Some rappers find a niche. A groove. Make the same sounding music for years and years. Talk about the same subjects, stick to the same flow, have similar beats by the same five producers. They ride comfortably for years until they finally fade into ra…
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2010 Volleyball Preview
The CMS Volleyball team will open up the 2010 season as it hosts the Pacific Coast Classic this weekend. On Friday, the Athenas will square off with Ithaca College before facing regional opponent UC Santa Cruz. Saturday, the team meets Manchester College and Case Western Reserve University.
Women’s Soccer 2010 Preview
The CMS Women’s Soccer team graduated its most decorated class last season, so there are some big shoes to fill as they prepare to start the 2010 season. There is still a strong group of returning players, led by 2009 SCIAC Player of the Year forward, Laura Hagen (CMC, Sr).
Kill the Yearbook (Or At Least What I Pay For It)
Had I been elected as El Presidente, one of the first things I planned on doing was cutting the Yearbook’s funding from ASCMC.Think about it. In the age of Facebook, why do we need a year book and why, oh why, do we need to all pay for it?I can underst…
Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart
By 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Orientation had come to a close, teary-eyed parents were long gone, and the freshmen finally finished setting up their bunks at Camp Claremont. Many of the new students found their little minds brimming with all of the sage advice that could possibly fit in a paper folder. Use the [...]
John Clark Levin, Superstar?
My good friend, John Clark Levin CMC ‘12, does some pretty remarkable things.He, along with George Posner CMC ‘12, hold the world record in hand shaking. He’s won the prestigious Breindel Award and interned at The Wall Street Journal.Those are both pre…
The Tallest Man on Earth-King of Spain
Tapas, sangria, and churros are dancing around my head right now, grooving to the sounds of a symphony of acoustic guitars playing at the subterranean Meson de la Guittara near Plaza Mayor in Madrid. A year and a half since I left Madrid (where I stud…
Dr. Z’s Fantasy Football Rule #3
Editor’s note: This is the third part of a series of recommendations for your Fantasy Football 2010 draft. The series will run until the NFL kicks off on September 9th. So now you’ve taken your first few picks (after reading the previous rules #1 and #2) and you’re feeling pretty confident. But you realize you [...]
Creating nano-composites to slow global warming
One of the over 100 summer research projects at Mudd focused on creating nano-composites to separate gases and slow global warming.




