The temperature is currently -14. And it’s only going to get colder. The Weather Channel is predicting -20. Of course, Northfield is always colder than they say it will be anyway.
This is lame. I need palm trees.

Posted on February 18th, 2006 by Lee
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Two weeks to go. I’ve almost finished my regressions, but I have a lot of writing left to do. This is uncool.
On the plus side, I’m coming up with some really cool findings. It turns out the Olympics do create jobs, and over a much longer time period than anyone has found [...]

Posted on February 9th, 2006 by Lee
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As a DJ on KRLX, I have to say, I’m really impressed with the things that the board has been doing recently to improve the station.
When I was a lowly freshman on this campus, KRLX was a much different place. Centered around the notion of total DJ freedom with minimal interference from the folks in [...]

Posted on February 9th, 2006 by Lee
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I never knew I could be a compulsive shopper.
I do lots of things to deal with stress. I eat. I go for walks. I blog. But I had never known myself to be the type to go to the mall and shop. And I’m still not. But apparently when [...]

Posted on January 27th, 2006 by Lee
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This has to be one of the most interesting studies I’ve seen in a long time: (from the Freakonomics blog)
There are many sterotypes associated with undergraduates at the University of Chicago. They are typically thought to be really smart, very overworked, and a bit odd.
Two U of C undergrads, using a data-driven approach worthy of [...]

Posted on January 22nd, 2006 by Lee
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