The topic of China—or the theme of China’s inexorable rise—has been popping up everywhere these days. In the media, Republican primary debates, and academic discussions alike, every road leads to China. The attention is not unwarranted; if you’ve been paying even reluctant attention to the news since 2008, you’ll know that the economic powerhouse has [...]

This is a letter I just wrote to my representative. Both a cool and interesting issue to read more look at americanrivers.org. The theme here is that I have already received a response to my first email on the issue and my congresswoman didn’t even know about it. This is how you get your voice [...]

“The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is — and I mean this seriously — the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.” -Fidel Castro Ladies and gentlemen we have now sunk to a new low. Fidel Castro has now called our presidential candidates [...]

I apologize. I am sorry to anyone who read my article in the magazine. I said that Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman were sticking around for the sole purpose of garnering enough attention to get a show on Fox News. Frankly I think any of the three would be willing to take a [...]

 Frozen Purple Cow: Episode 5: Drink 5 Glasses a Day: Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 6

Good Evening, fellow Cow aficiondos! I know what you’re thinking- you’ve never heard that mantra about 5 glasses before. Well, I will explain. You eat three square meals a day which obviously includes a full glass of milk (we don’t discriminate- as long as you’re supporting our cows, we’re happy but we strongly urge 1% [...]

Yo. I’m so tired. These past few weeks have been really busy. When you’re not studying for heat & mass transfer prelims, you’re doing problem sets about a shell-and-8-tube pass heat exchanger forcing you to stay at Olin Library until 2 AM or doing the thermodynamics questions about fugacity which guest Professor Tester introduced two [...]

 Frozen Purple Cow- Episode 4: No one udder than T-Swizzle: Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 11

Yo,  it’s time once again to pull out the plaid from your closet and start mixing that Frozen Purple Cow of yours. This week, you can listen to an exciting list featuring many artists singing tunes from a gamut of 12 different genres. Impressive, huh? hahaha. Actually, I chose to dedicate my entire show to [...]

This Saturday night Risley Residential College will be host to one of the wildest dance parties of the year, the 16th annual Masquerave. For one night only, each of the rooms on this north campus dorm’s main floor will be transformed into other worldly creations, including a fractals room, astrology room, and a magical forest. [...]

The very first thing on Cornell’s famous “Big Red Ambition: 161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do” list is the following item: 1. Make the library into your bedroom and have sex in the stacks. I find it interesting that fucking in the library comes before spending a summer in Ithaca (#31) and taking Intro to [...]