Monday, October 12, 2015
Did You Read __________? / News Did you read about Cocks Not Glocks, Lou Reed, and Vin Scully?
Posted By Reader staff on 10.12.15 at 11:17 AM
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Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• That everyone you know is on drugs because pharmaceuticals "are now being found just about everywhere scientists have looked for them in the environment"? —Paul John Higgins
• About the people who try to prevent mass shootings? —Tal Rosenberg
• About what the success of Asian Americans means for racial discrimination? —Sue Kwong
• About Cocks Not Glocks, a group of University of Texas students protesting a law that will allow concealed weapons on campus next year by strapping on dildos (which are banned at UT)? —Ryan Smith
• About Audrey Elrod, a woman who answered a Facebook spam message and subsequently became involved in a global fraud scheme? —Tal Rosenberg
• About historians' quest to learn more about Sacagawea? —Aimee Levitt
• That Lou Reed was a "monster," according to a new biography? —Mike Sula
• Or hear Stephin Merritt deconstructing the song "Andrew in Drag"? —Kate Schmidt
• How Vin Scully's moments of silence bring baseball to life? —Steve Bogira
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