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First things first. My Wired story is now online here. Last weekend: On Saturday morning, we left for Montreal from Hartford through upstate New York at about 7:30 am. There’s not a lot to see en route, except for that at Saratoga Springs, we found a cool coffee and bagel shop which provided great respite from the pounding rain that we encountered nearly the whole way. Once we got north of Plattsburg, we approached the Canadian border — and I…

The new issue of Wired is out, the one with the Governator on the cover — I have a short profile piece on this kid called Aaron Swartz. Go buy a copy, cause it’s not online yet. I was in Canadia this weekend, taking my cousin Nena back to McGill in Montreal. What a cool town. Lots of French stuff, and lots of stuff I didn’t get a chance to explore. I came back with a bellyful of poutine, and…

That was the sage advice from Bill Gorta, of the New York Post, a former cop turned journalist, who offered it up as his main tip to us — or in other words, don’t live and die amongst other journalists — get out and experience other things. This week has been plagued by more repetitive lectures, orientations, drills, et cetera. So far, (and at least one student agrees with me) I’ve found that we have a great deal of exercises…

Ed: I was in the band from August 1995 to June 1997 and from August 1998 to June 2000. As far as everyone I knew was concerned, Dr. Carl Hammer was something of a no-nonsense teacher, but overall was a good trombone player and cared deeply about the marching band. I’m really shocked. Surf Santa Monica ; August 18 2004 By Olin Ericksen Staff Writer August 17 — For the second time in two months, a Santa Monica High School…

If you know my friend Rachel Rosmarin, you might also know her brother, Ari, who has been immortalized in this week’s issue of The New Yorker. We ran into each other on campus today. Ari Rosmarin, a nineteen-year-old Columbia junior who mans the front desk, gave Ezili the telephone number for one of the protest organizers. A little later, a fabric importer who works in the area popped in to say that he thought the civil libertarians were misguided. “After…

That’s a slogan that I saw on a hair salon called Ghetto Fabulous in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Friday — my first initial foray beyond the confines of Manhattan. Crown Heights, a 50 minute subway away, is more or less divided along the Eastern Expressway, with Hasidic/Lubovitch Jews to the south, and Jamaicans/Guyanese/Trinidadians/Surinamese/Haitians to the north. Should be a neat community to cover this semester. I spent nearly two hours walking around there just getting an initial feel for the…

Go Bears! Associated Press Monday, August 16, 2004; 1:11 PM ATHENS, Greece – American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88. Manaudou had won the 400 freestyle Sunday night. Coughlin, of Concord,…

Philly is a cool place. In a nutshell from these past few days: Thursday: Pizza with Sarmad at Sal & Carmine’s, Farmer’s Market on Broadway Friday: Crown Heights, Dinner with Peter and Veda at CafŽ de Bruxelles in the Village, Belgian beer rocks. Saturday: Philly via Chinatown bus. Chez Giselle. UPenn, Downtown Philly, Liberty Bell, Jim’s Steaks (Philly Cheesesteak), Nap, Dinner/Jazz at Ortlieb’s Sunday: Sleep in, Phillies game, Saw Matt & friend Diane, Caribbean Festival @ Penn’s Landing, Chat with…

This proves what Kerry, Edwards, Clinton and even Al Gore in the last campaign have been saying for years: Fully one-third of President Bush’s tax cuts in the last three years have gone to people with the top 1 percent of income, who have earned an average of $1.2 million annually, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to be published Friday. The report calculated that households with incomes in that top 1 percent were receiving an…

Why can’t our public officials be funny all the time? On Thursday evening, the Bushes were joined by Schwarzenegger inside a hangar decorated with large U.S. and California flags. “It’s fantastic to be with all of you here tonight to salute our great president, George W. Bush,” Schwarzenegger said in his brief introductory remarks. “I just want you to know, President Bush, how hard I’ve been working for you here in California. “I’ve been organizing Republicans for Bush-Cheney. I’ve been…