Rachel Young: Tell me a little bit about how you got interested in physics and teaching. John Brandenberger: All right, so I grew up in Illinois, but I went to Carleton College. I thought I would eventually be an engineer and do one of those 3-2 programs with either MIT or Columbia, and in the third year, which is supposed to be the last year before you go to the other institution for two years, I found I liked it so much that I wanted to spend my senior year there.
This year marks the centennial of the building of the Peabody Hall of Music, the home of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music from 1909 to 1959. The building stood where the downtown YMCA is today and cost about $15,000 to build. It was named in honor of George Peabody, a Lawrence trustee who died in 1909 and left in his will the funding to create the building.
If you are like me, then you were a bit skeptical when you first walked into that mystery of a room lurking just beyond the proud, silver "cinema" sign. In fact, upon my first investigative romp through the campus center, I remember thinking two things to myself as the workmen put the finishing touches on that epic sign.
"In Pursuit of Innovation" is a pretty awesome class. During our first two weeks Professors Adam Galambos and John Brandenberger asked students to think of things they wished already existed. This was the easy part. One of our classmates suggested an eBay-type service for Lawrence students while another brought up the idea of a remote control keg.
I am a bit miffed that I took the responsibility of writing a column during what is currently our midterm week in London. So along with the sudden -- and, frankly, uncharacteristic -- workload I am willingly, yet grudgingly, writing a column for an unknown number of readers and still more unknown number of genuinely interested individuals.
If breakfast is your most important meal of the day, try Blueberry Hill Pancake House for its food and ambiance. From the outside, Blueberry Hill looks out of place. It's a cozy cottage situated between commercial buildings off the busy section of College Avenue.
This famous vegetarian dish from the Indian subcontinent is usually made with paneer, a type of cheese that is commonly used in South Asian cuisine. However, in the event that you are not able to find paneer at Woodman's or at the Indian Grocery store on Northland Avenue, some tofu will do just fine.