Archive for October, 2008
Seemingly defying all laws of physics, assisted by strong winds, rain in Ithaca sometimes has a knack for falling horizontally. Shocked as I continue to be that this part of the country experiences “wintry mix” in October, which is not a winter month by most people’s classification, I sat down in my American Political Thought [...]
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October 28th, 2008
It’s feeling like its going to be one of those awesome weekends when it’s only just begun. I went to my first Cornell hockey game of this season last night, a truly beautiful victory over the University of Western Ontario. I come from a football family, and ice hockey is not a big deal in [...]
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October 25th, 2008
This afternoon, I had the unique privilege of catching a lecture by David Sanger, New York Times White House Correspondent. I’ve never considered journalism as a career, but mornings with the Washington Post defined my early years: my dad drinking coffee and reciting the news in Section A, handing me the crossword in the Style [...]
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October 20th, 2008
Around this time each year, Cornell welcomes back its most dedicated alumni for the President’s State of the University Address, many meetings, and opportunities to meet the students whom their contributions support. Each year has a Scholarship Reception that I look forward to every year, and Friday night’s was just as fun as always. Instead [...]
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October 18th, 2008
I arrived back in Ithaca this afternoon after a fabulous break and a long bus ride. I loved my trip to the University of Maryland, another school with a beautiful-but-hilly campus, and, for now, my Labor Econ data set is complete! I’m exactly where I should be for the horrifying amount of work I am [...]
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October 14th, 2008
For all of the jokes I make and receive about living in my school’s library, this morning was actually the first that I started my day anywhere close to when it opened at 8 a.m. It was actually a bit spooky when I sat down to continue data collection for my overly-ambitious Labor Econ paper. [...]
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October 9th, 2008
I rang in my nineteenth birthday this weekend with perfect weather and a bunch of incredibly well-timed and free events on campus. If that isn’t classic Patricia Moscoso luck, I have no idea what is. On Friday night, my friends and I got dressed up for Prom Night at the Johnson Museum, a celebration of [...]
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October 6th, 2008