Spring Break
In 1991, when Linus Torvalds posted on a USENET newsgroup about his new creation, a functional desktop operating system that came to be known as Linux, he had no idea that a revolutionary war would ensue because of his operating system. Many argue that Linux, for a variety of reasons, is a better operating system than any product from Microsoft's Windows line.
May 8 marked the third collaborative effort between University's College of Medicine and School of Public Health at the 15th Annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's Race for the Cure. The University's team was put together by Melissa Whipple, a masters student at the SPH, and Ari Brooks, a breast cancer physician at CoM.
If a number is needed to start the universe, what is your choice? Historians say 5,000 (5,000 years of human culture); anthropologists insist it to be 100,000 (about 100,000 years ago, anthropoids stood up to liberate their two "arms"). Artists regard their god-figure to be 0.
One of the biggest gripes you hear about digital audio players like the Apple iPod, the Dell DJ, the Creative Nomad Zen and others is their lackluster support of FM radio. Some of the most popular models like the iPod don't even include an FM tuner in the exorbitant unit cost.
One of the things that has always bugged me as I write these articles is how to explain the similarities. How could a rural farmer know that aliens are supposed to look like little gray men with light bulb shaped heads and enormous eyes? How could someone in some far removed country know what they're supposed to look like when the X-Files hasn't even aired yet over there? My friends, take comfort, for this question has been answered.
