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Monday, September 19, 2011
Day: What is your favorite drink at starbucks?
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“Peppermint mocha.”
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The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Biocomplexity will host the seminar “High Throughput and Multiscale Patient-Specific Systems Biology” in Room 127 of the Hayes-Healy center from 4 to 5 p.m. tonight. The seminar will be presented by Scott Diamond, director of the Penn Center for Molecular Discovery at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Graduate student and women’s basketball guard Brittany Mallory watches the flyover before kickoff of the Michigan State game Saturday. The Irish defeated Michigan State 31-13 for their first win of the season.
Offbeat Trinity college removes fake professor biography
DUBLIN — Talk about a tough professor. Trinity College in Dublin was spoofed Thursday when an unknown prankster posted an academic profile of its newest English lecturer: a certain Conan T. Barbarian, complete with Hollywood mug shot of a shirtless, sword-clad Arnold Schwarzenegger in his maiden film role. Trinity removed the parody site - but not before dozens of fans had archived the Web page of the mock biography and turned it into an Irish viral sensation. Trinity spokeswoman Caoimhe Ni Lochlainn said the
university had never had its Web site disrupted like this before. She confirmed that Trinity was certain it was an inside job, not the work of a hacker. Dr. Barbarian’s Trinity profile contains a warrior’s feast of references to the arcane plot of the 1982 film, which was critically panned but a box-office hit that launched Schwarzenegger’s movie career. Conan’s stated classroom policy is to crucify students who cheat or show weakness.
Trinity college removes fake professor biography
GREENFIELD, Iowa — An Iowa couple have discovered
an eerie presence in their pear tree, just in time for the Halloween season. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that Phil and JaNelle Lovely recently discovered a pumpkin that appears to be growing in the tree at their Greenfield home, 50 miles southwest of Des Moines. They say they have no idea how the pumpkin ended up in their tree, but it appears to be the work of Mother Nature. A nearby garden vine climbed the tree, giving the now-green pumpkin the appearance of having sprouted from one the tree’s branches. Information compiled from the Associated Press.
An information session for the inside-out program, hosted by the Center for Social Concerns, will take place in Geddes Hall beginning at 6 p.m. tonight. This spring semester course provides an opportunity for inside students (those currently incarcerated) and outside students (those from Notre Dame) to look together at issues related to criminal justice in America. In Room C103 of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, the lecture “After Violence: Participation over Violence in Beslan” will take place from 12:30 to 2 p.m. tomorrow. Debra Javeline, associate professor of political science, will give the lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public. William Saunders of Americans United for Life will address the Law School community, discussing the impending ‘San Jose Articles.’ The lecture will be held in Room 1140 of the Eck Hall of Law from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. To submit information to be included in this section of The Observer, e-mail detailed information about an event to obsnews.nd@gmail.com
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