Michel Becquet, watch your back
January 22, 2008
Six months to go until the world premiere of Lost Canyon II, and everywhere we turn, people are already getting revved up for the talent show. We just saw three hacky sack prodigies doing calisthenics out on the quad. Regarding…
Who to call if you burn your fingers on a parabolic oven
January 18, 2008
We were trying to think of a good lawyer joke, but it’s hard to make a really good lawyer joke when the lawyer in question, Chris Jaap (’91), is doing really good work. Sigh. This job is tough sometimes. We’re…
Globetrotting McGinnity wins Marshall Scholarship
January 17, 2008
Megan McGinnity, a 2003 Flinn Scholar, has won one of the world's most esteemed graduate fellowships, the Marshall Scholarship. Next fall she will begin studying Middle East politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of…
But did he give her any stock options?
January 14, 2008
Back in November, a troop from the Eller College of Management dug out their wool hats and moon boots, got on a plane, and went to see the Wizard of Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. Sarah Trainor (’07) was one…
A-Town, a man, a plan, a canal, Panama, nwota
January 10, 2008
Wow, we love palindromes. There’s somebody on The Internets who has invented one as long as The Merchant of Venice. It doesn’t make sense, but it uses real words, unlike this dumb”nwota” thing. But where were we? Oh, right: Dustin…
Tchaikovsky the right way
January 03, 2008
Esther Cardona(’00) was one of the five professional dancers–along with about a hundred kiddies and other amateurs, plus presents, gussied-up trees, etc.–on stage last month for maestro Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at the Fox Theater in Redwood City, CA. Esther’s also instructing…
On Education
January 02, 2008
Legal swashbuckler Daisy Flores (’89) serves as the County Attorney for Gila County; a couple of years back, she was named by the Payson Roundup one of the “Top 10 People of Influence” in the Rim Country, and these days…
