Last Friday I was fortunate enough to be present at my girlfriend's Ph.D. thesis defence at the University of Copenhagen. In case anyone is wondering, it went very well, and all the opponents spoke highly of her work, and now we can all call her "Doctor".
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Heerenveen Several days ago, a new wooden floor arrived from the US with the purpose of enriching the experience of inline speed skating training in the Netherlands. Four containers later we found ourselves looking at a very shiny wooden floor fully-constructed in the middle of Thialf, the premiere (ice) speed skating facility in the...
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Daniel Yeow for Columbia Daily Spectator… Baseball is supposed to be a great American pastime. Well, one thing is for certain, time does seem to pass (and you really notice it!) during baseball games. A vastly inferior attempt at cricket, it is a game of ball and bat in which the players hit the...
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Daniel Yeow for Columbia Daily Spectator… Softball is an interesting sport. It is similar to baseball in many ways except that it is played with a different ball, on a smaller pitch and with a different pitching style. There are other subtle differences in the rules but I think those are the main ones....
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Whoever came up with the idea of a random pillowfight in New York city deserves the Nobel Peace Prize (more than Henry Kissinger, anyway). Actually, I think it was these guys… Anyway, here’s the deal, rock up at Union Square at 3pm with a pillow and start hitting people with it… easy enough. Time:...
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Every year, there’s a conference organized by the earth institute called “State of the Planet”. It has (apparently) grown every year, and is a fairly big deal these days. The question? What is the state of the planet? The answer: not great. Columbia University President Lee Bollinger (or PrezBo, as we like to call...
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I decided to visit the capital of the United States of America, Washington DC, for spring break. However, since I have a great deal of work to do over the break, I decided to try and make this trip as short as possible. So I began this trip by taking the 11pm Chinatown buson...
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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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