Archive for April, 2009

Audacity of Ignorance, Manipulation of Religion

It was only a matter of time before ignorance and closed-mindedness claiming the backing of God surfaced at Cornell. http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2009/04/23/outcry-erupts-alleged-homophobia It’s upsetting, as a Catholic Christian, to hear about the injustice and discrimination imposed on Chris Donohoe. I’m sure it takes courage to come out to a group you’ve been a part of for four [...]

Published in: Senior Year- I'm scared out of my mind! on April 23, 2009 at10:48 pm Comments (12)

Relax

The busy week that was fretted over the past two or so blogs is complete. One pre-lim…check. One lab practical…check. Two papers…check and check. Now I just wait for the results. In the mean time, I’m grading pre-lims in the class I TA and I sure hope these grades I’m recording aren’t the same ones [...]

Published in: Senior Year- I'm scared out of my mind! on April 20, 2009 at10:59 pm Comments (1)

An Unwanted Invitation

Once again, I am writing as a means of putting off (not necessarily procrastinating) studying for my Politics of Violence pre-lim that is tonight. I received an invitation in my Human Ecology student mailbox today offering me “to celebrate [my] last days as a student in the College of Human Ecology at Ice Cream in [...]

Published in: Senior Year- I'm scared out of my mind! on April 16, 2009 at4:40 pm Comments (1)

This Isn’t Good

I think it takes more effort for me to open my notebook and study than it takes to actually read the material. The two papers, one pre-lim, and one lab practical that I had mentioned in the previous post are still hanging over my head. I finished one paper (on the photograph in Life Magazine [...]

Published in: Senior Year- I'm scared out of my mind! on April 15, 2009 at10:57 pm Comments (7)

An Analogy…or Two

This semester has been very relaxed in terms of work load. It’s probably safe to assume that 13 credits, three of which are for TA’ing a class and another two are for a cooking class, will do that to you. Problem is actual work is starting to present itself. Two papers, a pre-lim, and a [...]

Published in: Senior Year- I'm scared out of my mind! on April 10, 2009 at2:32 pm Comments (2)

I Liked That One

The Cornell Design League (CDL) held its annual fashion show at Barton Hall last night. Most of the entrants are Fiber Science and Apparel Design (FSAD) majors, but any Cornell student can enter their design and many from other majors did. The fashion show had the runway, lights, music, big screen tv’s and other miscellaneous [...]

Published in: Uncategorized on April 5, 2009 at6:50 pm Comments (5)

Ideological Pluralism

As mentioned before, David Plouffe will be speaking at this year’s Cornell commencement. Joe Biden will be only an hour north, at Syracuse imparting his wisdom to that college’s graduating class. Barack Obama is scheduled to be about 10+ hours west of Ithaca, in South Bend, IN speaking to the graduating class of Notre Dame. [...]

Published in: Senior Year- I'm scared out of my mind! on April 2, 2009 at6:04 pm Comments (1)