Culturally shocked Uttara Sivaram May 22, 2014 3 Comments But when we ostracize our peers for those cultural faux pas that we will all inevitably make, we destroy any and all desire for cultural discovery. When we make culture into an in-group, out-group... Read More »
Dear RCC… Uttara Sivaram May 1, 2014 1 Comment That said, despite my psychology major, I’m not a complete rookie when it comes to computers—I grew up in the Silicon Valley, took CS 106A and recently learned how to embed GIFs in Gmail. However,... Read More »
The SAT facelift Uttara Sivaram April 17, 2014 1 Comment I believe in IQ. I think that if anything, it’s one statistic among many that describes a student well, especially in relation to his or her peers. And I think that by shifting the SAT’s emphasis... Read More »
A White House of Cards Uttara Sivaram February 27, 2014 1 Comment Campus has been unusually quiet for the past two weeks. It would make sense to chalk it up to a protracted midterm season, but I have a feeling (and a Facebook newsfeed to back it up) that Netflix’s... Read More »
Ten Years of Kanye Uttara Sivaram February 13, 2014 1 Comment Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of Kanye West’s enormously successful studio album, The College Dropout. Indeed, the occasion may have been even more momentous than West’s own birthday in... Read More »
Financial Needs and Deeds Uttara Sivaram January 30, 2014 0 Comments It’s about time someone rolled a keg down to the Career Development Center. The grad students at Munger have already devised a drinking game for every time they spot a nervous undergrad shuffling... Read More »
A MacBook walks into the Library Uttara Sivaram January 16, 2014 1 Comment American and British students take a fundamentally different approach to college, shaped by our respective high school systems. I never really saw what was wrong with a more eclectic approach to... Read More »
Saint Sandberg Uttara Sivaram April 24, 2013 1 Comment I’m wary about the influence that powerful and successful women wield in today’s (much-needed) feminist movement. Read More »