Almost every person dreams of having a sports car that flies around curves and turns on a dime when you dump the clutch. Everyone wants to fly at a million miles an hour. The problem is, usually these things can only happen on the weekend (unless you drive Daddy’s sports car during the week). In the case of kids who did that at my high school, they wrecked their parents’ car by speeding.
Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
Team Conan meets defeat
Friday, March 5th, 2010What was NBC thinking when they relieved late-night television personality Conan O’Brien of his duties as host of “The Tonight Show” and released him from the network? NBC claimed they never wanted O’Brien to leave, only to replace him with veteran host Jay Leno and move O’Brien to a later time slot. But the insulted “Tonight Show” host refused the scheduling change – and rightfully so.
Haiti: one student’s response
Friday, February 5th, 2010January 12 was a traumatic day, not only for Haiti but for the rest of the world as it witnessed an already poor nation plunged into unmentionable depths of humanitarian suffering and widespread devastation. It was 4:53 p.m. local time when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Amicus America
Friday, February 5th, 2010Okay, let’s construct a moral social contract! We’ll use John Rawls’ veil of ignorance theory and temporarily set aside our advantages and disadvantages so we can honestly consider this question: “How can we organize our collective behavior and systems of governance to best advance justice and virtue?”
Basketball helps the world
Friday, February 5th, 2010In Kenya, where I come from, there is a Swahili proverb that, when loosely translated, means that even the biggest task can be completed if taken on in small pieces.
The (previously) cell-blocked tango
Friday, January 22nd, 2010What the sweet baby Moses is going on? Ever since this quarter started, I hear clips of jingly little tunes coming from pockets in the Concourse. I see classmates’ thumbs ablaze with rapid-fire text messages in class. People hold their ears and talk to themselves as they pass me on walkways. Cell phones are here, and the social implications for Principia are already beginning to take effect. It’s been a long time coming, but does that mean we have to like the new tower? I wasn’t sure, so in an effort to make up my mind, I made a list of pros and cons.
Amicus America
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Friends, I have so enjoyed writing for you these last three years. Next quarter I will write for The Christian Science Monitor in Boston; in my last quarter here, I’d like to discuss political philosophy.
Letter to the Editor
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Why was Principia College football cancelled? After last week’s meeting, I’m still not exactly sure. In fact, I may be even more confused. On Dec. 1, when the announcement was made, it stated that the administration was unable to “identify both a fully qualified head coach and the proper number of student-athletes with football experience.”
That shut me up
Friday, October 30th, 2009About once a week, whatever I am doing is suddenly interrupted by my realization that it is almost midnight, and I am about to be locked out of my dorm. I jump up from my friend’s room, the library – wherever, really – and book it back to my room before the doors click shut at twelve sharp.
Asking that tricky little question
Friday, October 16th, 2009Principia is certainly a community of rules. I wouldn’t say that is the first thing I consider when I consider Principia, but it is always somewhere in the forefront of my thought. That is what makes us so unique. Most students at Principia fundamentally appreciate at least one of our rules. For those of us who do not appreciate every rule, we can ask WHY.
