After four years as an undergraduate student attending Stevens Institute of Technology, Laura Lemke of Merrick, New York has been named the valedictorian of the Class of 2014.
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I lack the tribalism gene. I don’t identify strongly, emotionally, with clusterings of people, whether nation, hometown, religion, ethnic group, profession or sports team (although long ago I endured the horror of being a Mets fan).
When you first came to Stevens, undoubtedly to some extent, you looked up to the senior class with wonder and awe.
In a school where the majority of students major in engineering, sometimes it can get difficult to receive guidance when one is pursuing another career.
Corvid cleverness is making news lately. Researchers in New Zealand recently reported that crows can mimic the fictional hero of Aesop’s ancient fable “The Crow and the Pitcher.”
The Research and Development budget at Microsoft and other companies is larger than the financial support given to science and technology by the U.S.
Boken is an annual event held on campus which is hosted by both the Entertainment Committee and the Student Government Association.
One of the biggest criticisms of HBO is its lack of online streaming. Even HBO GO, which is essentially HBO’s version of Netflix, can only be purchased if you already have an HBO subscription with a traditional cable or satellite provider.
I never thought this day would come, but now we’re here. This is the last column I’ll write for The Stute.