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on student unions and the amtrak…
One of the great things about living in the Northeast and in Boston is that there are a good amount of transit options available- so that you can go carless when traveling and you can also avoid the...
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physical (aka ‘meat’) space for digital users…
Can we talk about how MOOCZilla is our friend, not our enemy when it comes to the future of higher education? While this awkward lizard may not be the most accessible or equitable lizard out there,...
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dead streets, vibrant campuses…
Having presented at ACUI on urban campus communities with Pascha “Way too cool” McTyson, urban campuses have been on my mind for many months. Having put the final touches on and being halfway through...
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A workday poem…
“Imagine If Email Could Power a Rocketship” Imagine if email could power a rocketship, Every meeting request fuel to take you into the sky, That angry email from the other department giving you an...
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2014 books on the wall…
So this year saw quite a bit of new-ish things for me: 1- a desire to learn more about the urban condition, and to translate urban studies and urban architecture into how student unions on urban...
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get out of their way…
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of hosting ACUI Region VIII’s annual Drive-In Conference, which focused on Veteran Services and Campus Community this year, and took place up at the very beautiful new...
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this dystopian american life…
It’s been busy. I also went through a spell of books, some of which were good, and some of which were Academically Adrift, which left my soul and my interest and my creativity adrift. However,...
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grumpday humpday…
Hello. You have probably been directed to this blog post by an automatic posting on Facebook or Twitter. However, this is not a real blog post, as I am currently at Jury Duty. If you would like an...
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what where place space…
So, I’m returning to the Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg again this week, because I’m currently reading Academically Adrift, and I can’t even wrap my head around a blog post for that, because it’s...
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the third union place…
I previously wrote about some of my thoughts on Ray Oldenburg’s “The Great Good Place” in July here, and wanted to develop some more thoughts on how the student union can serve as a community third...
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All I need to know…
I’ve been struggling for a topic for a couple weeks now while making my way through a couple of longer books, and finally settled on developing further a quick bit from my presentation with Jessi Eaton...
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hi…
I’m on vacation… So… Like go read someone else’s bloge. Or, you know…. Get back to work. K bye.
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the union place…
I’ve been blogging a lot based on current books I’m reading and how they relate back to the student affairs or college union experience, and if that isn’t your cup of tea… my bad, but… I don’t know...
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simplicity in higher ed…
One of the books I recently worked my way through was John Maeda’s “The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life,” hoping that it would not only shed some light on how to make the work of...
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bite into a book…
Hahahaha, you get it? Get it? Because Luis Suarez bites people during soccer, but when you read, you are figuratively biting into a book!! Hahahahahaha. Not Luis Suarez. So, imagine my joy when a...
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the cup of the…
The World Cup rolls around every four years, and it’s a glorious time. Soccer on the global stage is a thing to behold, but in the beauty of the game, we cannot let certain things get lost. There is...
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that ionic column makes me grumpy…
To make you all grumpy with me this week, I shall again visit The Architecture of Happiness, which I started going over last week. Written by Alain de Botton, this was the first book I read in my...
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the great footy kit debate…
Ok, it’s not really a debate. It’s just my opinion. But, for your entertainment, I shall now determine who will win the World Cup of 2014 based on team kits. Only the most advanced science will...
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the architecture of grumpiness…
Please find below a post about architecture, something I have learned through osmosis by dating an architect, drinking lots of wine with architecture students, and spending late nights keeping Eugene...
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