To MB or not to MB
My application for photo editor of the Spec… that never made it (note: MB = Managing Board) To MB or not to MB, that is the question, whether ’tis nobler in the [more...]
Features
On the McCain Health Care Plan
Joe Biden and she-who-must-not-be-named did debate recently on many issues. One of the issues that struck me was that of health care. It struck me so much, in fact, that my [more...]
CUAI Welcome
This speech was prepared for the first meeting of the Columbia University Amnesty group, where I served as webmaster for one year. It was intended as an introduction to the [more...]
Don’t Miss Your Train
it is lonely I stare into the belly of the beast column by column, only ribs, no guts a sliver of silver slips ‘tween platforms thunder shakes, rattles, screeches [more...]
State of the Planet
Every year, there’s a conference organized by the earth institute called “State of the Planet”. It has (apparently) grown every year, and is a fairly big [more...]
A Day in DC
I decided to visit the capital of the United States of America, Washington DC, for spring break. However, since I have a great deal of work to do over the break, I decided to [more...]
Food Shoot
News assignments are kinda cool, sports assignments aren’t bad either… but food… mmm…. Those who know me well know that I like food. I am capable of [more...]
Consilience
New York Tonight saw the launch of “Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development”. It is the first student-run interdisciplinary journal of sustainable [more...]
What in the World Rhymes With “Freedom”?
This poem was sent to the members of the cuai-board email listserv as a christmas card and may have been influenced by the alcohol that inevitably accompanies christmas [more...]
Some Final (Silly) Words
This poem was emailed to all the students in W4400 Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change in the fall of 2007 during a particularly frustrating late night of [more...]
A Week in the Life
Photo Essay. A typical week in the life a a Columbia University graduate student. Let’s take a look at what life is like through the eye of my camera… in invite [more...]
UN Conference
Yes… there was another reason I came to Columbia University – because it is in New York. The United Nations also happens to be in New York. What a happy [more...]
The 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
I’ve been listening this on the radio for a little while, so I thought it would be good to go along. So over the last weekend, I attended some of the aforementioned [more...]
End of an act…
Dear All, As many of you have figured out by now, both Nick and I made it home safely to Melbourne from our last stop of Santiago, Chile. After my harrowing defeat at the [more...]