A UC Davis Professor wrote an op-ed on Huffington Post comparing Police tactics used on students at UC Davis to those at Columbia. His conclusion: Public Safety is nerfed, and couldn’t hurt anyone if they wanted to. (Huff Po)

Coming to a dorm check-in desk near you.

The NY Times has a wonderful article about tech start-ups in NYC. Damnit. Is it too late to switch my major to CS?? (NY Times)

Over the summer, a performance artist climbed the Williamsburg Bridge during rush hour and then swung around on her “cloud swing.” (Nerdcore)

The Congressional Supercommittee is almost certainly going to fail, and pundits are already predicting how the media (read: they) will react. Welcome to 21st century journalism—as meta as Community (may it rest in peace). (The Daily Beast)

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