Take a Minute is a daily post that will catch you up internet happenings on campus and around the world.
A quick search of “eugene snow” on Twitter last night showed plenty of University students bemoaning the lack of wintry weather around campus.
im annoyed its not snowing in eugene but the rest of oregon has snow… i would die to walk to class in the snow #sopretty
— Jessa Cassezza (@jessaloooo) January 18, 2012
Meanwhile the rest of the northwest was being slammed by news station’s favorite annual event: Snowmageddon (insert year here). Always trying to outdo Portland, Seattle drivers had trouble driving in a little bit of the white stuff.
Also check out shit Seattle people say when it snows. In case you are unsure of the current conditions in Portland be sure to visit isitsnowinginpdx.com.
While lucky regions of the Northwest were dealing with whiteout conditions, the rest of the internet is coping with a blackout. Some of the internet’s most popular websites including Google and Wikipedia went dark today in protest of the controversial SOPA bill. Our own Ponta Abadi wrote a blog post about the issue. If you’re not a huge fan of reading you can instead learn through moving pictures. What’s that resounding cheer I hear? Must be college students everywhere rejoicing Wikipedia didn’t shut down during finals week.
Social media has been a driving force behind the movement against SOPA. Carson York, offensive lineman for the Ducks, is one of many students who used their platform on Twitter to protest the bill.
The basic republican pillar is a commitment to smaller government correct? Please then explain unanimous support of SOPA PIPA? #StopSOPA
— Carson York (@CarsonYork) January 18, 2012
Under SOPA, you could get 5 years for uploading a Michael Jackson song. One year more than the doctor who killed him.
— Raghda Elsayed (@Skulled) January 18, 2012
Oregon senator Jeff Merkely made his stance on SOPA clear this morning:
Thanks for all the calls, emails, and tweets. I will be opposing #SOPA and #PIPA.We can’t endanger an open internet.
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) January 18, 2012
Ok fine I’ll stop boring you with all these silly things like freedom of the internet since I know all you came here for is pictures of kittens. And with that I’ll end the first ever edition of Take a Minute with the photo of the day and the video of the day.
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