Via Blog of a Bookslut:

After Punk Planet bit the dust (toast/moment of silence for all the indie mags killed by distribution problems) up sprang Is Greater Than, a punchy daily zine that covers a broad spectrum of Stuff. Up today, a profile of South End Press, a collectively run nonprofit book publisher whose slogan is “Read. Write. Revolt….

And this is pretty funny:

Yesterday, I walked into my English 101 class to find 7 students (that’s out of a class of what was originally 19). I don’t know if you guys have ever tried to teach a shrunken version of your classes, but I find this very hard – the dynamic is different; people feel self-conscious; it’s just kind of icky.

Now, I know what’s going on. Research papers are due on Thursday! Need I say more. . . People are either skipping class to write the paper they should have started weeks ago, OR they think they’re a lost cause and so just quit at this point – two weeks before the semester ends.

I missed that same class twice last week, only managing to drunkenly rise for it on Wednesday. I have managed to only (grudgingly) get one score below 95% on an in-class essay, despite showing up virtually hammered (at 9AM). I really do make an effort to get there, though: I’ve only missed it four times, once because of a Regent’s test that was scheduled for me.

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