Obsessive Kompulsion: In Memoriam Kristian Davis Bailey March 4, 2011 1 Comment On February 18, 2009, one of my classmates killed himself by jumping from the eleventh floor of my school in New York City. Two weeks and one day later on March 5, my beloved Aunt Cheryl, my... Read More »
Obsessive Kompulsion: Poking Holes in the Illusion Kristian Davis Bailey February 25, 2011 0 Comments So, the interesting thing about having a column is that it puts me into a very public sphere. As someone who considers himself an introvert, this presents a couple of issues: (1) being misunderstood... Read More »
Obsessive Kompulsion: This Weather Sucks Kristian Davis Bailey February 18, 2011 2 Comments Yesterday, for the first time I can recall all year, it was colder at Stanford than all the major cities on the East Coast. It was 58 degrees and partly sunny in Cambridge, Mass., 62 degrees and sunny... Read More »
Obsessive Kompulsion: I Believe I Can Fly? Kristian Davis Bailey February 11, 2011 3 Comments Since the fall of 2001, I’ve been terrified of flying -- not for fear of a terrorist attack, but because of the violently destructive force 9/11 demonstrated planes can have. Read More »
Obsessive Kompulsion: In Defense of Being a Pack Rat Kristian Davis Bailey February 4, 2011 5 Comments I have a hoarding problem. It’s not a serious issue, like not being able to walk through my room because I have a mammoth collection of 80s Cabbage Patch Kids dolls -- it’s more an issue of not... Read More »
Op-Ed: Mid Year Evaluation Kristian Davis Bailey January 19, 2011 2 Comments Though I’ve now been in class for two weeks since Mid-Year Convocation, I feel even more nervous and even less certain about how the rest of the quarter and the rest of my freshman year will pan... Read More »
Op-Ed: Don’t You Wish Your IHUM Were Hot Like SLE? Kristian Davis Bailey December 1, 2010 4 Comments My freshman experience has been vastly different than most as, I am proud to admit, I am one person of the roughly 5 percent of the freshman class who decided to participate in SLE, Stanford’s... Read More »
Home Sweet Home? Kristian Davis Bailey November 28, 2010 0 Comments When I booked my Thanksgiving Break flights in early October, I begged my dad to spend an extra hundred dollars so that I could spend a full week at home, instead of returning to Stanford early Friday... Read More »