Michael Seringhaus
MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
My take: Long live Guevara-sporting pre-frosh

Last week, Keith Urbahn ’06 lamented the three — count them, three — pre-frosh he spotted cavorting around this storied campus in politically incorrect left-leaning […]

April 28, 2005

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
A digital lexicon that’s English gone wrong

As a bioinformatics scientist, programmer and sometime Internet-security wannabe, I am regularly inundated with tech vernacular. The time has come, in my view, for a […]

February 15, 2005

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
Tolerance, sensitivity and respect? Oh my!

Attention, citizens of America. Your nation is on Gay Alert. It’s true: On Jan. 20, MSNBC wire service reported that two Christian groups had issued […]

January 31, 2005

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
Election-wise, I’m a stranger in a strange land

As a Canadian living in America, electoral frustration and political impotence are de rigeur for me. Like you natives, we foreign nationals are swamped by […]

November 3, 2004

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
When diligent Puritans get lazy, we get ‘New England’

Columbus Day always seems to spur a fair amount of dining-hall debate on the broad issues of imperialism, colonialism and western influence foisted upon poor […]

October 19, 2004

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
An adult’s query: Where did all the dinos go?

Walk around Yale these days and you’re likely to find signs for the “Success by Six” campaign. I’ve spotted them throughout the campus, hawking an […]

October 6, 2004

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
Golden Record does not send the right message into space

Scientists recently reported that radio transmissions tend to weaken over large distances, leading them to the startling revelation that writing something and mailing it through […]

September 22, 2004

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
Scientists, consider where you publish

For scientists, publishing a paper in a respected peer-reviewed journal marks the culmination of successful research. But some of the most prestigious and sought-after journals […]

September 8, 2004