University of Washington

What the hell just exploded on north campus? I'm in Hansee and it sounded too far to be Denny field or anything in our courtyards, but yeah, that was weird.

Does anyone know what caused the fire alarm in the CS/EE building about 45 minutes ago?

Is there any kind of real time web page documenting emergency (fire/police) responses for this area? (Preferably documented in text rather than a scanner audio stream.)

is there a place either in the u-district or near it that i could find a music stand? thanks in advance :)

Is anyone here in the honors business school program? if so, what do you think about it? is it terribly difficult or is it enjoyable or what? just was looking for some info direct from the students...

How easy, relative to CS, is the EE department to get into?

I'd like some UW opinions.. should I buy a 4g Nano ipod or one of the standard 30g ones? I was stuck on the 4g one, but now I'm thinking I should dish out the extra $60 for the 26 extra gigs and hopefully it'll last me a lot longer...

Also, should I buy it at the UW tech center with 20% discount and no returns (all stuff dealt with apple and their warranties/policies) or at the Apple store with 10% discount- and the option of returning, etc.. ?
thanks!