Saturday, November 7, 2009

My Defense of Craigslist in The Student Life

If you want to read my defense of Craigslist and how you can find anything you want on it, head on over to The Student Life's op-ed page.

The Forum, under Emily Meinhardt, didn't want to publish it, so I went elsewhere. And hey, The Student Life is actually paying me.

Let's hope The Forum changes its policy of not paying me, as I'd rather like dealing with them and my college.

We Won Hub Quiz by Four Points

Bryce Gerard CMC'11, Riley Lewis CMC '11, Alex Berman CMC '12, and I won Hub Quiz tonight. Our team name was Team Ramrod and we won $40 each. We were down and nearly out in the third round, but Bryce got all 16 Disney characters on the identification round, putting us up by four. It took him 15 seconds to get all of them. It was incredible.

Here are some of the questions we missed. No Googling and finding out!

  • For how many years did the owners of the Guiness beer company sign their lease?
  • What was the name of Maine's ballot initiative banning homosexual marriage? (They're looking for a number, not a name.)
  • Who is A.Rod currently dating? (I wanted to put Derek Jeter, but it turns out
    he dates women...)
  • What country is Arch Bishop Oscar Romero from? (I knew this, but we
    changed our answer at the last minute to Mexico. Whoops!)
  • What country is this flag from? (Careful, it's not what you'd think.)

Riley and I have College Jeopardy Live auditions Sunday. Wish us luck!