Monthly Archives: June 2007
Orientation: Session 4
For some reason, I did not start this session in the most desirable of conditions. The coughs, sneezes, sniffles, and sore throat plagued me throughout the week. Nevertheless, I put on the best show I could as if nothing happened. … Continue reading
Orientation: Session 3
It has been a little bit more than one month since we orientation advisors moved in to Jester. It is unbelievable that we are already halfway through orientation. Lacking a wing and interesting situations in peer advising, you would think … Continue reading
Innovation vs. Profit: A Middle Ground
Over the past couple years, innovative services such as P2P, VoIP, and Internet TV made the Internet so much more useful. A clear sign that telecom providers are unable or unwilling to carry these services is the net neutrality debate. … Continue reading
Orientation: Session 2
Learning from what we did during our previous session, we orientation advisors set out this week to make an even better experience than before for an even larger group. Even with this group, I received only five students instead of … Continue reading
Vending Machines & NASA
One of my friends works at NASA, and he was talking about how there is so much bureaucracy and paperwork people have to go through in order to get anything done. I proceed to go off on a tangent about … Continue reading
Orientation: Session 1
According to the supervisors, this session is like a dress rehearsal because there are fewer people in this session and most students have already started. Because of that, most wings did not live in Jester East. Although I was slightly … Continue reading
Workshop: Week 2
Invariably, all the projects I have come across come with the end goal in mind. Sometimes, these goals are quite overwhelming, and it is how I feel about projects at the beginning. Also invariably, the end product meets or exceeds … Continue reading
