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Re: [APO-L] APO News Alert - Via Google
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG)
Wed Mar 17 10:32:53 2004
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:28:47 -0500
Reply-To: "Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG" <Randolph.Finder@ngb.army.mil>
From: "Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG" <Randolph.Finder@ngb.army.mil>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> Brothers (with all apologies to Randy Finder):
Apologies accepted. :)
>
> Google is beta-testing its News Alert system, which will
> provide you an
> update on news involving just about anything you want it to
> define.
They have been doing it for a while (> 6 months) , I'm sort of surprised
that the news-alerts and indeed the entire news.google.com site are still
considered BETA by google.
For those of you who can't wait for my monthly reports (including myself. :)
its wonderful.
On a slightly different topic, for those of you who search for the last 30
days on the web as I do at
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=%22al
pha+phi+omega%22&sa=N&tab=wn
the most recent hit is sort of annoying.
http://www.sundayherald.com/40522
Its an article in the Sunday Herald (In Britain) explaining the USA concept
of spring break and explaining how fraternities and sororities are a big
part of it and parathetically mentions that Alpha Phi Omega is the Largest
of them. Glad that they recognize that, but not exactly the best place to
get it mentioned. :(
From the article....
Sororities and fraternities are student organisations of girls and guys
respectively, grouped under a handful of Greek letters (Alpha Phi Omega is
America's largest). Famous for their sprawling fraternity or sorority houses
on campus, these are nationwide institutions, whose memberships straddle
different univerisities. They're also notable for their dubious initiation
rituals, their parties, and the tight social bonds within one's chosen
brotherhood and sisterhood. There are hundreds to chose from, and some cater
specifically for gay, Christian, or African-American students. But
membership is exlusive and lifelong. (Think of a student version of the
masons.) Spring break is when they take their campus parties on the road.
