Comments on: Michelle and me

By: Do the right thing! — Dean’s World

Do the right thing! — Dean’s World — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:47:04 +0000

[...] important person in my professional life who is one of the few classmates from Princeton who, well, unlike some people (joking!!), has actually looked out for me and shared some of the bounty of opportunity that has [...]

By: Shoes drop, crows roost, the whole thing « Likelihood of Success

Shoes drop, crows roost, the whole thing « Likelihood of Success — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:57:20 +0000

[...] sub theme is Michelle Obama who, I kind of had a sneaking suspicion, was going to “help” flush out certain… issues [...]

By: The rich grow richer « Likelihood of Success

The rich grow richer « Likelihood of Success — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:54:58 +0000

[...] by Ron Coleman on December 4, 2007 I was shocked when I got an email from Princeton a couple of weeks ago announcing a new fundraising drive. Old Nassau wants to raise $1.75 billion. [...]

By: Lev

Lev — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:48:27 +0000

Obama WAS NEVER ELECTED US SENATOR!!!
Left-wing, antisemitic “Chicago Tribune” found some dirt on his powerful opponent and a guy had to withdraw from the race!

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:15:22 +0000

Yes, I know others who had that experience too, Michael. It tends to focus your choices, if you’re paying any attention.

By: Michael Bates

Michael Bates — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:44:48 +0000

Interesting. MIT in the early ’80s also had the self-segregation phenomenon — a dorm wing that named itself “Chocolate City.” I don’t have statistics, but it seemed like our ZBT chapter had a lower pledging rate for the bids we offered to black students than in general.

I suspect Ms. Acree misinterpreted the cues from her fellow students. In my experience, you passed by most every other student without a “shred of recognition,” even if you were in the same class.

Contrary to the expectation that college would be a secularizing experience, many of my fellow students, Christians and Jews alike, came out of MIT more devout than when they went in. For several of my pledge classmates, college is where they first learned how to keep kosher. They came in as Reform or Conservative and left as Orthodox.