(compiled from actual internship experiences of GSPP students) 1. You may not get paid on-time, but at least you get carpal tunnel syndrome pretty quickly thanks to the ergonomic-nightmare that is your workstation. 2. You spend the first week trying to get hired by HR, only to find that... 3. It takes 2 weeks to get access to a computer. 4. When you do get a computer, you have to share a single network port with your cubicle-mate. 5. No one thought you would actually need office supplies. Or a chair. 6. On your first day, nobody thought to tell...

Our own Robert Reich was called on this week by satirist Stephen Colbert to explain how the Democratic front runners will devour themselves. After Prof. Reich soundly rebuffed Colbert's characterization of the Democrats as self-destructive, he faced a battery of culinary metaphors as Colbert attempted to extract Prof. Reich's candidate preference. Lady fingers or black forest cake? Pizza that's half-Hawaiian but you're not sure what it will taste like, or plain pizza with cheese that's been under a heat lamp for thirty-five years? Chocolate bunny or marshmallow chick? When he finally picked one, Colbert said, "I was afraid you were...

I almost don't even know what to say about this. Chaplain Drollinger, of Capitol Ministries, holds Bible study meetings for lawmakers in Sacramento at the Capitol. Recently, however, he has taken it upon himself to denounce another fellowship group, insisting that their interfaith composition is "disgusting" to God. I have to admit overwhelming curiosity as to Drollinger's opinion on the same-sex marriage decision expected in the coming weeks. If he is this upset over other worshiping Christians, I can only imagine the dim view he takes of allowing the queer community any social dignity. To their credit, lawmakers from both...

By S. Moore with Julia Caplan and Lena Hoffman. There are many things that you can do with a Master of Public Policy degree, such as starting your own rock band! Here are some of the best possible econometric band names that we could derive. The Corner Solutions (i.e. will not enter the workforce for any price) The Free Riders The Regressions Loss Function Errors Normally Distributed or E.N.D. -- a la 80's band O.M.D. The Marginal Curves (a girl band) The Homoskedastics (a queer band) The Heteroskedastics (a hair band) The CoVariants Hot solo nightclub / economist soul singer...