February 2012
18 posts
Vintage Smith On Jezebel
vintagesmith:
Vintage Smith was included in Jezebel’s coverage of the Anti-Spurzem Uprising, including a fantastic response from a current student today. Read it here!
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i should be doing work
but i’ve been pissed pretty much all day long about the publication of a letter to the editor from an alumna of smith named anne spurzem. she graduated in 84. in approximately 300 words, she managed to get thousands of alumnae riled up over her “observations” that smith was now seen as a safety school for teenage girls in westchester and fairfield counties because it is now a...
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Sophian: About that Letter to the Editor... →
The elephant in the room.
smithsophian:
The Sophian editors are pleased that this LTE has prompted such a vigorous discussion of issues of diversity, classism, racism, and homophobia in the Smith community.
We encourage all of our readers to debate this issue in a respectful, thoughtful, and productive manner. Some posts have gone…
The Choice: Teaching Smith Students About Life... →
I look forward to hearing more about this.
smithose:
Read The New York Times story on how Smith College has developed two programs through its Center for Work and Life to help students engage more effectively on campus and teach valuable skills for life after college.
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www.good.is/post/most-americans-want-a-walkable-nei... →
Good magazine highlighted the findings of a new survey commissioned by the National Association of Realtors, which basically concluded that people want to live in walkable neighborhoods.
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Just gave to Planned Parenthood
After Helen Rosner (Smith ‘04, editor of Saveur.com) announced on Facebook that she had set a recurring gift to Planned Parenthood, I made a gift to them too.
Nearly 10 years ago, I went to Planned Parenthood of Santa Monica to get the morning-after pill. It was during my summer break from Smith, and I wasn’t sure if I was covered for doctor’s visits outside of Smith’s...
Congratulations, Zimride!
I got the following email from John Zimmer, who was the founder of a vendor I worked with at UCLA Transportation:
Hi Sirinya, I wanted to give you a special head’s up that Zimride is going to be on CBS Evening News tonight! It’s usually on around 6:30pm but please check local listings. The story will be within the context of the upcoming Facebook IPO and how companies like Zimride...
January 2012
3 posts
Insane transit geekery - Presentation from Matt,... →
Matt Barrett, Metro’s head librarian, gave this talk on the history of the MTA at the Huntington Library. It’s mad nerdy.
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Am in love with a squirrel blog →
So this all started when I decided to create a Pinterest account for the UCLA Fund (oh yeah, I should tell my boss this. Oh well.) Anyway, Oberlin College’s Ma’yaan Plout has done a really excellent job with her school’s account, so I decided to look at it to figure out ideas for setting up my own pinterest board. Well, well. She had a board dedicated solely to Albus the...
December 2011
2 posts
August 2011
1 post
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LOVE Suri's Burn Book
surisburnbook:
It seems every three months there is speculation that Jennifer Garner is pregnant. It’s time everyone accepted the fact that Mrs. Affleck just can’t dress herself.
Almost everyone is rich enough to afford jeans without holes.
June 2011
3 posts
“It’s okay to suffer for fashion.”
Why it doesn't always make sense to be a renter →
Slate’s Annie Lowrey makes the case that renting is better than owning for many Americans. As she points out,
Indeed, dozens of recent studies have shown that, excepting the go-go bubble years, houses tend not to make very good investments at all: A prospective homebuyer would have made more money taking her down payment, parking it in inflation-adjusted Treasury bonds, and renting.
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Changes
Friday will be my last day at UCLA Transportation. On Monday, June 6th, I will become the Assistant Director of Social Media at the UCLA Fund. (Yes, what a title!) I am super excited and super sad — sad to be leaving my fabulous colleagues in my current job, but excited about the opportunities that lie ahead of me. Wish me luck!
April 2011
4 posts
Excitement
Today’s been a busy day. I helped organize a tweet-up with some fellow peeps at UCLA that I correspond with but had never met. It’ll take place next Friday. It should be interesting.
“Tom Ryan died the way that he lived his life: He left early on the Lame Train.”
– Anonymous
Green Line - Line to nowhere →
Via JMM’s father, J5
March 2011
1 post
Moded →
Mass transit has come a long way →
Mass transit has come a LONG way since 1927, when this photograph was taken.
February 2011
3 posts
Pet peeve
Trying to interpret edits for other people’s written documents. Oy.
January 2011
2 posts
December 2010
5 posts
Tom
http://www.postctydepression.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3786
“Walkability has been linked to quality of life in other studies. Walkability may...”
Penn State sends this video to students turning 21 →
It features squirrels talking in squirrel talk cautioning students to drink responsibly.
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For the record
According to the draft Environmental Impact Report for the Metro Westside Subway Extension, (Chapter 1, pg. 5), 53,122 people work in Westwood as of 2006, per the 2008 SCAG Regional Transportation Plan.
Just in case, you know, you happen to be writing a report, an op-ed, a blog entry, whatever, and you happen to have a vested interest in the Westwoodian transportation network, which I do.
It is Juan's birthday
and I’m pleased to report that we will be celebrating his birthday by eating a whole lemon-rosemary chicken.
Of course, I will be adding soy sauce to the mix.
November 2010
16 posts
“In the SCAG Region, less than 0.5 percent of all regional transportation funding...”
– Jessica Meaney, California policy manager for the Safe Routes to School National Partnershiop, in an interview with Nate Baird at The City Fix.
Stefan Wehrmeyer: A Mapnificent World →
stefanwehrmeyer:
I just released Mapnificent for 17 cities in the US and some other cities world wide (before Mapnificent was only available for Berlin and somehow for London night buses). You can watch a short video about what Mapnificent is and what it can do here. This post will explain how Mapnificent…
I'm outraged →
Outraged that the motorist convicted of manslaughter for killing a teenager/cyclist has had the nerve to SUE HIS PARENTS. WTF.
First blog entry on The Source →
I’m turning into a transportation writer. It’s my second career, the first one being a counselor at a summer camp for the gifted.