Archive forNovember, 2011

The Shortline Monopoly

November 28, 2011 | 2 Comments

So, this Thanksgiving weekend started off interestingly. I got on the 4:30PM bus on Tuesday to get an early start to my vacation, hoping to spend a bit more extra time with the family. There were apparently a lot of people going to NYC/Ridgewood at this time, so they needed to call an extra bus. [...]

A Call for Increased Transparency in ByLine Funding

November 18, 2011 | Comments Off

Recently, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding byline funding. (Byline funding is when student organizations on campus get funding directly from the activity fee, bypassing the SAFC, the Student Assembly Finance Commission, to get a set amount of funding per year, for a set number of years, rather than getting semesterly allocation of [...]

Superstar Athletes

November 5, 2011 | Comments Off

Since high school, I had never had a good perception of athletes. Although I was very involved in swimming, serving as co-captain in senior year, most athletes I interacted with seemed aloof, mean, and sometimes even downright dumb. Sports and I didn’t really get along either, which didn’t really help the cause. That perception didn’t [...]