Blackout

Should You Drink With Your Parents?

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

Latest comment by Anonymous: I'd have to agree.. since I've started drinking wine with my parents, I'm def much less of a beligerant drunk.

whos the stud in the pic.. mmm
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Outages of Past
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 »
Latest comment by Anonymous: Disasters, Hurricanes, Ice Storms, Wind Storms. We’ve all seen the after-effects, entire communities without power. It’s reported that on average 3.5 million people lose their power in the US each week! We bought a generator from... 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.
Somerville Goes Dark
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.

This news is depres... MORE »
Latest comment by The Agent: ...and I have to be out of town on the night this happens and miss out on the chance to get more dirt?!
Pre-Game Blackout Just Not the Same Anymore
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 ... MORE »
Link: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20...
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