Reading roundup: Angie’s List, George Hill, Dunkin’ Donuts, bacon-wrapped pizza

Coffee and newspaper for reading roundup post

Ugh, I’ve caught some sort of bug. Battling a fever is worse when you’re also forced to get to class in the sub-zero cold! We’re under a wind chill advisory until 11 a.m. Friday. Trash collection is suspended, and some schools are on delays.

Here are 10 or so links I’ve been reading to catch you up this morning:

  • Is this a turning point for Angie’s List? The consumer reviews website reported a rare $15.3 million profit for the fourth quarter, which sent shares soaring. (IBJ)
  • Wow: The Lilly Endowment is giving $40 million to Purdue University. It’s the largest cash donation in the school’s history. (IndyStar)
  • A proposal before the General Assembly would raise Indiana’s age of consent from 16 to 18.  How young is too young for sex — or, taking responsibility for bad choices? (IndyStar)
  • Nooo: ESPN’s Chris Broussard says NBA sources told him the Denver Nuggets want to replace point guard Ty Lawson with the Indiana Pacers’ George Hill. (ESPN)
  • The Justice Department could sue Ferguson, Mo., for racial discrimination. (CNN)
  • Oh myyy: Little Caesars Introduces Bacon-Wrapped Deep Dish Pizza (BuzzFeed)

  • More good news for your tastebuds and bad for your waistline: Dunkin’ Donuts is opening 46 new locations in Indiana. (IndyStar)
  • Talk about irony. Carnegie Mellon blamed a “tech glitch” for mistakenly telling 800 applicants they’d been admitted to their prestigious master’s program in computer science. (New York Post)
  • Reactions to journalist David Carr’s cause of death spotlight the stigma attached to lung cancer. (WonkBlog)
  • Mark your calendars: April 5 is the last day for free admission at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. (IndyStar)

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What are you reading? Leave a link in the comments!

 

Author: Cori

Cori Faklaris (aka "HeyCori") is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Software and Information Systems, College of Computing. Faklaris received her PhD in human-computer interaction in 2022 from Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science, in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. She also is a social media expert and longtime journalist, and/or "Doer of Things No One Else Wants to Do."

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