Thinking Boy

Disaster in the East

2011-03-12T12:39:00.000-08:00

Friday March 11, 2011, a 8.9-magnitude earthquake split the ocean floor 30 kilometers (81 mi) off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsular,Tohoku. The earthquake triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations from Japan's Pacific coast and at least 20 countries, including the entire Pacific coast of North America and South America. 10 meters (33 ft) waves spat unto Japan and many other countries.

Tens of thousands people are missing, most of which are not expected to be found alive.

The Earthly forces have damaged the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant reactor and it is unknown whether a complete failure in the reactors will result in released radiation, similar to Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986.

try it

2010-10-22T19:25:00.001-07:00

life

2010-10-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

what is our goal here?

Recent Developments

2010-04-23T10:39:00.000-07:00

Polish President Lech KACZYNSKI and 96 other heads of state died on April 10, 2010

Earthquake in China - Qinghai Province - at least 300 Dead and 8,000 Injured In 7.1 Magnitude April 14, 2010

Iceland: Volcano Eyjafjallajokull erupts several times stopping all air traffic in Western Europe for a week. Overall less CO2 emission pic

2010-04-11T13:38:00.001-07:00

FIX Baruch

2010-03-08T19:41:00.000-08:00

Our building’s escalators, despite years of false promises, have not moved one inch since many of us first stepped foot in this college. And our elevators, on the rare occasion they do work, make the 6 train look positively roomy.

As business students, we are not allowed to double major, unlike our neighbors at NYU. As club leaders, we are frustrated by the virtual impossibility of booking the room we need for the date we need. As patrons of the gym, we are fed up with the endless waits for broken lockers so we can exercise on rusty equipment.

Our tuition and fees are climbing towards the stratosphere with every passing semester, and we have nothing more to show for it except a larger burden of student loan debt. Classes are more and more packed, with students sitting on staircases instead of desks. Textbooks cost more than their weight in gold.

And our Undergraduate Student Government has largely failed our student body. We hear promises, but don’t see results.

Club budgets are allocated by favor, not merit. In a year of all-around belt-tightening, a certain well-connected few saw increases, while everyone else pinched pennies. These trying economic times seem to have not affected USG, as we have seen them take our money and spend it lavishly on themselves and their friends. Just recently, USG earmarked $20,000 to buy themselves new furniture.

This is a Baruch problem. This is why we are running for the Undergraduate Student Government. Because today, every dime is important. Because while the club room is important, so is the class room, and the exercise room, and the lunch room. It’s high time for something to actually get done.

This is a Baruch problem. We need a Baruch solution. It’s time to Fix Baruch.

All you need to know can be found here.

What's Next?

2010-03-03T21:01:00.001-08:00

How many natural disasters have happened in the past few years? Too many.

Everyone remembers the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. To this day, only estimates can be made to the total number of people dead. The U.S gov says that its at least 222,517 dead, 300,000 injured, 1.1 million displaced, 97,294 houses destroyed and188,383 damaged in the Port-au-Prince area and in much of southern Haiti.

February 27, 2010: Magnitude 8.8 earthquake offshore of Chile. More than 700 dead. Moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches.

What disaster will happen in March?

Is this all leading to something else?