Remember that giant reply all email that wouldn’t go away? Well we had almost forgotten about the whole fiasco. But now it’s back, and after two days of straight-up inbox flooding, we just can’t take it anymore.
The accidental spam thread had been dormant for weeks till Tuesday, when a single student awoke the thread by asking to be removed from it. Since then, all hell has broken loose.
56 additional people have asked to be unsubscribed. Several other people have requested that their status switch to “resubscribe” or “funsubscribe.” We’ve received advertisements for personal Twitter accounts. The situation has been compared to great literary works about interminable, unexitable activities. A few emails have been sent in foreign languages. And we’ve received personal missives. [Read more →]
About a week ago, I received an email from CIS telling me I had a “naming conflict” with my Brown email address. The email laid out a couple of logistical problems that my account, and presumably those of many others in the Brown Community, were facing. The message was pretty technical, but I elected not to really read it because the email explicitly said, “You do NOT need to take any action yet.” So I did not.
Yesterday, I got another email, which continued to lay out the problem of my “naming conflict.” The email again delayed any sense of urgency I might have possibly been feeling. “You do not need to take any action before tomorrow.” (They bolded; I’m just reporting.) So considering this warning, and the fact that my Brown apps are not that valuable to me post-graduation, I took no action. Presumably, neither did a whole lot of other people, because today we received a clarification email from CIS.
Sounds simple enough. But clearly there had been tension building for days, DAYS, that no one had yet to act on.
Shortly after CIS’s clarification message, a professor (who we will allow to remain anonymous; he has suffered enough) sent an email in response. And because he hit reply all, the message went to everyone with a naming conflict. The saga continues after the jump. [Read more →]
Brown’s dance groups caused a splash with their Spring Weekend flash mob. But they may have already been outdone: a URI flash mob led to the early closure of a campus library Sunday night after 400 students descended in coordinated choreography. According to ProJo reports, students were playing loud music, chanting and standing on tables. That so would not fly in the Absolute Quiet Room.
As graduation looms nearer and nearer (ahhhhhhhhhh!), it’s time to tell us how you really feel about your four years at Brown.
Ever wonder how many of your classmates have done the SciLi Challenge? How many sexual partners everyone has had? Would you still choose Brown today? What is your favorite Brown memory?
Answer these questions and more in The Brown Daily Herald’s Senior Survey, now on MyCourses! The survey is completely anonymous.
Results will be printed in The Herald’s Commencement Magazine, available on newsstands and at browndailyherald.com during Senior Week.
For those who were not “highly encouraged” (read: forced) to attend years worth of Hebrew school, the story of this week’s celebration of Passover can be confusing. Never fear though: there’s a version of the story for everyone. From the cartoon characters of yesterday to the YouTube stars of today, choose your narrator- we’ve still got five nights to go.
Aaaand we’re back. Night Two at the Housing Lottery and you know what that means: a whole lotta people are going to get screwed. Last week we saw numbers 1-460 take their picks, some to cheers, some to jeers. Tonight we finish ‘em out. If you’re tuning in from home, watch it all play out here. So cross your fingers, grab a drink and hang tight, because starting at 6 p.m., things are going to get really exciting.
Spring Weekend may be the dominant event on your horizon, but lest you forget an equally notorious spring ritual, brace yourselves, because tonight is the kick-off of the 2011 Housing Lottery. Lottery is a competitive sport, a game of luck, a bloodbath, and if nothing else, incredibly entertaining to watch. Whether you’ve got stakes in the competition or you’re just an innocent bystander, there’s a way to make lottery even more … enjoyable.
Behold, the official BlogDailyHerald Housing Lottery Drinking Game.
Festivities start off tonight at 6 PM, though only those with the first 100 numbers will be allowed into Sayles. If you’re a lucky upperclassmen, fill your backpack and do it live. For everyone else, the magic happens here.
Basic rules are below, though feel free to submit your own creative additions. After all, lottery is nothing if not interactive.
And don’t forget to check back later, starting with the first picks, for BlogDH’s own live coverage.
[Editor's note: UPDATE 10:18 AM: Abby Schreiber '11, BCA's booking chair, got in contact with BlogDailyHerald this morning after students complained of not being able to access the BSA website to buy tickets. At 8:01 am this morning, BCA contacted Touchnet Information Systems, the company that makes the program that BSA uses to run Brown Marketplace, when the site began to experience problems.
BCA contacted Touchnet two days ago to ensure that the site would be able to handle at least 40,000 hits. They were assured that it wouldn't have any problems.]
UPDATE 8:40 AM
Orders seem to finally be going through. Those of you who actually had the patience to wait 40 minutes and not break your computer truly deserve those tickets. Round 2 tomorrow morning, y’all!
UPDATE 8:32 AM
The actual tickets are up on the Marketplace, but the form to enter creditcard information keeps crashing. WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU OUR MONEY BUT YOU WON’T LET US.
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