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Procrastinating Perfectly

“Priorities” are something of an urban legend to us college kids. We do whatever we want, whenever we want, with nobody to remind us of the things we should be doing.

So Far, Big Data Is Small Potatoes

By John Horgan

One of the high points of my summer vacation took place last May, when I attended How the Light Gets In, a philosophy in Hay-on-Wye, Britain.

Pass the elk

Anyone who knows me knows that there’s nothing I appreciate more than a good burger. While the occasional trip to Manhattan to refill those special tanks that can only be filled by such establishments as Shake Shack and New York Burger Company are almost necessary, Hoboken has of late developed quite the variety of burgers, a delight to few more than myself.

The “T” stands for “technology”

A few years ago, we stood in line as eager freshmen to receive that guarantee for every student: a laptop. If you were enrolled as any major that didn’t start with “Music” or “Art”, you received the 17-inch behemoth of a computing machine.

Get off your butt

Have you ever had the feeling that you didn’t want to do something because you knew in the end it didn’t really matter?

Stevens Medical Scholar Critiques Ebola “Fear Mongering”

A new semester has just started, and I’m more excited than usual—that is, less depressed that summer vacation is over. The College of Arts & Letters just hired two scholars to beef up our programs in Science and Technology Studies and Science Communication.

Which Website?

Sometimes, I forget where I am. I actually wake up confused for a moment. Then I realize that I am in my dorm room – not home.

Why did Amazon buy Twitch?

Amazon’s $970 million acquisition of Twitch last week sent the industry into a furor of surprise and speculation regarding why the purchase was made.