Three lectures I want to attend are scheduled for the same time this Wednesday! In theory, I can easily walk between Ives, Goldwin Smith, and McGraw, but I still hate interrupting these things. As a clumsy person, the potential for becoming a huge distraction when leaving the room is quite high. What to do? “The [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment September 30th, 2008
I’ve always been impressed by the diversity of political opinion at Cornell. In choosing colleges, I figured that if I was going to leave the Democratic stronghold of Montgomery County, Maryland, I might as well go try something new! Cornell has a healthier representation of moderates and conservatives than most of the other schools I [...]
Continue Reading 3 comments September 30th, 2008
I think I spent a total of ten hours this weekend volunteering in the rain, which ended up being way more enjoyable than it sounds. Saturday morning brought me to the Cornell Plantations, where I joined the new Tradition fellows in helping with re-mulching some garden paths. The 150-acre Plantations is one of those places [...]
Continue Reading Add comment September 28th, 2008
If the beloved annual tradition of “Catherwood Cookie Day” has taught me anything, it’s that sugar and butter tends to work wonders for your attitude at 8:40 on a Wednesday morning. Today, right in the middle of one of those world-on-your-shoulders kind of weeks, our fantastic library staff replaced the chairs in the lobby with [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment September 24th, 2008
Panic over impending prelims is starting to set in among my otherwise calm and collected friends, so we hiked up to Mann Library after brunch today. As fiercely loyal to the ILR library as I am, Mann may have an edge over Catherwood beat for 1) its classy art deco design, 2) its range of statistical [...]
Continue Reading Add comment September 21st, 2008
When I excitedly picked up my tickets to historian Garry Wills‘ talk about the Lincoln-Douglas Debates early last week, I was overwhelmed by the eerie sense that I was probably going to be single forever. Yesterday was also Constitution Day, by far my favorite federally-mandated holiday that was snuck into a 2004 Omnibus spending bill. [...]
Continue Reading Add comment September 18th, 2008
I just got back from dinner in Collegetown with my beloved ILR Student Advisees, the coolest group of freshmen we have. Three of them ended up in my freshman year dorm – the beautiful Mews Hall – which I miss already. I got to reminisce about my happy days on 3West while still reassuring them [...]
Continue Reading Add comment September 13th, 2008
Topics have been settled, I’ve figured out the best times to exercise, I’m officially in love with the West Campus House System, today’s chilly 60 degree weather is near perfect, and I have no prelims until the first week of October (which is my birthday, but whatever.) As usual, I have nothing to complain about. [...]
Continue Reading Add comment September 10th, 2008
The not-too-shabby view of Carl Becker House and Cayuga Lake from my room in West Campus is a terrible reminder of everything I’m not doing today: I’m inside this morning trying to figure out the vexing problem of what I should study for the the rest of my semester in Stats. I’m truly excited to [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment September 7th, 2008
All five my of my classes are looking great. Even though I’m in fewer credits than last semester, I know I’m in for a challenge, both in content and volume. The work sounds pretty awesome so far: I have a total of three papers which are essentially extended statistical analysis in any subject I choose. [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments September 2nd, 2008
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