Pic of the Day 1-2-10

1-2-10, originally uploaded by morndry.

Josh and Caroline playing with lights.

Pic of the Day 1-1-10

1-1-10, originally uploaded by morndry.

The view of the sunset from the balcony of Breezy Point in Montreat, NC.
January 1, 2010

Picture a day

I'm taking an idea from Bruce Reyes-Chow and Heather Scott and post a picture a day. I need to do something with this blog and this might also help me be more creative with my camera. I'll also go back and find some pictures from the start of the year.

Name Changes on Campus

New name for college of business more accurately reflects its role at MSU

Murray State University’s college of business and public affairs is now the college of business. Approved by the MSU board of regents at its last meeting, the change was made to reflect the units in the college.

Currently, the college houses six departments that deal with business: accounting; computer science and information systems; economics and finance; journalism and mass communications; management, marketing and business administration; and organizational communication.

Names should be a description of what they identify. The College of Business and Public Affairs did just that. The quote above, from here, is incorrect. The college houses 6 departments, 3 deal with business, and 3 deal with public affairs.

Goodbye Public Ivy

I'm in a pretty foul mood today (but not about this), so I?ll speak plainly. MSU got ripped off by our ?national marketing firm?. (Original blog post here)

Now, they did a pretty good job on the new logo. It's very modern, yet retains the shield (though I heard people had to threaten bodily harm to others to get them to keep that much).
I don't even have much problem with the new tag line, 'your world to explore'. While "Public Ivy" was always striving to sound convincing time and "There's no (cent) in quitting" was just dumb, "your world to explore" sounds like something from EPCOT, and everyone loves Disney World, right? It's hopeful and all-encompassing, not as egotistical as "Public Ivy" but still a grand idea.
The problem I have is with the new tag line logo, destined to be slapped on every bulletin board, cocktail napkin and pencil on campus.


When I first saw it I thought of this elementary education software. Maybe as a grad student I?m too old for this message. It?s my last year in the 18-24 age demographic, so maybe the kids love the star theme. Maybe it will look better on the napkins in real life than it does in my head. Maybe I?m just too hung up on the stars. Maybe I?m just getting too old for this.
I wonder if we'll ever get our rowing team back.

Also;

My boss is burning incense. Getting ready for the Floyd show tonight? Who knows?

since twitter is down

This is a great blog post about John Hughes. Just really awesome.
Here at the lake we are starting up Laser Light Shows, and the first Pink Floyd show is already sold out and reservations are filling up the rest of the nights fast. So if you want to come call 270-924-2020.
I'm actually really happy they are selling out. the planetarium is a pretty awesome place, and hopefully the music lovers will come back for more traditional shows later this year.