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I decided to share some of Virginia Tech's most notable sights around campus. If youv'e ever seen anything about my school, it'll probably be one of these buildings. This post is about the War Memorial Pylons. The building began in 1951 and was finished by 1961 when they were officially dedicat...
02/16/2009
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Can you guess which organization this is? I found the answer quite interesting.... 36 have been accused of spousal abuse7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses 3 have done time for assault 71 ...
02/16/2009
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Friday night I had a dream that I was captured by the government for speaking out against them. It wasn't a pleasant dream needless to say. And no, I haven't read 1984 anytime recently. So today I'm looking through one of my favorite websites, Fark.com. If you've never visited, it's a reader subm...
02/15/2009
Apparently, somewhere in this stimulus bill is a nice little section saying the government wants to create an electronic copy of my health records. "What could be so bad about that?" you might ask. Aside from the fact that it has NOTHING TO DO WITH AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS.... Sure it's good when y...
02/15/2009
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Here's a bit of humor to brighten up your day! Without a doubt, this is one of the best examples of poor customer service and it is hilarious. A friend of mine showed it to the company he interned for this summer and they added it as part of their customer service training. After you watch this...
02/15/2009
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Your kid is a junior in high school. This summer you'll be college shopping if you haven't already started. You know nothing about Virginia Tech but it should be on your list. Why? We've got history. We were founded in Blacksburg, VA as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, a land-gr...
02/12/2009
We had our weekly College Republicans meeting last night. Amid debate about the disaster called the bailout, that sneaky bit about a health records database and an all CR range day (which I can't wait for), we brought up going to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). They mention...
02/12/2009
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My senior seminar class is starting on our Certified Apartment Manager designation project. We're divided up into 8 groups. Before we were divided though, we were required to take the True Colors Personality Test. They explained this test would help us to interact with our group members. I thou...
02/11/2009