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My PLA E-Portfolio

The following link leads you to my PLA e-Portfolio: http://cohenzac44.wixsite.com/pla-eportfolio

Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Today my time as Pledge Master for my business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, came to an end. When deciding how my fellow PM and I should spend our last opportunity speaking in front of the kids in a formal setting, I had the urge to play one of my favorite commencement...

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know

This semester I have had the privilege of being the Pledge Educator for my business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi. In our pledge meetings, my partner and I introduced a new segment called “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know.” It is inspired by a Freakonomics podcast of the...

Inspired by the Parkland Students

This Saturday I participated in State College’s March for Our Lives, a satellite march of the larger protest in D.C. It was my first time taking part in a large-scale protest. It felt good to be a part of something bigger than me. Though I supported the Women’s March...

Irrationality of Sports Fandom (Pt 2)

I have written before about the irrationality of sports fandom (you don’t have to actually read my first blog, but I would encourage you to read the Wait But Why blog post that inspired me to write it). The Tim Urban blog post in reference “Why Sports Fans Are Sports...

Hot Take Culture

We live in a time where so-called “hot takes” dominate the airwaves. Broad, sweeping generalizations and unsubstantiated claims that capture people’s attention. Our President is the most obvious offender, routinely spouting off cable-news-chyron-worthy statements such...

Youth on a Board of Directors

Originally published 10/29/17 My friend, mentor, and former PLA member, Luke Metaxas, and I are on the Board of Directors for the House of Care, a small nonprofit in downtown State College that serves local low-income, elderly residents. We are the first student...

Welcome to PSJew

I’ve never been a great Jew. Faith’s never been a big part of my life. It always seemed irrational to me. When asked by friends if I consider myself Jewish more in a religious sense or a cultural sense, I would tend to favor the latter. But even so, I never fully...