…then I’d be a DEA (design and environmental analysis) and history major. Ideally the courses that are most applicable to the career you want to achieve after graduating are the ones in which you do best. Not for me, and that can be very disheartening. I like politics, government, policy, and non-profit. Problem is those [...]
This weekend is first year family weekend. The only special event non freshmen have to look forward to during this time is the guest entertainer Cornell invites. My freshman year it was Whoopi Goldberg. Sophomore year it was some impersonator. Junior year (which I missed and am still upset about) it was Stephen Colbert. This [...]
It’s a true premise to say that endorsements don’t really have an effect on the election, but those who say that about Powell’s endorsement of Obama aren’t looking deeper into his remarks. It’s not Powell’s actual endorsement of Obama proclaimed on Meet the Press with Tom Brokaw that’s important, it’s what Powell said about American [...]
Previously I wrote about the enjoyment of listening to Bill Maher’s comedy routine when he came to Cornell. Today, a couple weeks after Maher’s presence at the University I now attend, I have slightly changed my mind. No doubt he was funny, but the elitism/culture war battle is now in full force as the election [...]
Friday, which brings along with it the start of fall break, marks the half way point of the fall semester. This also marks my senior year being a quarter over (someone please stop time). Upon this half way mark I have come to realize that I can spend more generously with my meal plan. I [...]
It’s midnight and I’m finishing up my take home pre-lim/essay for a government course called American Political Theory. This is only the second time I’ve been in a library this late. I know it’s Cornell and it’s billed as a common experience to pull all nighters (which I have not done) or stay up until [...]
The biggest difference between the two parties’ candidates (Obama/Biden v. McCain/Palin) can be explained through the title of this blog, a comment made by Senator Biden in last night’s debate. John McCain lays out the world in black and white. A decision was either a success or failure, something was right or wrong, somebody’s good [...]