Near-Riot in NYC Book Store for Junot Diaz

An appearance by bestselling writer Junot Diaz, who will visit us on 10/4, caused a near-riot in the Union Square Barnes and Noble yesterday. 1000 people showed up to meet the author in a space that only had capacity for 400. The NYPD was called in to assist with crowd control.

More in Colorlines.com:  http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/09/junot_diaz_nearly_causes_a_riot_in_new_york.html

The Assembly Hall, Campus Center, where he will speak at 4:15 and 8PM has an official capacity of 160. Feel free to weigh in if you think this is poor planning on our part. :)

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Social Media is Bulls**t

B. J. Mendelson, a UAlbany grad school alum, boasts one of the world's largest Twitter followings (3/4 million Twits). Despite being a Twitter demigod, he is also the author of a new book that questions the value of social media:

Social Media is Bullshit.

Brandon signs his book this evening at the Wolf Rd. Barnes and Noble.

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