We are reaching that time of the year when the underclassmen will step up to the plate and run for election to fill the spots vacated by graduating seniors and retiring officers. With the Student Government Election starting Monday and The Stute's own election only four weeks away, I am reminded of my own transition into a new office and the difficulties I faced.
No, I'm not talking about your relationship status on Facebook with that weird girl from back home. You know-- the one you sort of dated for like a week, fell in love, she dated someone else, and you never got over it? I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about my latest computer science homework assignment.
Writing this column isn't my only responsibility at The Stute. In fact, chances are that the paper you're holding was hand delivered somewhere on campus by either myself or my distribution partner Mike Azzarra (who also writes for The Stute). Our task every Friday is to load up a hand cart with over two thousand newspapers and drag them across campus, dropping off a stack or two at designated buildings along the way.
Technical professionals are like congressional representatives from the Midwest: they are not in the news unless they are embroiled in controversy. Instances such as climatologists allegedly skewing proof of climate change or geneticists totally falsifying proof of cloning advances hit the news with a punch like any marital philandering or financial mishandling.
Here's an analogy: Malaysia is to cars as Stevens is to what? The answer is Pierce dining hall. Hear me out. I will demonstrate what happens when freedom of choice is reduced or eliminated and a market becomes something less than a free market. I chose two examples; one I have just recently heard about from a former Stevens student on Facebook and the other example is near and dear to all of our stomachs.
Over the past week, President Barack Obama has made many promises and made great strides in re-invoking the hopes and spirits of those who had begun to feel that he was not delivering on his campaign claims. Last Friday, President Obama met with House Republicans in the GOP House Issues Conference.
In my last column, I critiqued the proposal of the iconic figure Fritj of Capra that modern science should become less reductionist. Capra, I'm sure you recall, is a particle physicist and author of the tremendously influential Tao of Physics and other books.
The restaurant I visited this week has been in Hoboken since I was a freshman years ago, but much to my surprise, it has never been given a proper review from The Stute. It just seemed to fit with this cold weather that I try to warm up with a type of cuisine that warms my body and my soul.
Candidly, I am not privy to many of the facts that led to the New York Times article, the Attorney General's actions, and the details of the final agreement with the AG's office. Certain facts, however, are indisputable: ยท A mandate from the attorney general of a state prescribing future governance procedures is not a ringing endorsement of past governance procedures.