Read Across America happens this Saturday, March 2, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. at Lincoln Square Mall.

Come and enjoy fun, hands-on, literacy-related activities for young children. There will be storytelling throughout the mall, including stories in other languages. The first 1,000 children will receive a free bookbag and a free new book to take home.

From today's News-Gazette dot com

Screen Printing How-To Demo starting this Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. @ Weiskamp Screen Printing, 312 S. Neil St.

This workshop is free and open to the public. Please email for more info.

And yet, these kids are still gonna party down — as they should — and have a good time, and make some mistakes, and perhaps get hurt, and maybe even die.

Because, you know, this is the human experience, and somehow, it's perfectly acceptable for people to do this same thing outside of Memorial Stadium seven times a year, but because there's no college kids bashing each other's brains in some odd game of Roman sport with an obling ball being sanctioned by the University, well — THIS IS SOOOOOO FUCKED UP!

College kids will be kids...

Have a good time, all. And you know, just don't drive and try not to vomit on each other. Also, don't go to class. Not worth it.

At 9:00 p.m. on February 28, students will run in their underwear and costumes from Frat Park, down Green Street, to Foellinger Auditorium on the Quad. 

Hey, were you planning to swing by County Market to pick up strawberries for $1.50/lb.?

I sure was. Too bad about that "printing error" they suffered. In fact, strawberries were twice that price. 

So why not just honor the price advertised? Would they lose their shirts over such a deal? It seems unlikely, considering Meijer is selling strawberries for $1.67/lb. this week.

Listen. I am NOT condoning the idea of eating fast food. It's terrible for you. Honestly, it's just not a good idea. And on the whole, it's damned disgusting to boot.

But I'd be a liar if I didn't state, for the record, that I actually dig on Wendy's a bit at times. Some of my fondest memories were post-church trips to the SuperBar (anyone remember that thing?) and eating french fries by dipping it into my Frosty.

Back in the day, when Campustown looked unique and disgusting, equipped with five record stores, an arcade, multiple venues, decent local restaurants, and plenty of bars with nickel beers — Wendy's sat on the corner of 6th and Green. It was a classic Campustown mainstay in the 80s and 90s.

Today, I am glad to see that it's back on 6th and Green, if only just south a bit, and across the street.

Campustown might never be the same, but at least a man can have a Frosty again while shopping at Urban or smoking a pipe at Jon's.

Now, bring back the SuperBar. And watch this commercial:

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Check out Tracy Nectoux's interview with Brent Knopf here.
 

From Facebook, where Armando, owner of Maize had a pretty awesome day serving up his badass tacos and tlacoyos to Guy Fieri, who is evidently a friend and fan of ol' Jimmy John Liataud.

Say what you will about his personality or his hair, but the show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives is pretty addictive and fun to watch. No report on whether they did a shoot for the show, but perhaps he liked it enough to head back through some time and give Maize a place on the national stage.

Join the PAL this Thursday at Boltini to celebrate yet another successful year of bringing sculpture to the greater C-U area in 2012. Details here: