CSO's Executive Director Matt Rubinoff came to campus and we did some video blogging. Here I encourage you to think outside-the-box and venture away from home for college. Sorry about the rain and thunder background noise; it was not your typical sunny California day!
Well, 1/8 of my college experience and (knock on wood) I'm very happy with where I'm at. In my last post, I discussed how it took a few people to go out of their way and really become friends with me. These are some great kids, and I have surely managed to have a...
Wow! Like everyone else has said, this semester has absolutely flown by. I remember during the first few weeks of school wondering whether or not I was going to handle the social situation of all these kids that I had very little in common with. I did miss my...
Swish...loop...crank...crank...nervousness...click click click (gear grinds)... click clack...This is the last hump on the roller coaster of my first semester. There is a lot to do between today and the end of this semester, but somehow these last few months have...
That’s how I felt last year at this time. The leaves were falling off the trees, the air had a bite, and the sun was setting earlier. The election season was over, and I had spent the last few months putting off thinking about college in favor of work and the...
In the last month, I’ve begun to think seriously of what my role in academia is. Perhaps the most surprising conclusion that I have begun to arrive upon is that our roles are constructed. Undoubtedly it would appear that such a conclusion offends the very grain of...
A kid up the hall in my dorm left last week, for good it turns out. His parents came to take his belongings back home, and they didn’t seem happy about it. College is not High School. For me, high school was merely a carry-over of the meritocracy I was accustomed to...