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Shopping: Chill edition
A super chill and relaxed day! And apologies for my recent horrible apostrophe habits. I should proofread better if I'm going to write publicly after such exhausting days.
Summary
First class started: 8:30 AM
Left last class: 4:00 PM
Total classes shopped: 7
Approx hours in class: 5.5
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Shopping: Wednesday-Friday-Monday
My MWF shopping schedule is calmer than I've ever had before - not only is this list short, but there are several on the list that I'm not actually planning to take but shopping for kicks. Hooray for easy(ier) days. But... if you're shopping something excellent that I've missed, let me know.
AB Hour (8:30-9:50 AM)
BC 107: Burden of Disease in ( Read more... ) -
Fall 2006 Shopping -- Day 1 Report
Day one of shopping is complete! Summary
First class started: 9:00 AM
Last class ended: 9:00 PM
Total classes shopped: 11
Hours spent in class: about 8.5
Details
Shopping was strange today...while I usually rush frenetically, all morning I was happily content to sit in just one class. Different? yes. Refreshing? absolutely. A sign of my age? ( Read more... ) -
Fall 2006 Shopping List, Tuesday/Thursday Edition
I'm excited for this last semester! Here's the shopping list for tomorrow. Feel free to comment, especially with your experiences with these courses/profs.
And... let the learning continue!
~ Benj H hour (9-10:20 AM)
AN 102: AIDS in International Perspective (Symonds)
AN 100: Circumpolar Ethnography (Anderson)
ED 126: Emotion, Cognition, Education ( ( Read more... ) -
the good news and the less good news
Brown University decided to divest from companies whose business supports genocide in Sudan over the weekend, which is excellent. The full report is available on the Brown homepage and a longer news bulletin.
Unfortunately, in their eagerness to share the good news, the University posted this map on the website:
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goal #14532: do fewer things at once
Upcoming dates, part one:
Feb 17-19, 2006
- Naomi & Miron's wedding.
- Jews in the Woods (Not gonna win this time)
- Flogging Molly in Boston!
- Last weekend before... but those are hard to predict and don't always happen on schedule.
- Megan & Charley's wedding.
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Speaking of misplaced priorities:
David H. Brooks, CEO of DHB (who make bullet-proof vests for the US army), spends $10 million to bring celebrities to his daughter's bat mitzvah party:
On the day the President told the American people to prepare for the long haul in Iraq, here’s a story that seems to perfectly sum up our priorities as a nation. They’re calling it Mitzvahpalooza. ( Read more... ) -
radio silence
Hello all,
It's been a long, long time since I've written, and I've heard from some folks asking why. The main reason is that school is incredibly overwhelming and I don't have much time. In addition, I'm most interested in continuing to write to you about Israel-Palestine, but from this side of the ocean I'm confined to a more analytical role -- ( Read more... ) -
Shopping: Day 2
My shopping journal continues. By some inexplicable (miracle?), there weren't nearly as many classes I was interested in shopping today. Not really sure why, but I won't complain...
classes on the list: 5
classes visited: 4
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Shopping: Day 1
One of the great opportunities Brown offers is a shopping period when classes start. Having no core requirements for graduation and leaving the registration deadline two weeks into school, we're given a chance to visit and test many courses so that we may create our educations in an informed way. Even so, most Brown students shop minimally: many ( Read more... )