It all started with the commencement ceremony in May 2000. The keynote speaker was James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, an international agency that provides loans to developing countries. Our normally apathetic campus was swarmed by protestors who opposed the World Bank’s meddling in international affairs. They made a lot of fine and nuanced …
Back when I was in student government, our biggest problem was apathy. It was hard enough getting people to know that we existed. It was even harder to get them to care. That’s why we were constantly working on outreach. Some, if not most, of these outreach programs failed, like the “Bill to Give Students …
Like most college students, I spent a lot of time at the bar. There were a bunch of bars all along Grand River Avenue, some better than others. There were frat bars and douchy bars and dance clubs, but my favorite was a pub called the Peanut Barrel. I liked the Peanut Barrel for several …
Back when I was freshman at Michigan State University, the Princeton Review ranked my school as the number three party school in the country. It was all the talk around campus, as people debated the dubious distinction. I thought it was unfair, since most of the other highly-ranked party schools weren’t known for the academics. …
Back in college I had what I called the “Holy Triangle”: the three places I spent the bulk of my day. There was Espresso Royale Coffee, Berkey Hall and a bar called the Peanut Barrel. It was a 30-second walk between each of these places, and I spent my days going back and forth between …
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