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Daily Archives: October 11, 2026
Five American Universities
Campus Life at the
University of Michigan
Interesting Read
via The Atlantic:
Why Skepticism About College Is Hard to Shake
by Isabel Fattal
published on June 4, 2025
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Campus Life at
Nanyang Technological University
Midday Music Fix
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
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Campus Life at the
University of Texas at Austin
Quote, Unquote
All I own are the clothes on my back and some personal possessions. I have no assets. I want no assets, and I need no assets. My parents are dead. I am not married, I have no kids. I don’t need an estate. If anything happens to me, the law firm has a one-million-dollar policy on my life.
~ Roy Cohn via The New Yorker
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Quote, Unquote
History is made as much through rumor as through fact.
~ Doreen St. Félix via The New Yorker
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New College of Florida was founded
on this day in 1960
The New College of Florida was founded on this day — October 11 — in 1960.
The first group of students started their studies on September 21, 1964. New College of Florida gained status as a University on July 1, 2001.
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General Nathan F. Twining was born
on this day in 1897
Nathan F. Twining – the American four-star general who served as the 3rd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 3rd Chief of Staff of the Air Force – was born on this day – October 11, 1897 – in Monroe, Wisconsin.
He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, the Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College.
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