Gabrielle Contelmo ’11
Sports Editor
Let the games begin: Watson vs. Jeopardy!
In a two-game combined-point match of Jeopardy! aired over three days, a computer named Watson competed against Brad Rutter, the biggest money-winner of all time, and Ken Jennings, the longest-running champion to date. Though Watson, a system that can understand …→
Extraordinary Ordinaries: Glen Hartman – An ex-firefighter preventing crime on Union’s Campus
For students entering College Park Hall, perhaps the most notable feature of the hotel-turned-dorm is the menacing desk of the Campus Safety officers. As that feeling of guiltiness leers overhead, most students scuttle past the uniformed officer monitoring the campus …→
Extraordinary Ordinaries: John Skumurski – The Director of Budgets, Insurance and Environmental Compliance
A pair of glasses, complete with fake nose and mustache, perch atop wooden letters spelling out “Laugh” which sits neatly on a side table. Orderly mounds of papers cover the desk, table, and occasionally, the floor. The Director of Budgets, …→
National Novel Writing Month
November is a month for excess. On Thanksgiving, people eat themselves into a coma. Black Friday marks the beginning of holiday madness, which usually lasts for another month. But there is another little-known celebration for those interested in undertaking what …→