Living in Glass Houses....

I've returned to Magnolia after two weeks of helping my friend James Davidson and his University of Florida archaeological field school excavate a Spanish mission (more on that soon over on the Farther Along blog).

At any rate, my first full day back at the SAU Station and I got to witness what David Jeane and Frank Schambach have been telling me about for some time...this morning (around 8:15 am) a physical plant employee was mowing outside our laboratory area...the mower threw a small rock which hit one of the large windows that surround the Bruce Center...the resulting shatter was spectacular and it remains standing--crackling away as the structure further fractures--as I write.

I understand that it cost $1000 to replace these windows...and I understand that this rock-shatter business happens fairly regularly (at least two times a year)...so I wonder why they don't use a small weed eater instead, or simply landscape the Bruce Center so it will not need to be mowed...it has to be cheaper in the long run...

During Finals...

...this is what the snack machine in the Bruce Center on the Southern Arkansas University campus looks like. Not much to choose from, eh? 1 microwave popcorn, 2 peanut butter & crackers, 3 dove bars and a Mounds bar....sad...I took the peanut butter & crackers.

Mag-Town Music

Magnolia is in a dry county...and therefore has few venues for live music...I am therefore surprised to find a bunch of videos from Magnolia bands and hip-hop groups on YouTube...It has to be a real indicator that the digital age is allowing more folks access to the technologies to let their creativity be heard...man, I wish I could have done this in Eva, Tennessee in the 1970s!

At any rate, check out the video below...JDBfromtheMAG Presents "Mingle": The Ode to the Block...I like it because its raw and it shows lots of scenes of Magnolia neighborhoods...It was posted in March of 2007.

Oozeball 2007...

Ahhhh...another interesting SAU tradition--oozeball. Southern Arkansas University students celebrate the end of the spring semester and let off steam before finals with an annual mud volleyball game. Check out the YouTube video of this year's event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-e8GTWzkUU

As we have our roots as an agricultural school & our campus maintains a large agricultural component...I love that at one point in the video you can hear the cows bellowing in the background.