Posts by Matt Klimerman

Jackass creator and Where the Wild Things Are director Spike Jonze debuted his lastet short film entitled I’m Here at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and has now put the video online for streaming.  The film follows a dramatic robot love story in a human world in an incredibly compelling, somewhat disturbing way.  So if you wanna take a quick half hour study break (29 minutes to be exact), I highly recommend watching the short.

Trailer:

HuffPo’s brand spanking new College section posted a great slideshow of the “Weirdest School Mascots.” While RISD’s giant phallus “Scrotie” made the list, our beloved Bear seems to have been overlooked.  Also making the list were the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs of Pulp Fiction fame and Scottsdale Community College’s Artie the Fighting Artichoke.  Anyone else down to start a petition to change our mascot to a giant clam?

Huffington Post launched a new section this morning called HuffPost College devoted to stories and blog posts related to college matters.  Tucked neatly between the “World” and “Impact” sections on the top bar of the site, the “College” section is sure to become a favorite for most students on campus, because c’mon, who doesn’t love gossiping about why Brown is better than _____ University.

Despite being incredibly cool, Apple’s iPad is having trouble attracting consumers.  That being said, the iPad could prove practical to students in one very important way- bringing textbooks and other class materials to your fingertips in a cool, easy manner.  Major textbook publishers (McGraw-Hill, Kaplan, etc.) have already signed on to begin developing versions of their products for the iPad as well as looking for new ways to adapt textbooks to this new interface.  One potential beneficial result of this might be a drop in the astronomical price of textbooks, although if we had to guess, the publishers will attempt to do anything in their power to stop that (insert evil laugh here). Source: Mashable

— Matt Klimerman

in case you couldn't tell by the Brown sweatshirt, she's on the far right.

It’s College Championship week on Jeopardy!, and Brown Quiz Bowl team member and proud member of the class of 2013 Rebecca Maxfield will be on tonight fighting to earn the top spot for Brunonia.  She will be taking on Robbie Berg from the University of Pennsylvania and James Hill III of Santa Clara University.  So tune in tonight to Channel 12 at 7:30 PM to cheer her on.  To read the full ProJo article, click here.  For a hilarious video of the contestants on the show, click here.

— Mat Klimerman

Groundhog Day is one of the stranger holidays celebrated in the United States, but it also is one of the coolest. Every year on February 2nd, a groundhog will emerge from its burrow into the brisk winter morning.  If the groundhog sees its shadow, it will run back into it’s burrow, signifying another 6 weeks of winter.  If the groundhog doesn’t see its shadow, it will run along, signifying a shortened winter.  The most famous groundhog is Punxsutawney Phil, who resides in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

So this morning, a crowd of nearly 40,000 gathered in Gobbler’s Knob as a group of old men in hats and tuxedos (also known as the “inner circle”) examined the rodent’s movements intently.  Unfortunately, Phil saw his shadow and ran back into his burrow, signifying a long winter.

…So don’t put those hats and gloves away just yet, Brunonia.  We must brace for the cold, for the groundhog has spoken.

— Matt Klimerman

Today really has the potential to be one of the best days of the year.  Not only is it groundhog’s day, and the day of the most anticipated TV moment possibly in our lifetimes, but The Academy just released their nominations for the biggest awards show in the world.  After the jump, lets see how they stacked up against our predictions: [Read more →]