Cal Poly is an unusual university. In Fall 2005, we enrolled 56.5% men and 43.5% women, according to the official Cal Poly Fact Book. Although we have no formal research as to why this occurs, most people assume the campus emphasis on Engineering has something to do with it. Read more…
While we’re on the subject of politics, at least as related to office neatness, here is another tidbit from my alma mater, UCLA. Marco Iacoboni and his colleagues in the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior used fMRI to watch the brain activity of ten Democrats Read more…
I received a nice response from Sharon Mann of Pendaflex regarding my question about the politics of Pilers. Here is the breakdown Sharon shared with me: “Out of the 516 office workers surveyed, 249 admitted to “piler” status. Of those 249 pilers: 36 percent–Democrats 35 percent–Republicans 18 percent–Independent 12 Read more…
I’m definitely dating myself when I say that the average hardcover textbook I bought at UCLA cost around $10. New. Of course minimum wage was $1.65, and I was delighted to earn $2.74 as an admitting clerk in the UCLA Emergency Room (I learned a lot about psychology in Read more…
Office supply giant Pendaflex commissioned a study of people’s filing habits, and discovered that you could learn a lot about a person by visiting his or her office. Three main personality types emerged in the study: Pilers accounted for 48 percent of office workers. Pilers can be identified by Read more…