Ned Donovan - Ithaca ‘12

Hello everyone!

It’s that fantastic time of the year where I eat entirely too much food, and then feel sick for about three days afterwards.  I’m so excited.  Today my grandmother and uncle are coming up and we’re going to go out to thanksgiving dinner.  I haven’t seen either of them in a while so this will be fun.  Did I mention I get to eat unbelievable amounts of food?  I thought I did.

I’ve been home for about five days now, and let me tell you, it’s kind of weird.  I’m used to life up at Ithaca, where I have my space, and a routine.  It’s actually more hectic when I’m at home supposedly relaxing because I have no routine and I have to plan things quickly.  Ah well.  I’ve seen so many people in the last few days, it’s been awesome.  Monday I went out to brunch with Addie and Anando after seeing some people at Waynflete.  We took a tour of the new arts building at Waynflete, and dear god.  I’m glad I’m at a theatre school so that our facilities are beautiful, because otherwise I would be more than jealous…I’d probably be homicidal.  Monday night I went bowling with Anando, Harper, David, and Lizzie.

Hey everyone,

I’m not going to do this every time my brother has an article, but this is freaking exciting!  Therefore I’m just going to post this one as well.  Check it out.  Again you can follow Will’s work on his website, and the original article can be found here.

 

BEIRUT: Agreements, not controversy, dominated a discussion at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on Tuesday between Rami Khouri and Michael Young, the former a regular contributor to The Daily Star’s Opinion section and the latter its editor. The debate was sponsored by AUB’s Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), and entitled, “The Middle East Policies of the Bush and Obama Administrations.”

Khouri and Young agreed in principal on a majority of subjects. The event largely focused on the realities of a post-Saddam Middle East, the persistence of Arab dictatorial regimes and their de facto support by America both militarily and politically, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Basic disagreement, which remained cordial and often unspecific, came in the form of Khouri’s optimism for the future Obama administration’s ability to achieve success in the Middle East, versus Young’s pessimism that the incoming president-elect will lack the means and the leverage to achieve much in the way of progress.

Regarding Iraq, Young’s perspective was that the removal of Saddam Hussein and the Baathist regime in Baghdad was ultimately a positive event, both for Arabs and for the West.

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This is a shoutout for my brother.  I’d like to offer him a warm congratulations by myself (and hopefully by extension, all of you) for his first article published by The Daily Star.  So congratulations Will, you have somehow managed to successfully begin your hopefully long and prosperous career in Lebanon, and may you have innumerable publications from now until when (if) you decide to come back to the states.  Keep kicking ass and taking names, and we will all follow with close and rapt attention.
Here is the article for you all to read, you can find it here on the Daily Star website.   Will’s website can be accessed here, where you can keep track of all that he is doing.

BEIRUT: Amid rave reviews and the glow of high-definition television screens as far as the eye could see, the 13th edition of the Levant’s Information Technology Exhibition at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure center is a look into Lebanon’s potential as a future technology hot spot for the Middle East.

Representing a mix of local, regional, and international companies and organizations, the conference is highlighting Lebanon’s growing market for high-end consumer electronics, high-speed Internet connectivity, and information technology services and software.

Hey everyone,

Ali enjoys stomach rubs

Look how content she looks!

I made it home from Ithaca without a hitch. Two of my suitemates (Max Lorn-Krause and Jason Barrera), Alyssa Darsa, and I headed out around 6pm from Ithaca after I finished my Paint Crew assignment for the day. With the exception of a little bit of weather around Albany it was a relatively uneventful trip. I dropped Max and Alyssa off in Newton MA at 12:15 and headed onward to Boston. After dropping Jason at the Berklee College of Music, I headed north, finally arriving in Maine at 3am.

I have to say that it is strange being home. I’m used to flurries everyday and relatively cold weather, but here the ground is bare and it is significantly colder. Upon waking the next morning, I went to L.L. Bean with my mother and decked me out in garb to prepare me for the long winter in upstate New York. I feel so cool now in my new hat, gloves, and boots. Add my comfy new slippers to the equation and I’m positively stylish (–yeah–no).  Most exciting part of my day was playing with Ali though.  I miss having a dog at school.

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So in Ithaca, we have phenomenal restaurants, all of whom deliver to the campus’ within about 30-40 minutes for not too much money.  My personal favorite is The Connection…but D.P. Dough’s calzones, and Insomnia Cookies’ cookies are pretty damn good.  The reason I tell you this, is because there is a website set up for all the restaurants in Ithaca so that you can order uniformly online, and have it delivered right to your door.

This is not an Ithaca College site though, it’s set up for colleges and universities around the nation.  It’s such a great website that I love dearly that I’ve decided I just need to share it with y’all.  It’s called campusfood.com and it is the college student’s best friend.  So this is a short post, but I’m doing it so that people will look for their college on this site, and use it as well.  If you do use it, then go to facebook and add the “Food Friend-zy” application.  This is a match game which gives you money and coupons to use on campusfood.  Awesome?  awesome.