no classes worth taking in the summer. Shouldn’t there be money for classes at a university?
Opinion Column, April 21st, 2003.
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2003
Reuters: Apple to release online music distribution service
This article by Reuters sums up all the rumors that have been floating around for some time now. Frankly, I can’t wait! I am already addicted to Audible.com and can’t wait to have an easy, fast, cheap and also legal way to get music onto my iPod. Oh yeah… and there might be new iPods too. eBay here I come!
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Monday, April 14th, 2003
LA Times: Apple to buy Universal’s music division?
This has the potential to be huge! If there is one man that can re-invent the music industry it is Steve Jobs. He might be an egocentric maniac at times but he has proven over and over that he has the vision it takes to improve an already great product. Quite ironic though that he chose to show off the stock tracking features of Sherlock 3 at Expo Paris by showing how badly the Vivendi stocks where doing. Was he in talks already back then? Of course they do not exactly need to buy Universal’s music division for this. They could also just go into the business of selling music for a fee. Only time (April 28th is what I hear) will tell.
Update: This has of course been debunked by now.
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Democracy seems to have trouble in Florida, again
USF’s election for Student Body President ended with neither ticket winning but both of them getting disqualified. Here I am pointing out how ridiculous this is.
Opinion Column for April the 14th, 2003.
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Friday, April 11th, 2003
Apple Universal Music buy-out officially denied
According to this press release, the deal was never even proposed. Or was it? Steve doesn’t say he is not talking to them, just that Apple has not made an offer.
Press Release
Source: Apple Computer, Inc.
Press Statement from Apple
Wednesday April 16, 2:20 pm ET
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — “Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL -News ) has never made any offer to invest in or acquire a major music company. The press statements this morning attributed to Vivendi board member Claude Bebear are untrue, as Mr. Bebear has confirmed in a later report,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Beyond these comments, we will abide by Apple’s policy of not commenting on rumors.”
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Marketing does not pause even for war
Not the best as it was written in a car after spending an entire weekend in Atlanta. Take 3 days in Atlanta, two nights with only 3-4 hours of sleep, add 2 car trips of 7 hours each and voila: mediocre column. But at least I did not chicken out. Yay, me!
Opinion Column, April 7th, 2003.
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2003
The Crossing
A solid episode that is overshadowed by worries about possible future developments.
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003
SETI@Home
I don’t know why I forgot to put this up, but this is a pretty interesting Tech Column I wrote for The Oracle on April 2nd, 2003.
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