Robert Kaminski

Class of 2008

Articles

  • Carnegie Mellon research, polar bears assuage Congress

    The new school year has just begun and an exciting American election is around the corner, but many might say that we are in bad times as both students of Carnegie Mellon and citizens of the world.

    Forum | September 8, 2008
  • Summer update: No drugs required

    If you want to get high but would prefer not to have nasty flashbacks or to list a felony on employment applications, then Tio Bitar, the latest from Swedish neo-psych rockers Dungen, is the only hit you need to score.

    Pillbox | April 30, 2007
  • Hold the phone, Stop The Clocks

    There comes a time in most bands’ lives to release a greatest hits collection. It is a delicate decision requiring careful song selection and deliberate release timing. Such a compilation represents a milestone in the career of a musical group, and for most new bands, it is a reaffirmation of the legitimacy of past success and a pledge of future proliferation.

    Pillbox | November 6, 2006
  • What not to eat: ramen

    The start of a new school year typically brings about thoughts of reunions with friends, optimism for new classes, and an academic tabula rasa. However, after life is unpacked from boxes and some serious benjamins are dropped at the bookstore, the reality of college poverty finally sets in. Strapped for cash and accepting the funds spent on books as fixed and sunk, the frugal student and amateur...

    Pillbox | August 28, 2006
  • The life and death of Dixmont State Hospital

    *The proper custody and treatment of the insane are now recognized as among the duties which every State owes its citizens; and as a consequence, structures for the special accommodation of those laboring under mental disease, provided at the general expense, ample in number, and under the supervision of the public authorities, will probably, before any long period, be found in every one of the Un...

    Pillbox | February 6, 2006

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