Sports

Now Columbia isn’t known for its sporting prowess. There are, however, a handful of sports in which we excel. These sports are characterized by being very… “preppy”. Fencing and Golf are but two examples. If we had a polo team, I’m sure we’d be pretty good at that too. A few weekends ago, the...
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Every year since about 1980, during MIT’s independent activity period (IAP), a mystery hunt takes place. This hunt is organised by the previous year’s winning team and generally consists of a number of puzzles which, when solved, usually unlock more puzzles. The object of this hunt is to locate a coin somewhere on the...
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It has been 5 years since I last represented Melbourne Uni at the Uni Games. In 2001, I smacked some people in the head with a bamboo stick in the sport of Kendo. Ironically enough, this was also in Adelaide and I felt strongly that, since this may well be the last Uni Games...
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Everyone seems to have an opinion on this, so I thought i’d join the bandwagon. Yes, I watched most of the games. Yes, I believe that Australia got robbed because it was a smaller footballing nation. Yes, I think the refereeing has been appalling all-around and that FIFA should really do something about it....
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Road Day 1 Australian nationals, or “nationals” as they shall be referred to from this point forth, began today on an initially forboding morning characterised by cold temperatures and long warm ups. Long enough, in fact, to allow for your eternally absent-minded man-on-the-ground, moi, to forget his victorian skinsuit but still have time to...
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Wednesday 1st September Sitting in the lounge at Changi (Singapore’s International Airport). While, being a Hong Kong person, I have never been a big fan of Singapore, more for political reasons than anything else, I must say that Changi is a very nice airport. Obviously, its not as nice as Hong Kong’s Chek Lap...
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