Lolly lolly lolly get your MVP here!

Malkin = EPIC WIN
SICK.

Props to thepensblog for the recap...way too good, man

Nice to see the Moose. First start in Mellon Arena as an opponent.

Right of the bat, things looked bleak.

Some guy scores within the first minute for the Thrash.

Anytime you do something within a minute, sans ejaculating, it is probably a good thing. 1-0.

How dumb are the Thrashers? Why wouldn't you be tanking it?

Tavares could save your franchise. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins.

The Pens, kind of recovering from the Bruins game, wait awhile to wake up.

But Bing draws a penalty, and a new-look powerplay sets up.

Malkin is finally taken off the left point, and put on the right wing.

LGP almost explodes.

After another Thrasher takes a penalty, Gonch lets one fly.

1-1.

Gonch may have won the Norris this season if he wasn't hurt.

Six goals in fifteen games. He had like 5 in the first 45 last year.

Moose kept the Thrashers in the game the rest of the period, but they couldn't give him any support. The Pens, like Peter North, just kept coming.

Finally they drew a penalty. And who else but Kunitz would cash in on the powerplay.

2-1

What a player.

A Thrasher player throws up after realizing Chris Thorburn plays on his team.

We are so behind on everything, it isn't even funny anymore.

Having a third staffer would be money in the bank.

But we don't even have time for that process till summer.

But we like adding more work for ourselves.

We got two solid pics we'd like to see made into banners for the site:

Solid pic of the Mellon:

[Thanks to Terry S]

and this pic from Columbus:

Another pic from Terry.

Desktop Wallpaper?

To get the full-sized pic, right-click and view image.

Or just drag it into a separate tab.

In the second, the Thrashers fell apart faster than a WPXI newscast.

The Sesame Street line starts going nuts.

Staal.

3-1

Staal has 20 goals out of nowhere.

Think about all the open nets he missed.

He is a 30-goal scorer.

80-plus goals from your first-, second-, and third-line centers. Man.

The Pens weren't done though.

After the Thrashers take a penalty to negate a powerplay, Malkin scores a nasty goal 4-on-4.

Off the faceoff he goes to the net, kicks the puck to his stick, and backhands it past Moose.

4-1

Malkin wasn't done yet.

Thrashers take another penalty.

Powerplayblog.

Malkin from Jagrville.

Heidelberg has no clue.

5-1

The Thrashers score, just to make us think bad thoughts. 5-2.

Period ends.

Most confusing photoshop we have ever gotten.

Usually we'd be prepared for the worst, but the Pens were in control.

Gonch gets his fourth point of the night on a sick pass to Mark Eaton on a 2-on-1.

Two defenseman on a 2-on-1. HCMT's head just exploded.

Malkin with an assist on the play. Five points.

The third period was cruise control until the Thrashers started being dicks.

Some dude got all pissed off, and the Gods smacked some dude.

[V]

That dude in the white may or may not be a ref a Bills Golf Land.

Quigs? yesssssssssssssssssss.

The on-ice referee made a bad call in his honor.

Malkin tried to run the score up, but Hedberg was there.

Then Malkin got a breakaway and was tripped.

Penalty shot.

Great pic by Neil shows the puck skipping.

Malkin misses the net.

Mom and Dad are still cool with it.

[Brian H]

The crowd seemed confused on whether to chant "Geno" or "MVP."

We will be in attendance on Friday, and an MVP chant WILL be started. Bank.

Kunitz had one last chance to help Malkin get his sixth point.

No dice.

[Fleuryous]

Game.

Okay, now for france:

Dear Fac Students,

I have additional information for you regarding the changes in our program as a result
of the strike. Please read this information carefully and feel free to come talk to us
if you have questions.

We are in the process of creating courses that are meant to replace your courses at the
Fac completely and immediately.

? First, some good news: you will have your full spring break, from April 18 ? May 4.

? Your home universities have decided that you will receive 3 credits for each 2-hour
course you take at the office.

? The spring language courses (the Cours Intensif and Expression écrite) are now
included in the figure of 12 credits that you must take this semester.

? You must take at least 12 credits worth of program courses. This figure includes the
program language courses, ?Histoire du cinéma français,? ?La France en perspective,?
and all of the new courses we are creating this week and next.

? Many of you have asked whether you can continue to take a class at the Fac that is not
on strike. We do not think this is a good idea, because it?s possible that a professor
could decide to strike later on, when it?s far too late to pick up another course, or
that a total blockage of the Fac could occur. We are thus requiring you to take 12
credits of program courses, but if you choose to take additional course at the Fac, you
can do so. I cannot allow you to risk going below the minimum 12 credits, as this would
have serious ramifications for your financial aid packages and your overall academic
progress.

? Even if the Fac re-opens completely again, you are still obliged to take 12 credits of
program courses.

? The program will go until June 27. Your home universities are requiring these extra
weeks in order to ensure thirty contact hours in the courses we have created.

? Keep checking your email everyday, because we will be updating our courses
substantially this week.

Please sign up for an appointment with me this week so that we can begin the process of
academic advising again.

Thank you for the extraordinary patience and good will you have demonstrated throughout
the semester.

Best regards,

Mme Conway


Dear students,

As promised, I am sending you a more complete chart of the new courses we are offering
at the office to replace the Fac courses. Please see the attached document.

As I mentioned before:

? each new course is worth 3 credits

? the minimum number of credits you must take is 12. This figure includes the spring
language courses.

Don't forget: your presence in class is obligatory. Role will be taken.

We're very pleased with our new plan and we hope you are, as well. I look forward to
speaking with you all as soon as possible. The sign- up sheets for our meeting are
available in the office.

If you know what you plan to take already, please send an email to Mme Féral
immediately, as she may need to rent classrooms. But you still need to come see me to
discuss your plans.

Warmest regards,

Mme Conway

Strikes in France

The Office of Overseas Study has been in close touch with its Academic Program in Aix en Provence (APA) at the Université de Provence, a consortium program shared with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Michigan.

The Aix program administrators are keeping us apprised of this strike which was initiated by faculty members in France, not disconcerted students as is usually the case.
At this point, with no resolution in sight, the consortium is faced with the unusual prospect of the cancellation of the academic semester at the Université de Provence. Since the beginning of the strike, the APA program has ensured that students have continued with their course work whether or not the course was meeting. Many of the faculty members continued to teach their courses, despite the strike, and many stayed in touch with students via e-mail. The program also organized special lectures and independent study, and privately hired faculty to teach tutorials during the strike.

The APA program has also created an array of courses for program participants taught by local French faculty to replace the courses at the Université de Provence. Due to the uncertainty of the strike situation, the APA consortium has concluded that offering APA courses is the only way to assure full academic credit for the semester whether or not the strike is resolved.

We will continue to monitor the situation on a daily basis and will update this statement accordingly.

For more information on Indiana University’s response to the strikes in France as it pertains to the program in Aix-en-Provence, please review the statement jointly issued by the universities in the APA consortium.

Students taking courses at the Institut d'Études Politiques are not affected by the strike and will continue to take their regularly scheduled courses at the IEP.

Kathleen Sideli

DEAR STUDENTS,
we are writing to remind you that France functions at fail level. If you are discouraged, tough. We're just gonna teach you ourselves.

*insert veiled frustration with a loving salutation*
Your Bureau.

CRY.
SCREAM.
WHEEZE.
COUGH.
CHOKE.
SPUTTER.
SIGH.
give up.
I'm taking classes at the bureau from hired tutors.
I'm dropping out of the university they made me drop out of IU for a year to go to.
I'm writing a paper about a theatre for credits I lost during a WHITE OUT.
I'm not sure what I think of all this, yet.
I'm still masochistically in love with Europe.