The Brown Daily Herald

Despite Spring Weekend’s reputation for debauchery, many students skip the partying for quieter activities.

For many, Spring Weekend heralds a suspension of normal rules and responsibilities before students start to get serious about finals. The weekend often stretches into more of a week, starting with earlier events like Wednesday's Mr. and Ms. Brown pageant and continuing until the traditional Sunday afternoon performance by Dave Binder on Wriston Quadrangle. Students' desire to drag out the festivities is well-summarized by the popular "bender till Binder" t-shirts.

Cisco Cancels Manufacturing Of Flip Camera

The worst thing, WORST thing you can do for your business is not give the customer what they want. Which is why everyone’s amiss as to why Cisco cancelled the manufacturing of their uber-popular Flip Camera.

Advertisements for the Flip Camera dotted the Sunset Strip, Times Square, major metropolitan areas, employing everyone from that girl from Scrubs to P. Diddy. The product’s performance was by no means lackluster – it was selling incredibly well. But a serious of management blunders has forced Cisco to cancel everyone’s favorite sex-tape maker, covert journalistic tool, and food-taper. Food-taper doesn’t sound appetizing – I’m sorry I exposed you to it.

Available tickets this week: Ricky Martin

Goo Goo Dolls with Michelle Branch, 7 p.m. July 22 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. $20 to $99.50. Live Nation.

Mayhem Festival, 2:15 p.m. July 27 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. $55.50 to $68.50. Live Nation.

Lucinda Williams and Amos Lee, 8 p.m. July 20 at Wellmont Theatre, Montclair . $40. Wellmont Theatre box office.