End-of-Semester Updates and Congrats to the Class of 2010!
CAPS 2010 Commencement and the 5th Anniversary of the CAPS Major at Cornell have come and gone, and the CAPS Classes of 2011, 2012 and 2013 would like to wish this year’s seniors the best of success in their future endeavors. The CAPS Class of 2010 is: Jonathan Delikat | 狄家盛 Nicholas Elser | 欧阳易 […]
Letters
3 weeks out of graduation, I’ve finally finished my last Cornell-related project (first alumni reunion orchestra performance!), and only have a couple of loose strings to tie together to tuck away College. The World Cup is in full swing, which means that even if the weather is beautiful, I am inside typing away on my […]
What would’ve happened if I weren’t a CAPS major?
In the past month, I’ve been asking myself the question a lot. What would I have differently in my four years? How will the coming years be different? It’s a completely moot point, but sometimes, you can’t help but wonder. I imagine undergraduate decision-making to be a lot like 盆栽 (pén zai), the art form […]
A little bit of Beijing in New York
A WSJ article on the NYC Department of Health implementing a grading system for cleanliness in restaurants. It’d be interesting to see how things pan out. From what I vaguely remember, most restaurants in Beijing were Bs and Cs; when you went to an A restaurant, you knew that the food was going to be […]
Friday night dinner
When CAPS majors aren’t creating extended metaphors about regional alliances, peripheral powers, and bandwagoning on Google Buzz while referencing Bob Ross’ candid lecture from last Wednesday’s seminar, we like to get together for dinner. Did I mention we’re nothing short of amazing? 谢谢 to Matt Silverstein and Jon Delikat for organizing the get-together!
Back in New York
The 7 hour layover passed by pretty quickly with an impromptu nap while hugging my violin and turning my backpack into a makeshift ottoman, so all went well. I slept 10 hours out of the 12 hours of my flight, which was a first and may have had something to do with getting just 40 […]