Archive - 2011

A couple of weeks ago, I watched the movie Harold and Maude (1971) for a class. It’s a great film - dark, but funny, and it leaves you with several interesting ideas to think about long after watching. It also features four songs from the peak of musical genius Cat Stevens’ (who goes by Yusuf nowadays) career.

When I first ran with Maegan Krifchin, an Ithaca College graduate student and recent Olympic Trials qualifier, she wasn’t a professional runner, wasn’t eligible to compete in the trials and had yet to even run a half marathon. We met early last February on a Saturday morning, when the rest of the track team’s distance runners and I were getting ready for a 9 a.m. tempo workout.

A freshman doesn’t forget that first visit to the dining hall. That walk down the stairs, the friendly greeting from a student worker, and then, there it is: a cornucopia of cuisine.

Every college has an office brimming with colorful brochures and wallpapered with posters of the Eiffel Tower and Coliseum. Countless students end up at these famed landmarks thanks to popular programs. A handful of students, however, take the obscure brochures from the less-frequented back corner of the room, which leads them to adventures in far-flung locales and rewarding results.

The NFL season may still be young, but it is never too early to pick possible postseason favorites. Here are the five teams destined for greatness this season.

5) Houston Texans