Washington Post’s Courtland Milloy has just issued a pop quiz on what constitues high-quality education. See if you can pass the test by clicking here.
Month: August 2006
Catch-22 or Progress?
I haven’t gotten a chance to mention the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC), and I still can’t even choose words to express my pleasure in the fact that there are fair, democratic elections taking place all across Africa. Despite the fighting between incumbent Joseph Kabila’s and Jean-Pierre Bemba’s supporters, the fact that…
bungling boondoggling bumbling bureaucrats! (wait… i want to be one one day, right?)
On this anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I’d like to join Grist magazine and others in pointing out one of the true criminals in this whole deal who have been spared their reasonable share of the blame in this catastrophe: The Army Corps of Engineers. Let’s begin with a short excerpt from the Grist headline article:…
absent vision… languishing people
As I was walking through Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill Barnes and Noble with one of my favorite professors, the one and only William Massey, I was introduced to the phenomenon of mathematics novels, memoirs, theses, and literature that wasn’t academic textbooks or journals. I ended up buying a book with a title I feel resonates with…
It’s Not Just a Grade! It’s A Place Among the Elite…
I must say, my friend Lydie has brought up a point which I have been considering for some time now. Ever since I was applying to undergraduate programs, the question as to how much of a school’s name you should pay for was on my mind. In one of her recent posts, “To Ivy or…
Passion and Purity: Strange Bedfellows in Environmental Journalism
In “They Walk The Line“, top environment reporters talk about journalism vs. activism. Grist Magazine preface the article with the tension between simply reporting facts dispassionately or engaging activism in the face of daunting environmental problems such as global warming, biodiversity loss, and fossil fuel consumption, to name a few. I find it quite interesting…
Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life
“Jigga What??!? Jigga Who?!?” This is what some of the UN administrators must have been saying when UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan informed them that they would be working with Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter in the global fight to provide clean drinking water to the almost two billion people who lack consistent access to it. Carter, Def…
Sanaga Peregrinations: You did a great job ! Thanks ! You’re FIRED !
Sanaga Peregrinations: You did a great job ! Thanks ! You’re FIRED ! je dois dire, cela est un tragédie pour notre continent bien-aimée. dis-moi, s’il vous plait, pourquoi nos fonctionnaires ne peuvent pas travailler sans harcèlement et stupidité…
#7
i just saw this last night while i was watching soccer and waiting for my lady to board her early-morning flight to the dominican republic. HopStop.com is an amazing site that allows you to text message directions directly to your mobile phone, or text an address to them while on the move and receive directions…
ethiopia in troubled waters
I am excited to see that the US has sent troops to help in the Ethiopian flood crisis. At times like this, it helps to remember that there is some notion of human compassion in our military despite our current crises… As an engineering student interested in water resources and environmental stewardship, it is difficult…