My first article for Radial's blog is a technical article about allowing users to upload a CSV file to submit data to your web app. Check it out!
Post number 47.
CSU's Ludicrous Budget
I decided to actually read through CSU's budget rather than just assume I was being price gouged for my college education. Turns out I was.
Post number 46.
U+2 is Stupid
Fort Collins housing laws are completely backwards, and college students had a chance to vote and make a difference. And they did! Go Wade Troxell!
Post number 45.
Financial Management in College Capstones
It's great to know that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, but it's more important for the average young man or woman to know how to handle money, network, and communicate. Here I argue that financial management should be part of the mostly-pointless capstone courses CSU requires students to take.
Post number 44.
When Women Have a Mountain and Men Have a Mole Hill
The year I graduated from CSU, seven sexual assaults were reported on campus in the first six weeks of the fall semester. That's completely unacceptable on so many levels I'm not even sure where to start—that the campus is so unsafe, that law enforcement in the area was so slow to do anything about it, that our society in general allows for this type of behavior, the list goes on.
By far the biggest problem in this situation was that women were being attacked on campus and no one was listening. But worsening the situation further was how some of the men were reacting, getting anxious that they were being labeled as stalkers or assumed to be bad people because they were men.
Obviously I'm not in favor of people generalizing that all men are sex predators or that all women are victims. But my article here is about how men (specifically the moderator of CSU Confessions at the time) were so caught up in being defensive that they forgot about how women on campus were being assaulted and that that's a way bigger problem than a woman giving them a weird look once. I kind of doubt that women will think you're creepy if you don't act like a creep, fellas.
Post number 43.