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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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education is expensive
I went down today to Rother’s Bookstore today to purchase my books for the Summer II term at MSU. The books- all used- cost me $229.33! That’s more than the entire long semester (fall and spring) at UT!! It included a dissection kit. I never realized the university wouldn’t provide lab tools. That just bothers…
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talk about a grand opening
Mishap Mars Opening of Constitution Museum (registration required) This tripped me out. There was a new constitutional museum being dedicated and opening yesterday up in Philadelpha. From the story: The opening of the National Constitution Center, a museum devoted to the United States Constitution, was marred today when a huge wood and steel frame collapsed,…
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Financial Aid Reform
Well, ladies and gentlemen, Midwestern State’s Summer I term has now ended. It’s about time. One thing that bothers me about attending school here this summer is the financial impact it has. I just cut the check for the $825 Summer II tuition payment. Financial aid programs need to do a better job of working…
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crickets and japan ‘education’
A Carpet of Crickets in the West (registration required) Victums Say Japan Ignores Sex Crimes Committed by Teachers (registration required) ::crickets:: The LA Times is reporting about a massive plague of crickets that are swarming the western states. It is getting so bad that transportation agency have to post advisory signs warning motorists to slow…
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search engine
Okay- the search engine is acting funny. Last time it did this, I just reparied the database and it worked fine except I lost some data (just comments but still). I would like to check out my coding to see if there is anything else I can do to fix that before repairing it again.
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blogs: politics
WatchBlog: 2004 Election News, Opinion and Commentary Whoa- this is cool. It is three weblogs side-by-side with Demo, Third Party and Repub views. I don’t know where to even begin on this. Sensory overload seriously. What is cool though, the backend for the site is the same webapp I installed on my server… see what…