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Journal 3

Y says he knew a veteran of a French Foreign Legion parachute regiment. The man had a giant tattoo on...

Dear Paul Graham: Why Y Combinator Needs a Global Ed Tech Startup

Dear Paul Graham: I read about Y Combinator, your tech startup boot camp, in this month's Wired Magazine. With all...

Compromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.

From the archives for #NAFSA11 I started my first professional teaching job at the age of 22. I taught English...

Math Geek Mom: Ideas for Gifts?

One of the joys of teaching at Ursuline College is that I often get to teach women (and an occasional...

Messages from a washing machine

I started doing laundry when I was in my teens. When I began attending community college in the mid-90's I...

Chushingura and Catastrophe

In an excerpt from his new book on MIT, Samuel Jay Keyser talks about why commissions and task forces may be ignored, but certain events can lead to real change at a university.

Journal 2

That odd feeling when time comes unstuck in us. To read Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night (1934) and find...

Motherhood After Tenure: The Legacy of the Freedom Riders

Last week I attended the 50th Reunion of the Freedom Riders, in Jackson, Mississippi, an event which honored the courageous...