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Lee did well on his presentation Friday. You can tell this from the picture his professor took with an iPhone because everything on the screen is written in a combination of serif and sans-serif Andale mono — the font of professionals. (You’ll have to ask him what any of it means.)

Thanksgiving is almost here, can you smell it? It smells like the holy trinity of turkey, gravy and stuffing. Or in my case, sweet potatoes, pecans and brown sugar. Look at these adorable children on the Washington Post Web site. I have a picture exactly like that from elementary school. The paper bag Native American [...]

I’ve been on a quest for the perfect world map for some time now. I can’t afford a standing globe, but I knew I wanted a world map for display in my apartment. It’s amazing how many times during my workday I’ll look at one of the many maps around the office, seeking reassurance that [...]

Hey everybody… it’s Lee here again, back by request. A testament to the confounding nature of those who like to ask for things. So I checked the front page of the New York Times website at about 1:00 central time and was somewhat heartened to see that the stock market hadn’t taken a nose dive [...]

Judging by yesterday’s results, that’s the kind of poll question people can really get behind! Today was not a productive one because of my car. I tried to get it inspected in order to get a tag. Of course, the guy found a pot-o-gold at the end of the inspection, making me replace parts to [...]

I finished my Poli Sci exam at 9:30 this morning. It was liberating! Well, the test wasn’t, but the feeling I got afterward was. My last exam on my very last day of school. I’m chez BFF Andrea’s in Greensboro right now. She’s been getting ready for about 2 hours now. As much as it [...]

The tally: Badminton “A,” Media Law “C,” Internship “A,” Producing Radio “A” I would go ahead and tell you State and Local Politics is a “C,” but I’d rather leave that to chance. Yes, my final exam is at 8 a.m. on Friday (tomorrow). I think it’s appropriately brutal for being my last exam ever, [...]

It’s our final show of the semester, and as we say our goodbyes, we’re joined by our crack team of reporters to find out what style of reporting inspires them and what they hope to do in the future. We also learn that Julia can’t sing, Gervais has a crush on Ira Glass, Katie Mac [...]

It’s currently 6 a.m., and I am about to shower and leave for my last Carolina Connection radio show. I’m extremely sad and happy that this moment has arrived, and I hope the last show does NOT disappoint. Otherwise, I’ll feel like my sacrificing sleeping in on Saturday mornings this semester was all for not. [...]

I’m currently studying for my first final: badminton. When I tell people I have a final in badminton, a written one at that, they look confused. It’s really quite simple, except it’s not as easy to remember the differences among the “net shot,” “net kill” and “net lift” as it might first seem. Making an [...]