Daily Archives: October 14, 2011

14 posts

A Reason, A Season, or A Lifetime

They look like friends for life.

I have been putting off meeting with two girls from grad school for the longest time.

One worked in the grad office with me throughout our time in school. We were ok friends; hung out outside of school and campus events sometimes, but she moved away for a while and we kind of lost touch. The other I had one or two classes with and I don’t think I ever hung out with outside of school or school functions. She was more of a colleague than a friend. I’ve bumped into both these girls around campus a few times since this semester has started, making a promise to have some drinks and catch up. We were supposed to get together on Wednesday, but they changed the location from my usual Wednesday hangout spot to one of their apartments. Continue reading →

Brookfield Backs Off: Zuccotti Park Showdown Avoided Last-Minute

Considering that over twelve hours had passed since Mayor Bloomberg announced that the Occupy Wall Street protesters had until 7 am today to clear out of the park, I had arrived in Zuccotti Park early this morning expecting to see an organized resistance. But as I pressed into the tightly-packed crowd surrounding, the mood looked to be one of uncertainty. In the center of the square, the General Assembly was doing a mic check, but the most of the chants became incomprehensible once they reached the edges. Only an hour remained until the announced deadline and no one seemed sure what exactly was going to happen at 7. Continue reading →