Once Upon Another School; A Robert Hastings Reprise

Like many students on the Auraria Campus, I used to go to a different school. I went to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, S.D. SDSM&T carried on proud traditions of heavy, constant, drinking, frat house engineering projects, and having the worst male-to-female ratio of any coed school, ever (13 to one, in my class).

Really, I enjoyed my year at SDSM&T. Living in real dorms was interesting. My roommate was a comp sci major, and my neighbor was a paleontology major. We had our own paleontology musuem. Thanks to the wide variety of interests there, combined with the student's 'proud nerd' spirit, it was a cool place.

Also, it once brought Robert Hastings, UFOlogist, to its lecture hall. I attended, having never heard his name before, but the most productive thing that came of it was a distorted recording which I later integrated into a friend's post rock project. It was a good time.

Anyway, Robert Hastings is one of many people who professionally make themselves look sketchy. With a website that looks straight from 1998 and an email address that just somehow reminds me of biblical apocalypses, he's perpetually halfway there. In fact, to make him seem EVEN MORE legitimate, he has a self-published book, available through his site. He's a retired photographer-lab technician, so I suppose I can afford him some sympathy. Somehow.

And now, fortuitously enough, Robert Hastings has been stalking following hunting getting ready to eat me lecturing in colleges for years, and will be holding a lecture tomorrow in the Tivoli (kudos to anyone who knows exactly where). So, tomorrow afternoon I'll be attending his lecture here on Auraria Campus. We'll see if he's any more interesting the second time around. If we're lucky, I'll get to ask him some questions. Perhaps about ambulatory pasta.

The Spring Break of Regret

Tivoli Commons 11:00 - 1:00
Its that time of year again, Auraria students pack up and head for a
much needed Spring Break.
Before you go, stop by our Safe Spring Break tables and enjoy games,
prizes, safety tips and supplies that you can use to enjoy Spring
Break Without Regret

Sponsored by the Health Center at Auraria and the UC Denver Office of
Community Standards and Wellness.

Sorry, I'm not going. I want MY spring break to be FULL OF REGRET.

Today's Show: the A-List!

I'll be on air with DJ Mojo from 12-1, on the Suicide Sunglasses Show which runs 11-1. Today I have a quirky little playlist, that I'm sure will entertain. Tune in on 91.7MHz FM in the Tivoli, or online at the MetRadio site!

We're off!

Metro State's classes got of to a cold start this morning, amid doubt about next year's funding. In the midst of the Haitian crisis, Colorado's budget has been pushed into a diminished role. And yet, as cash flows out of state and federal coffers, like many other states, Colorado faces a budget deficit for the 2009 fiscal year (Sunshine Review). State funding for higher education totaled $706 million last year. That was with the help of $337 million in federal stimulus cash. If the bill passes, next year that total will drop to $650 million, with $95 million in federal stimulus cash (Denver Post). These heady numbers are easy to throw around. It's even easier to lose sight of how they could affect all of us as students. Yearly tuition increases are routine, and have become just another part of the cost of college. The loss of state funding can only accelerate this pattern, especially for students of a public school like Metro. So, now, we're starting the Spring 2010 semester, wondering if the money we spend will be worth it on graduation.

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That Song

Do you ever hear that song?

It's that one, off the album you bought while you were in love with that girl? You couldn't get it out of your head, so you left it on repeat overnight once, and when you woke up the lyrics were so burned into your memory, you never listened to it again?

It's that one, the one that becomes something more than a song. It is as if you have taken ownership of it, applied meaning to it as if it were your own work. It's the song that trancends mere song-dom and becomes a part of the soundtrack of your life.

Maybe we'll play that song.
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Hospital Beds - Cold War Kids

Podcasts? Podcasts!

I've finally gotten a number of the podcasts off of MetRadio's server, and I'm working on getting them cleaned up. Consider it a new years resolution! Unfortunately, I have no real listeners or readers, so I have no one to keep me accountable. Except for my brother, who keeps whining about getting our session. Ironically, that particular one was doomed. The recording level was too low and it's almost impossible to hear anything. We'll see how some sonic surgery turns out, but I'm not too optimistic about that one.