Congratulations to all the folks that participated in the Winchell Symposium of the Minnesota Academy of Science. Although our Economics session was rather small, it was great to see the other things that undergraduate economists are up to. I didn’t get the chance to check out the sessions in the hard sciences, but [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2006 by Lee
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There’s a certain guilt implicated in blogging about a song that you can’t get out of your head.
It’s as if the high Scripture of blogging has said to you that blogging must be a noble intellectual pursuit. You must be introspective all the time. If you’re not being introspective, you must scream more [...]

Posted on April 27th, 2006 by Lee
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You know you’ve got senioritis when you’re not sleeping enough–not because you have too much work to do–but because you just procrastinate that much.
I am a useless ball of procrastination.  I cannot get myself to do anything, and when I do, it is only under penalty of severe sleeplessness.  It’s amazing how good I seem [...]

Posted on April 27th, 2006 by Lee
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In a previous post, I mentioned in passing that Jagdish Bhagwati came to Carleton last week. He gave a number of speeches directly to students. He also took on an interview with the Carleton Radio Forum on Friday morning (probably a rather hostile audience, really).
I have to applaud him for going to such [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2006 by Lee
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 *begin shameless self promotion*
Spring Swing 2006, April 29, Carleton College: Be there.
I would say “be there or be square.” However, being square is no barrier to attending this event. Nor is being square an excuse not to go. In fact, you’re reading my blog; you’re probably square anyway. Square is [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2006 by Lee
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