Kopperton Checks In

Hello everybody-

First, I would like say that I am proud of every one's work already this year. DI is continuing to be solid. AM is rocking. CE's new Give and Take program is inventive and helpful. For the first time ever, we have a commercial, and we are going to be making a another one.

I would like to tell all of you that GUTS is working on a new program. We are not ready to reveal all the details about it yet. But I can tell you that it could greatly benefit all UW undergrads.

Since I cannot share much more information about it with you, I've decided to share some other interesting information with you in the following links:


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/opinion/28friedman.html
This is an article by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. I look forward to reading his articles because he has the best connections in the world - no kidding. He knows everybody, from foreign politicians, to domestic CEOs, to top scientists, to influential celebrities. And, they all like him, even those in the Middle East. Although I do not agree with all of his opinions, many of his points are hard to disagree with.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-forbesoverpaid102309&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
This is an article a friend sent me about overpaid NBA players. It points out an imbalance with big (as in tall) players' contracts and their stats. Andrew Bogut is a star of the article. Which provided me with the first piece of hard mathematical evidence to my continuous argument that Bogut was a terrible draft pick (#1 overall in the 2005 draft). Most notables picked behind him: #3 Deron Williams, #4 Chris Paul, #10 Andrew Bynum, #17 Danny Granger, and the list goes on.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0613_050613_sharkfacts.html
This article was sent to me because I was recently made a fool. I believed my friend when she said she was bitten by a shark. Idiot, right.

Enjoy,

Chris Kopp
SAGE Coordinator