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Posts published in “Past Opinion Columns”

How do I get my professors to like me?

Claire:

While most classes don’t have a specific requirement to interact with your professor on a regular basis, it definitely can only help.

Recitation Hall: the Stevens School, but not of technology?

Most students here at Stevens know the boxy, brick, monotonous building known as Burchard Building. However, not many students know that before Burchard was built in the late 1950s, a very different-looking building sat where Burchard is today.

What baseball means to New York City

While Hoboken may be the birthplace of baseball, New York City is credited for popularizing the sport. Back in 1846, when the first official baseball game was played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, it was remarkably similar to the version we know today.

They’re building them back!

Stevens announced last week that, after less than a year of being open, they will be taking down the University Center and putting Hayden and Jacobus Halls back in their rightful places.

Physicists Make Wormhole! Not

By now, you might have heard that physicists have created a wormhole, which heretofore has existed, as far as we know, only in the imaginations of physicists and science-fiction writers.

What should I do if I’m alone on Valentine’s Day?

Claire:

It can suck to be single on a day dedicated to romance. While the day itself isn’t that special, media and advertising ramp up to remind everyone of the season.

Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering: the gift of a Trustee

As explored in last week’s edition of this column, Stevens originated with a single building, Edwin A. Stevens Hall. However, around 30 years into the school’s history, it became evident that it needed more space.

Edward Hopper’s women

My recent visit to the Whitney Museum of American Art included a tour of the Edward Hopper exhibition, a showing of a painter whom we might be faintly familiar with, but who has truly shaped the landscape of American art in irrefutable ways.

An irreverent social history of music

As I study in the library, my favorite brain break is browsing the shelves on the second floor to see if anything jumps out at me while I take a stretch.