Thanks to the subject of my last post, I am now the last blogger on the Hill to write about Stephen Colbert. So, I saw him. And, like everyone on the Colbert Bus, I also thought he was entertaining. Feel free to check out the other blogs for some of the highlights. One thing struck [...]
October 2007
Monthly Archive
October 29, 2007
Drats, I’m the last one to get on the Colbert Bus.
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October 29, 2007
This weekend, all three varsity crews made their way down to Princeton for the annual Princeton Chase, one of the big fall regattas. While I should be ecstatic to revisit the palatial estate that is the Princeton Boathouse, I swear this building has it in for me, because the past two times I’ve been to [...]
October 24, 2007
The granddaddy of all regattas. 55 events, 7500 athletes. 200,000 spectators lining the Charles River, watching your every stroke, hearing every call. All I thought about this week was “Crap! I don’t want to be the one responsible for messing up this race.” You see, the HOCR, as exciting as it is for rowers, is [...]
October 19, 2007
Homecoming! The pessimist could say that this is the one day out of the year when 1,000 Cornellians (instead of 200) follow the Big Red in football. However, Homecoming brings about a whole other circle of Cornellians: the alumni. This is the weekend where the younger and young-at-heart alumni make the trek up to the [...]
October 14, 2007
Ithaca has been abuzz with the various events leading up to the Dalai Lama’s second official visit to Cornell. Because of this hallmark event, Buddhist monks have been at the Johnson Museum of Art since September working away at constructing this giant sand mandala: Not only is each grain of sand meticulously placed within the [...]
October 9, 2007
So, while most Cornellians were home catching up with friends and/or stocking up on sleep, the Women’s Rowing Team had a special treat Sunday morning: our first fall race! We all woke up in the wee hours, rolled onto a bus to Rochester, and raced in the Head of the Genesee. Here’s a nice overhead [...]
October 2, 2007
While getting ready for class last week, I passed by Sarah’s room to find her in full power suit and heels mode, getting ready for an on-campus interview. Big-time companies always come this time of year to kick off their full-time recruitment process, and scores of seniors have been steaming their nicest suits, polishing their [...]