For those of you who have been living in the dark for the past few days (I madez a funneh!), here's a recap of what went down on campus this weekend.

 

*Power went out around 2pm, emergency power begins in all buildings.

*Doors are propped since JumboFOB system doesn't work.

*Mayer Campus Center clo

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...to class?

 

In the sixties, Americans had some good reasons to protest the establishment. Our nation was involved in a war that many felt was neither our business or possible to win.  The military engaged in a questionable drafting system, Richard Nixon had Watergate, JFK was shot and LBJ was loathed by man

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According to Time Magazine, drinking with your parents as a youth can train you to become a responsible drinker in college. Wait -- is Time actually encouraging parents to give alcohol to kids? Sounds like it.

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Outage just ended. It's still unknown what its real cause was but I'm guessing it was the strong winds.

Looking back on power outages of past, I stumbled across this amusing blackout that happened two years ago.

A squirrel had caused a power outage on the north side of campus affecting the McLaughlin Cluster, frat row, ... MORE »

Turkey wasn't the only thing being served this Thanksgiving. BlackOut member Keith Frankel (A '10) served his father, the grand state of Alabama, and the Internets with his "balls-to-the-wall" step moves. Pop-culture dance-movie references aside, the kid's got some moves and sense of humor about it too. The best part occurs at 1:02. Seriously, the choreography there is just...inspired.

Driving around, it seems that half of Somerville from the Davis side of Broadway all the way down to Store24 in Davis is sans power.  Kinda weird, considering 99.99 percent of Somerville's revenue comes from a) commerce in Davis and b) collecting fines from noise violations at Somerville parties.

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As you all know the Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan game will be taking place this Saturday. What you may not know, although probably aren’t surprised, is that the game will once again be whored out by the Big Ten Network. This is a home game, so it doesn’t pose the same problem it did last w... MORE »