Journal

When you walk into the WorldTeach headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first things you see are pictures – dozens of colorful photographs taken across the globe don the walls of the halls, the break room, and every individual office. Each photograph has been submitted by inspiring WorldTeach volunteers who leave home for a summer, semester, more »

Earlier this year, I sat in a student center at Cornell and listened to the celebrated annual “I ♥ Female Orgasm” show. Students poured in through the doors until all seating seats and standing room was were occupied. As the show began, students were asked to name a few misconceptions about sex and sexual behavior more »

I asked various Cornellians to describe “swine flu,” thus far, in ONE WORD. As you can see from the results below, there are a wide range of opinions on the virus. Cornellians employed several parts of speech – the noun, adjective, and even the verb to encapsulate H1N1. Speaking of “H1N1” — My BSOC 2051 more »

Just mere weeks ago, on September 26th, the Philippines were struck by a tropical storm, dubbed Storm Ketsana. The amount of resultant flooding exceeded that of any other storm in the Philippines during the last four decades. This flooding was pre-empted by month-long rain fall, the conclusion of which brought about the deaths of 464 more »