Mon, May 2, 2005, 12:00am
Either write things worth reading,
or do things worth the writing.
--Benjamin Franklin
Fri, Apr 22, 2005, 12:00am
I was at Harvard last weekend, part of Spec’s delegation to a fancy-pants conference for Ivy League editors. There were big-shot keynoters and lots of informative sessions on everything from photojournalism to newsroom management. My favorite part was how they started at 9 a.m.
Fri, Apr 8, 2005, 12:00am
Scooter Maxfield is 16. He’s a good kid—funny, normal, athletic. He plays soccer and runs track for Tenafly High across the Hudson, and he likes Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. He doesn’t have an obnoxious Jersey accent.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
Spring Break is usually about the three B’s—Beaches, Binge drinking, and things that state school girls will do for Beads. But this is Columbia, and my neck size is 16. What, I was going to hit South Padre and win arm-wrestling tournaments at Señor Frog’s?
Thu, Mar 10, 2005, 12:00am
Validation, bitches.
Validation.
I’ve heard you talking around the newsroom. “He’d written how many stories before starting as sports editor?” “He picked the ’76ers to win the NFC championship game?” Now who’s talking? I’m Pixbox Champion!
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
Attention Columbia: our men’s basketball team is at a crossroads. They’ve dropped six in a row after a promising 3-1 Ivy start.
Wed, Feb 16, 2005, 12:00am
At 11 p.m. on Sunday night, a sophomore invited me to his fraternity house to watch him play cards. As his computer woke up, we talked poker strategy, and he asked about the tournament in Broadway’s lounge that I had just left.
Fri, Feb 11, 2005, 12:00am
Jan. 24: overslept
Jan. 26: overslept
Jan. 31: overslept
Feb. 2: almost went; saw something shiny
Feb. 7: overslept
Fri, Jan 28, 2005, 12:00am
“It sucks I have to get a job in this economy. At least you have another four years for it to get better.”
—Various friends, upon graduating college, Spring 2001
“This Bush economy is terrible. Good thing you have three years ’til you need a real job.”
—Spring 2002
Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 12:00am
Coming off a year in which Spectator made some of the biggest changes in its history, its new managing board, which prints its first issue today, isn’t planning to slow down.
