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by Mike DeVine  May 8, 2012 2:49 pm

I’ve always been fascinated by this Great American mystery. Why did an entire colonial village suddenly disappear? Why did they leave behind the word CROATOAN on a post on their way out? Turns out there may be more to the story after all.

One of the greatest American mysteries in history, the disappearance of an entire colony of settlers from Roanoke Island in the late 16th century, might be a step closer to being solved. The smoking g…
by Mike DeVine   2:43 pm

Sad day for the world of literature: Maurice Sendak has passed away at age 83. Hilariously irreverent until the end, Sendak’s last public appearance was on The Colbert Report, where he gave advice to Colbert on his new children’s book:

 

A great loss, indeed.

Sad news—Maurice Sendak, author of the beloved children’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are, has passed away at the age of 83. He died of complications related to a recent stroke.
by Mike DeVine  May 7, 2012 7:42 pm

Good on this mom for taking matters into her own hands when her son’s school failed to properly address the serious bullying problem her son was facing. Usually stories like this happen in the opposite direction- schools trying to compensate for a lack of parenting.

An Indiana mother sent her gay son to school with a stun gun after administrators apparently didn’t do enough to stop bullying
by Mike DeVine   2:12 am

According to a post over at Infinity Quad, RIT’s Print Media lab will be selling its in-house printing press. What this means for The Reporter, which relies heavily on the in-house press to stay afloat in its current all-color format, isn’t immediately clear. Whatever it means, it likely isn’t good for the future of every RIT student’s favorite magazine. It’s an unfortunate sign of the times, but it also presents a silver lining in handing an opportunity for The Reporter to re-invent itself as a 21st century publication on the digital landscape. Now the work of the talented staff there can finally shine on a much larger scale; the acerbic, often irreverent humor that’s become The Reporter’s trademark over the years can find a much broader audience than simply those students who remain on campus. Plus, I know for a fact that there’s a whole department of New Media Designers who would jump at the chance to design a Reporter online app….

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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).  

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