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The Reading List: Occupy AIPAC, Vassar Admissions Missteps, Refocusing the Job Search, and More.

By pkessler January 30, 2012

While the Occupy Wall Street protests were generally directed at domestic reforms, the next generation has been repackaged and taken in an entirely new direction. Occupy AIPAC is one of a few anti-Israel movements that have stemmed from the original incarnation. However, whether or not this reflects a re-characterization of  what the Occupy movement stood…

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The Finals Countdown [Fresh Off the Block]

By pkessler December 10, 2011

I have a propensity for contracting illnesses in inconvenient situations. I’ve had tonsillitis in Prague, influenza in Florida, and most recently, pneumonia in Middletown. The last was by far the least opportune time to be seriously ill – amidst four exams, three papers, and various other odds and ends that had seemed to all converge…

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Speaking with bodies and words | Fresh Off the Block

By pkessler October 29, 2011

My dance professor stresses the importance of body movement as a form of non-verbal communication, and having spent half a semester examining and performing various forms of motion, I’m inclined to agree that sometimes our bodies do speak for us. Taking the class has made me pay more attention to the ways we communicate with…

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Ghosts of Freshman Past | Fresh Off the Block

By pkessler October 15, 2011

It’s pre-frosh season again. I remember it like it was yesterday: the spam from colleges imploring me to apply, waived application fees to universities I’d never heard of, and the constant feeling of dread inspired by the Common Application website bookmark on my browser, an ever-present reminder that I would have to spend hundreds of…

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Musings on Moving In | Fresh Off the Block

By pkessler September 17, 2011

The intimidating mural of stylized heads and arbitrary brushstrokes in the lounge of my dorm quotes the Talking Heads: “And you may ask yourself ‘Well, how did I get here?’” The most honest answer I can give: I have no idea. I’m living in a time warp, watching my seventeenth year fly by on fast-forward….

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