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Yoga~Stretch That Comfort Zone

It is very rare that I feel uncomfortable during a workout. This is singlehandedly my biggest weakness as an athlete. It’s really hard for me to push myself during a workout of any kind: run, bike, swim, lift, or fitness class. I reach this threshold where I’m working...

Thinking Fast & Flow

Though I’m not much of a psychology buff, I have nonetheless found myself immersed in two books on the subject this semester: Flow by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi and Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Khaneman. In an effort to mentally prepare myself for the ardors of...

Evaluating Leadership

This week I had an election for an Executive Board position in my Fraternity. During the time leading up to the election I had a more difficult time than I had anticipated preparing for the speech I had to give and figuring out why I would be a good fit for the...

Some Policy Stuff with a side of Pie, Jonathan Pie

Hello, hell week. I don’t want tomorrow to come because that’s when the clock really starts ticking on all of the assignments that I have to do for this week. Exams, homework, Russian poetry recitations, lab work, and of course, the policy paper. *cue suspenseful...

Censoring Speech

A couple weeks ago, our class discussed the possible boundaries of the freedom of speech and expression. Prior to this class, I never even considered that the Constitution does not protect all forms of speech, regardless of intent. An example of speech that is not...

Separation of Church and State?

Recently I’ve seen a lot of articles tying a presidential candidate to a religion.  This often comes in the form of, “If you’re a true [insert religion], you’ll be voting for [insert candidate] …” and it makes me absolutely cringe.  Religion is intended to guide...

PLA Busy Bee

This past month, being a part of PLA has been quite busy for me. Not only did I attend the fall trip to New York City, but policy papers were just submitted and now I am preparing for the presentations. The PLA fall trip was an amazing experience and I was glad I...

Thinking Fast and Slow

I thoroughly enjoyed Thinking Fast and Slow; it made me think very differently about the way that I think. It makes sense upon examination that the brain has multiple ways of examining our environment – one that is more cursory and is used constantly over short...
A Critical Review of The Circle

A Critical Review of The Circle

The Circle, a novel written by Dave Eggers, a Boston native with a skeptic view of technology and whose brother has worked for conservative think tanks in the realm of privatization, is a difficult beast to tackle, especially as an IST student with a bleeding interest...