Odopod! Visited for the first time in SIX years. They are huge now! Loved it.
COLBERT: Ben Bernanke, who oversaw the collapse of not only the United States, but pretty much the entire world financial system, and brought our economy to its knees, has been reappointed as head of the Federal Reserve... Does this give you hope for being reelected Governor of New York? [laughs] Because, mind you, he ...screwed EVERYBODY.
SPITZER: I just became a big fan of Bernanke.
That is not to say privilege is a bar to humor or empathy, but if the toughest experience you’ve had is Juanita ironing an inadequate crease into your golf pants even though you’ve told her about this before, you may struggle to wield the comedy of universal experience.
You’re going to want this back
You will never turn in an assignment late. You will study for every single quiz, midterm, and final. You will be stressed out and have anxiety attacks. There’s no stopping. That’s the environment here; high stress, high energy, high achieving. At the end of the quarter, you will feel this great sense of accomplishment: you did it. All of it. You pulled the all-nighters. You bs’ed your way through a few IHUM sections. You slept four hours a night for ten weeks.
But everyone else is in the same boat, they’re all right there with you – same stress levels, lack of sleep, amount of homework and studying, etc. And you bond together through this common plight to make it through. I think this is intentional, because in the midst of our stress, misery, difficulty of midterms and finals, we are all becoming so close to each other.
Yesterday was the worst day I’ve had at Stanford – math midterm, IHUM essay, taxes, and six hours of classes – but I did it. I didn’t have an anxiety attack. I didn’t quit. I woke up and faced the entirety of the day. It was only possible because of all the support that I received from my close friends. And that’s why I really, really love this school: not because of what Stanford means when you go outside the campus; because the people here are truly exceptional.
I have been asked this. I think it’s wrong, I think it’s irrelevant and I can shut it down completely with, “Well, seven, but only one is currently living. Feeling lucky?
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Dr. Gourley's research the cover story of Nature
Fellow YouNoodle member, Rhodes Scholar, and friend Sean Gourley has had his research featured on the cover of Nature, one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world. The paper discusses the mathematical models of war that have arisen from over five years of research on insurgencies around the world.
I’ll be posting an assessment of the research once I gather my thoughts…
