A Goodbye Worth the Writing

Either write things worth reading,

or do things worth the writing.

--Benjamin Franklin

By Nick Summers | May 2 12:00 am ET

Reminiscing, Baseball ... and Gym Class?

I was at Harvard last weekend, part of Spec’s delegation to a fancy-pants conference for Ivy League editors.

By Nick Summers | Apr 22 12:00 am ET

Scooter's Big College Weekend

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.

By Nick Summers | Apr 8 12:00 am ET

Skiing's Spring Break Redundancy

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.

By Nick Summers | Mar 25 12:00 am ET

Glory Finally Comes for Long-Forgotten Senior

Validation, bitches.

Validation.

By Nick Summers | Mar 10 12:00 am ET

A Lesson in Taunting the Killer P's

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.

By Nick Summers | Feb 25 12:00 am ET

The River

At 11 p.m. on Sunday night, a sophomore invited me to his fraternity house to watch him play cards.

By Nick Summers | Feb 16 12:00 am ET

What I've Learned in Squacquetball

Jan. 24: overslept

Jan. 26: overslept

Jan. 31: overslept

Feb. 2: almost went; saw something shiny

Feb. 7: overslept

By Nick Summers | Feb 11 12:00 am ET

Today's NHL, Job Market: Iced and Inept

“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

By Nick Summers | Jan 28 12:00 am ET

New Faces Offer Bright Ideas: 129th Board Steps In

By James Romoser and Nick Summers | Jan 18 12:00 am ET