Somehow, this seems like an awful headline to me. I understand that the majority were probably in North Carolina. And there were deaths elsewhere. But if you’re extending this sentence structure, it could just be saying that tornadoes killed people, in the world. I mean,
Tornadoes kill 43 in North Carolina and Elsewhere.
Man murders people in New York City and Elsewhere.
It rained in the U.S. and elsewhere.
People exist in the world and elsewhere. (Ok, maybe not that one.)
Duke is CUTTING OFF TV SERVICE IN STUDENTS’ ROOMS? WTF?
Since when has HDTV been “on its way out”? Seriously? And their reasoning was that “you guys are all watching TV online these days”? I am glad I am not going to be here for this madness.
Dear students,
I am writing to let you know that in-room cable television service will no longer be available in campus residences, as of the end of the Spring 2011 semester.
The current cable system is aging, and substantial upgrades that would cost in the neighborhood of $1 million would be required to continue offering the service. Installation of any system to replace in-room cable services would incur similar costs.
Meanwhile, statistics show that 85 percent of you are getting your television online, and that this number is growing steadily each year. As online offerings continue to increase, we expect even less interest in cable subscriptions.
Instead of spending money on a technology that is clearly on its way out, OIT and RLHS have invested in bandwidth upgrades to handle your growing demand for online viewing. Further, we will install HD IPTV in common rooms across campus, beginning in June. IPTV will offer significant improvement in channel selection over the existing cable offering, as you have requested.
Conversations with student leaders from DSG are on-going to explore all possibilities. If you have any questions, an open forum will be held in the next few weeks to discuss the details of these changes. Questions can also be sent to me atJoe.Gonzalez@duke.edu.
Sincerely,
Joe Gonzalez
Associate Dean for Residential Life
My professor gave us a handout typed in Comic Sans so I proceeded to spend the rest of class making this. <3
Take that, Comic Sans!
Good addendum to the previous comic sans head shaking.
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