Archive for January 2007

Who the Heck is Dana Gioia?

The Stanford Daily broke the news that a dark horse was chosen as the class of 2007’s Commencement speaker: Dana Gioia.
Now honestly, how many people know who this guy is? I admit, when I first read the article, I was pretty upset – since 2000, Stanford has had an impressive list of commencement speakers:
2000: [...]

Being cultured

Stanford Lively Arts has been offering us some great performances this year and for great student prices! Last Friday, the Richard Alston Dance Company came to perform some contemporary dances. There was free pizza before the performance and our RFs reimbursed the 9 of us who went for the $10 tickets. Although [...]

Photoshop Phriday

Something Awful.com is awesome. One of my favorite sections on the site is Photoshop Phriday where users creatively alter a bunch of historical pictures. Check out the latest thread on Clown History. The commentary is especially funny.

Priorities

I had mistakenly scheduled my hall dinner during the UCLA vs. Stanford basketball game. It was too late to reschedule the dinner so I had to miss the game. I watched the first half on television, and it didn’t look that good at all. Stanford was down by almost 20 points and [...]

Finding Motivation

I remember my senior year of high school. After AP exams were over – Senioritis set in. A terrible lack of motivation. Of course, for me, taking a break could only be temporary, since I was still having to prepare for graduation, nationals in debate, and a strolling strings tour of Europe. [...]