http://blog.defactobg.com Know Thy People Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:59:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Faculty of AUBG,                        It is important to say first that we in the Student Government completely support the idea of higher salaries for professors.  We value your knowledge and expertise, and even though Bulgaria is not exactly where many of you ever thought you would end up, we are ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2008/04/16/the-letter-sg-sent-to-all-faculty/ Have you ever heard of the DeFacto cooking nights? Have you attended one? Those of you who like horror novels would likely find many similarities between an average DF cooking night and the stories of Stephen King or John Connolly. Scary? NO! It's just that you never know what happens next, and ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2008/03/14/cooking-night-or-how-to-make-reporters-behave-silly/ Our Manifesto: Statement of Purpose We, the concerned members of the AUBG student body, in the interest of fostering a more accommodating environment for all parties involved, do here set forth the most pressing issues facing the university. 1. No faculty/student input in the process of faculty selection over the summer. Over the summer, ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/10/22/the-manifesto-presented-to-the-administration-by-the-protesters-on-october-18-2007/ -- Update -- As seen on a flier in the university: Dear all, The outcome of today's meeting between the SG and President Easton and Alexander Alexandrov was not as expected. A compromise was not reached. So, the next step is organizing a bigger protest in front of AUBG. Come tomorrow, Thursday, ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/04/25/aubg-protest-update/ Yet again AUBG students are subject to rapidly introduced policies from the mythical Student Handbook or "AUBG policy catalog". All non graduating students are required to pay a $150 deposit until the last day of the finals (May 4 that is) or risk to have their pre-registered classes canceled. The deposit ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/04/24/on-fees-and-need-of-a-hungry-administration/ Donald Rumsfeld (yeah... that extremely popular ex-Defense Secretary of the “greatest nation in the world”) has a quote, that stroke me as impressive (something unusual about him) – “If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.” I think you know what he was trying to justify (at ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/03/22/doing-much/ Software piracy - unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted patented material. (Google define: ) Software piracy is a growing concern for the modern society. It was an issue since the very first day commercial software hit the shelves. Initially it was spread within friends and/or communities via cassette tapes or floppy ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/03/04/on-software-piracy/ [...] this was supposed to be a long post, but I realized everyone does it. So.. I will be short. :D Two more issues of DeFacto BiWeekly are online. Issue 05 — February 01, 2007 Issue 06 — February 15, 2007 done. p.s. do you guyz remember - forum.aubg.bg - the 'landing' page for ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/02/25/two-more-defacto-biweekly-issues-are-out/ Reading the news last couple of days I kept getting shivers... Iran, Washington, Putin, Iraq, Bush, North Korea, "Nukelar" (a new brand of weapons of mass destruction developed by the president of the "greatest nation in the world" - still unknown to most of the world, esp. Israel), Munich, Blair... ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/02/12/whats-it-all-going-down-to/ A while ago I stumbled upon a very nice article on visual presentation. Unfortunately I cannot remember what the source is, but I suspect it is somewhat linked to Lifehacker - a multi-purpose blog on how to improve day-to-day life. Anyways, it seems a lot of people could use a hand ... http://blog.defactobg.com/2007/02/12/effective-visual-presentation-in-word/