I recently gave a talk at Stevens about how I came to write The End of Science, which was published two decades ago and just reissued with a new preface.
The Stute
With the anticipation of primary elections (discussed two columns down), the anxiety of obligations, and the imminence of graduation for some, there is a danger of getting swept up in a quickening torrent of work, practices, meetings — life.
As I am writing this, a proud student of the College of Arts and Letters (read: tour guide) at our historically engineering-focused school, there is a nationwide conversation on the importance of the humanities in STEM, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields like the one we as Stevens students engage in.
Last summer, I looked forward to not having to commute to school anymore. My commute on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) usually entailed taking the 6:08 a.m.
Let’s get one thing straight: I didn’t gain 15 pounds at Stevens. I actually only gained 10 pounds when I got here.
Finally, a useful article! No, but seriously, how many times have you walked passed Schaefer gym during a career fair only to see a long, winding line of identically dressed, white and navy worker ants?
Last March, China’s National People’s Congress wrote a draft for an anti-terrorism bill that required companies to implement encryption backdoors. A spokeswoman from the Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted that the bill was “a requirement for the government in combating terrorism.”
On February 18, Stevens held its 16th annual VDAY as part of a global movement to protect and empower women. Members of the College of Arts and Letters’ Literature Faculty, the Women’s Fencing Team (who recently won their second straight conference title), and the DeBaun Performing Arts Center presented Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to an engaged audience.
I will preface this with the following: you should go out and vote, no matter what hurdles prevent you from doing so.
On Wednesday, the Stevens Game Development Club (SGDC) held its second annual Skype Q-and-A with Doug Lombardi, Vice President of Marketing at Valve Corporation and little brother of Stevens’ own Professor Donald Lombardi.