http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches The NYIT Chronicle Blog Mon, 12 May 2008 16:19:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Ruta Patel Editor's Note: The follow article originally ran in the May 2006 NYIT Chronicle. NYIT stands for New York Institute of Technology, however if you were to ask students, you would hear that it stands for “Next Year I Transfer”. Year after year, students joke about this phrase, but ... http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/05/12/next-year-i-transfer/ If you're here because you're trying to find the SGA President Milan Michail's response to the No Contest story, I'm sorry to tell you that she has refused to comment, citing the way the article was handled and the last minute nature of the request for an interview. http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/04/16/sga-president-refuses-to-comment-on-no-contest-article/ A certain Icelandic songstress is up to her mischief again. Known for her wild and sometimes surreal music videos, Björk came out of the craftworks with a new music video, shot in 3D, for her upcoming single, “Wanderlust.” The video has been long slaved over by the people at Encyclopedia ... http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/03/27/bjork/ As one contestant of Project Runway, Ricky Lizalde described of the current season, it was like a “rollercoaster.” The season was full of its characteristic ups and downs, like most reality television shows. What set this show and its season apart was the actual element of reality. As always, there ... http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/02/28/project-runway-season-4/ We all remember the old bear which was, well, a bit more reminiscent of this guy than this guy. Certainly will work better at sports events, but I'm a bit worried about whoever's in the monkey bear suit during the summer. —Bill Peters http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/02/24/from-fluffy-to-scary/ Just a reminder, we have a flickr feed here. http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/02/23/flickr/ Wikileaks, a portal for anonymous publication of secret or suppressed documents was shut down yesterday by order of a San Francisco court judge. Apart from the First Amendment issues of such an order, the block is ineffective, taking down the wikileaks.org web address but not it's IP address (the title ... http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/02/19/888013160/ Presuming no misfortune delays the paper from coming out today, an update on a story contained within it follows. Update: It was delayed and should be here tomorrow. While rain nor snow nor dark of night does not stop the Post Office, they aren't delivering the paper. This current issue of the ... http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/02/13/updates-on-the-trail/ So give yourself an extra 20 minutes to get to class or a sherpa for the stairs. http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/02/12/warning-elevator-out-at-16-w61-st/ Next month, in the March paper, the NYIT Chronicle will be starting it's first Sex column. This column is to help students understand the importance of safe sex, good sex, and responsible sex. The column aims to bring to light interesting facts and helpful hints to keep you up to ... http://blogs.nyit.edu/dispatches/2008/02/11/sex-on-the-island/