Fresh off of a strong performance at the 2008 SIRA championship regatta, TX Crew returns to work to prepare for the first ever American Collegiate Rowing Association Championship, to be held May 24-25 in Oklahoma City, OK.

On Tuesday, April 8th, after a flight-cancellation and hectic return from the San Diego Crew Classic on Monday, Brian Smith successfully defended his dissertation in front of his PhD committee.  It is only a matter of paperwork now until Brian has officially received his PhD degree from the Universtiy of Texas, five years after arriving in Austin.  The degree is in Electrical Engineering, and the title of the dissertation is "Capacities of Erasure Networks."  Brian assures you that it is really quite simple to understand, if you're willing to devote a spare 20 minutes to try and understand the topic.