Comments on: How far can two dollars go? http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/ tales of swimming upstream Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:36:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Bobby http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4767 Bobby Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:57:36 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4767 Steve, Feel free to e-mail us if you'd like more information. http://umw.middlesell.com/contact Yes, you are allowed to know about it :) Steve,

Feel free to e-mail us if you’d like more information.

http://umw.middlesell.com/contact

Yes, you are allowed to know about it :)

]]> By: Shannon http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4616 Shannon Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:05:23 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4616 One of my friends did something similar to this last semester in her economics class and it was interesting to watch her go through it. It is just a fascinating idea and I'm even slightly tempted to participate in this. Oddly enough this is the same friend who told me about KIVA and I agree that the microloan concept is just fascinating. One of my friends did something similar to this last semester in her economics class and it was interesting to watch her go through it. It is just a fascinating idea and I’m even slightly tempted to participate in this. Oddly enough this is the same friend who told me about KIVA and I agree that the microloan concept is just fascinating.

]]> By: Jim http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4600 Jim Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:17:02 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4600 Is this after you buy cigarettes? Or does this mean you have to roll your own? More seriously, I think this is an excellent experiment, and to push it community group in San Francisco made a pact amongst its members not to buy anything new over the course of a year (save for toilet paper, underwear, and other particulars). It is a really important and thoughtful experiment given our society's inclination to frame mindless consumption as the answer to the world's problems as well as our own. Is this after you buy cigarettes? Or does this mean you have to roll your own?

More seriously, I think this is an excellent experiment, and to push it community group in San Francisco made a pact amongst its members not to buy anything new over the course of a year (save for toilet paper, underwear, and other particulars). It is a really important and thoughtful experiment given our society’s inclination to frame mindless consumption as the answer to the world’s problems as well as our own.

]]> By: Martha http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4596 Martha Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:48:06 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4596 Steve--I was speaking of Middlesell (www.middlesell.com). I'm not even sure if "student-run portal" is the best phrase to describe it. Basically, it's a Web site created and operated by a number of UMW students. They use it to share stories, video, images, host discussions, etc. I believe there has been at least one Bullet article about Middlesell. The creator also presented it at Student Academy last year. But beyond that, people mostly know about it via word of mouth. Steve–I was speaking of Middlesell (www.middlesell.com). I’m not even sure if “student-run portal” is the best phrase to describe it. Basically, it’s a Web site created and operated by a number of UMW students. They use it to share stories, video, images, host discussions, etc.

I believe there has been at least one Bullet article about Middlesell. The creator also presented it at Student Academy last year. But beyond that, people mostly know about it via word of mouth.

]]> By: Steve http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4595 Steve Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:16:23 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/02/19/how-far-can-two-dollars-go/#comment-4595 What's the student run-portal? Are faculty allowed to know about it? If so, how come I haven't heard about it? What’s the student run-portal? Are faculty allowed to know about it?

If so, how come I haven’t heard about it?

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